I created these match schedules so that anyone wanting to have a quick scrimmage (without using IFI or FIRST's Tournament Managers) could easily pick up a good-enough match schedule from here.
Forgetting to turn on an FTC robot’s battery, or accidentally letting the battery voltage get too low is a huge fear of mine. So I created a LabVIEW VI that can be used to read the battery voltage.
Here's how you can create a "Gus Ball", an interwoven, spandex-covered ball that it functionally identical to the moon rock and fuel cell balls used in the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Game, Lunacy.
These are CADs of the top and bottom plates for the rover, the idea being you can print them out on a plotter and use them as templates to cut the wood
Using encoders with the new FTC Hitechnic Motor Controllers and LabVIEW can be tricky. This document describes some of the tricks and traps associated with the LabVIEW interface, and shows some examples of how to use them sucessfully.
The new 2009 FRC Control System uses the TCP/IP protocol to communicate between the various driver and robot components. The GaCo Pinger is a handy tool to verify correct setup, or diagnose network issues.