So is it important to try? Without a doubt. Does it become frustrating to not win? Most certainly. Should you stop trying? Never! - Al Skierkiewicz [more]
This is a new scouting database with a new measure to rank teams, in addition to Offensive Power Rating (OPR), that takes into account both offense and defense.
TEAM 2171 STUDENTS COMPILED THIS SCOUTING REPORT. THANKS TO ANDY BURCHARDT FOR THE PICTURES, THE BLUE ALLIANCE FOR THE TEAM INFO, CHIEF DELPHI AND CYBER BLUE FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING PICTURES
I made this tutorial to show how to set up MPLAB so you can program your VEX robots using it. All of the materials needed are available for free (all can be maintained legally too).
Just pictures - no text - showing some of the ways the new FTC kit's parts (at the time of the 2008 Showcase) could fit together to form common parts of a competition machine. Also some pics of the NoVaTech team's Showcase entry. The kit sold this Fall will have some differences.