Remember, however, that such software limitations in no way approximate the functionality of a multiple-speed, mechanical transmission. They're simply a convenient way of limiting your students' lead feet. - Madison [more]
This is an Excel spreadsheet of all the teams entered into one or more regional event for the 2006 FIRST Robotics competition. The data was taken directly from the FIRST web site on 7-feb-2006 and includes several (p) pending teams at some of the regionals.
This white paper, written by one of FRC Team #1640's mentors, A.A. Koenig, Ph.D., analyzes the physics of a ball launcher with a two-wheel configuration.
This is a document produced by the engineers at Brecoflex with tips for FIRST teams interested in using their belts for "treads". There is a great section where they compare the coefficients of friction for their various backings on the three FIRST field surfaces for the 2006 competition...
I updated a few of the items to include answers from Q/A.
I think this should include just about every penalty in the rules. Let me know if you see any issues.
This white paper contains information about building and programming a Playstation 2 controller adapter to control your robot! This adapter was developed by Team 862, Lightning Robotics, and works perfectly with any off-the-shelf PS2 controller. The advantage of this model is that no modifications n...
Easy to use with spinner and radio buttons, and a convenient RESET button. v2.0 features QP & RP scores. Please, if you find any bugs, post them here : http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41303
This is an old white paper originally posted by Doogan that I edited for the new IFI system. It is a list of all OI ports, pins, and what each one does (for the default code), and the variable alias for each. It also has 2 other sheets that list the RC outputs and inputs. Everything has an open c...
This application provides a framework for creating custom views of the data provided by the dashboard port on the IFI operator interface. The default views include a widget that displays the centroid and bounding box of the CMUCamII camera and a view that allows you to record and playback motor outp...
Easy to use scoring spreadsheet featuring spinner and radio buttons,and a very convenient RESET button.
(from this line down need not be posted in the desciption...)
P.S. -Brandon, sorry to bombard you with three versions of this thing in the past 30 minutes, but I was able to play around with...
This Java applet provides teams an easy way to calculate height and distance at various points in a trajectory. It includes an accurate representation of air resistance and source code. Enjoy.
To open just the applet, open the classes folder, then the file "projectileMotion.htm"
The mission of careFIRST is to provide a robotics experience to children and young adults who cannot participate in traditional FIRST Robotics or FIRST Lego League programs.
This whitepaper discusses a simplified method for using a gyroscope on your robot. Paper includes background theory, supporting mathematics, construction details, and source code. This paper was presented at the 2006 Novi FIRST kickoff.
This is the Programming Presentation from 2006 Novi kickoff. This presentation covers the basics of C programming, proportional feedback controllers, analog resistive multiplexing, and quadrature encoders.
A rather rough approximation of the range of the ball considering air resistance. It assumes a constant coefficient of drag, so it's not likely to be 100% accurate. It'll probably be more realistic than assuming no air resistance, however. For reference, .5 Cd is worst case for a smooth sphere,...