The FIRST Operator Interface includes one display variable designated as User_Mode_byte. The default program sets User_Mode_byte = backup_voltage*10 to
display the backup voltage variable. The display variable can be used to display
multiple user software variables by writing different...
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Notice to the FIRST Robotics Community:
Please utilize this collection of stories to help aid in your efforts to strengthen or begin FIRST Robotics team(s) in the US and abroad. Th...
On the advice of a mentor on my team, due my invisibilty on paper. i am going to turn in my colledge application to UCF in person. so i can talk about myself, my experience in robotics, my abilties, and my struggle with my disabilty (dislexia). and all arround sell myself to get in. along with my ap...
Attached is the complete design for the Killer Bees' 2004 Four Speed transmission design. Included are a full set of detail drawings, part CAD files, assembly files, a technical writeup and supporting engineering data. All design work was done in Autodesk Inventor.
Unfortunately, the files gener...
Here are the designs for Team 900's 2004 Single-Speed Transmission. It uses both the CIM and Drill motors. Sorry for the delay, but here they are. Let me know if you have any questions.
This document provides both a tutorial, as well as information on more advanced programming techniques that are useful for learning C programming for your robot. It is a work in progress.
The tutorial uses the Extensible Interactive C (EiC) interpreter to allow students to try out C program constr...
This manual lightly touches on many aspects of publicity or public relations from a FIRST team perspective. It goes into somewhat more detail on writing press releases and getting them published.
This manual began as a simple idea to introduce teams to how public relations and publicity work and ...
Well, the other night a fellow CDer asked for some help in making a scoring setup for FLL. This is what I came up with, good for 15 matches (with potential for more, if you work with it). It assumes you know how to navigate between sheets and sort columns.
With the advent of a new season and the influx of new programmers-to-be I decided to do a 1 or 2 page write-up on just how a programmer new to FIRST can get started. I wrote this up to bootstrap rookie team programmers. Sort of a how does one get started when they know absolutely nothing about where...
Since Alex469 posted his updated map of the number of teams in each state, I figured the next logical step was to find the distribution over the population of each state.
As the deadline for registration approaches, I'll try to remember to update this.
Provides integer sine, cosine and arctangent trigonometric functions, using the CORDIC algorithm, accurate to +- 1/16777216. Also contains a floating-point CORDIC square root function, accurate to +- 1/16777216, as well as a few other standard math functions.
NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) put together this one-page (front and back) handout to help rookie teams. It can also be used as an agenda for discussions or workshops held at kick-offs or pre-season meetings.
NEMO ran out of room so is now working on "More Hints" Stay tuned!...
This is a powerpoint I created for my speech class. Basically, since I had a laptop, I could hold up the screen with the presentation running and let the speakers get a really big timer (with the pretty colors that turned yellow as they approached this particular speech's two-minute target).
This report details the design, construction and performance of (team 188) Woburn Robotics' 2004 drivetrain. It featured six driving motors (Bosch, CIM and Fisher-Price) and a two-speed transmission (using pneumatically actuated shifting dogs). The robot, Blizzard 5, was capable of a top speed of a...
this is our team handbook that lays out the operations of the group to new members.
Thanks to team 45 for posting their handbook and giving us something to work with and my crew of team leaders who rewrote much of it to suit our team's needs.
I hope it helps. Also check out the FIRST RINOS ...
This is a conceptual single speed gearbox design from team 179 (Dan Quiggle). It combines the CIM, Drill and FP motors. The intent was to minimize fabrication and cost. I'm posting it for some professional feedback, but also to inspire teams to consider making their own vs. buying pre-made gearbox...