I created a version of the 2005 filed WITHOUT all the dimension lines from the FIRST official field drawing HERE and scaled it to fit on 11"x17" paper. The intent is to use this like coaches do so that your team...
I created a Excel spreadsheet template for our team this year to brainstorm and formulate the answers to the questions for the Judge's yearbook. The final submission will be done by our leader in the TIMS system, but we though that a good template would be useful in passing-around ideas before the...
This spreadsheet attempts to break scoring down into it's basic parts so that you can "play" with the efficiency (speed) of each of these pieces and see how it might affect your ability to score.
All outputs are calculated in seconds to score in a particular goal...and you can do thi...
Attached is a copy of the 2005 Field Layout/top view in Microsoft Visio & AutoCAD. I used it for the Rookie Workshop at the NJIT Remote Kickoff today.
If you need it in another format, please PM me and I'll email it to ya. Each piece is a separate item and can be moved around the field.
This is a document concerning robot steering. It explains the numerous steering modes for Team 79’s robot, Captain Krunch 6. This robot uses a crab-drive design.
We developed these steering modes in 2003 and 2004.
This is a tool I use to get my chain adjuster travels right and to give my "gut" a chance to "see" the chain path before I commit to it in metal (I like to judge the amount of chain wrap around a sprocket visually).
It is not a perfect tool. It does not have any way to en...
This was posted on a technical discussion thread a while ago, but I don't know how many people saw it. We had busted a 120A Bussman circuit breaker and wanted to know both how it broke and how it worked. this is our results
This paper provides information on a process for evaluating team / robot performance and determining corrective actions to improve that performance. The process outlined uses the Ishikawa, or Fishbone, diagram to identify factors causing undesired results. This process is widely used in industry and...