To me, as a student, it doesn't really matter how old the RoboCoach is. My only concern is that they don't get ape-crazy when the game starts. - AZNkommander [more]
This paper details the development process of a gearbox for the Gearheads 2009 robot in dirty iterative detail. It also serves as a mechanism to capture team intellectual property.
This paper covers how to interface FIRST legal motors (the Chiaphua, Fisher Price, and Globe motor) to the commercial off the shelf Dewalt XRP 3-speed transmission. It includes detailed instructions, pictures, drawings, costs and a good source to get a small amount of machine work done. This lightwe...