Favorite Posts of 2022

[Rlop]

In 2022, we saw FIRST return to in person events, with teams from all over the world coming together to compete with and against each other. Along with that, we also saw a lot of heated discussion regarding poor quality control, political climate, and much more, making one of the most interesting seasons both on and off the field. With that being said:

What was your favorite post of 2022?

It can be a whole topic, a reply, whatever you want! It doesn’t just have to be one post either; Pick as many or as few as you want, I’d like to see what people appreciated on Chief Delphi this past year. Please try to maintain positivity in the posts you select, as we saw many demeaning and hurtful posts this year.

I’ll go first:

Best GearBox 2

It’s me. You’re favorite individual. I return with be(s)t(ter) GearBox. My last gearbox was perfect. This gearbox is well above that. Requirements for Best GearBox 2: 16 motors be more expensive (expensive = better) be better than best This gearbox uses Neo 550 for more power and is stronger then cim. Features: Isogrid Belts GT2 pulleys (better than GT1) Neo 550 Autocad Innovation that Excites [asdf] [Screenshot_12]

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/how-does-your-team-fund-energy-drinks/415532

[ngreen]

Boomie’s was pretty much the most substantial to the culture of FIRST this year.

LEGO climber was the most impactful for us.

4907’s climber was the most technically impressive post.

[Ry3512]

One thing and one thing only:

Eating a shoe.

[Pizzatc]

Yes just Yes

[Origami]

Dream Products was a W discussion topic

[Karthik]

This post about 4414’s pit was one of the most informative posts I’ve ever seen on this site.

Team 4414 | HighTide | Pit Writeup

Presenting the 2022 HighTide Pit This is a very high overview of our pit. There is a ton of small details that go into making a seamless experience at competition, but the road cases provided a strong foundation setting us up for success. [image] The 5 Pillars of the HighTide PIt (or a pit of any style) Taking care of your build space is the first step in taking care of your robot Work out of your pit in the room (may not be possible for larger teams) Don’t just label what things are, LABE…

[SiddheshDash]

My favorite post of the year is usually 254’s Technical Binder topic (especially all of @Torrance’s replies explaining their mechanisms and design decisions), and although their 2022 Technical Binder post was undoubtedly great, I think I have to raise this reply by @davepowers as my favorite post of 2022 (1678 Robot Reveal 2022 - #141 by davepowers).

@davepowers

Here’s an overview and case study of how 1678 prototyping can lead to our final design. I worked on this with Elie, the lead designer for the hopper subteam. It’s a little long, but tells the story of the hopper design iterations and talks about the process a bit. As always, feel free to ask any questions. Alpha When starting our looking at concepts for game piece manipulation, we know the easiest way to brainstorm ideas is to look at robots from the past. This past year was no exception. A shooting game, with a similar game piece, led us to look a lot at robots from 2020…

The post itself is maybe the most informative single writeup I have ever seen, and the level of detail and attention given to their prototyping process (especially their incredible week 1 Alpha robot build) redefined how I view iteration in FRC (beyond simply “fail faster”).

[davepowers]

@SiddheshDash

writeup

Thanks Sid, I appreciate the kind words. I worked with the students to turn this post into a presentation if you’re interested, it has a few more details.

On the topic, we’re working on doing a detailed 254/OA style build blog we’ll release at the end of the year for 2023. If anyone has specific stuff they’d like to see us cover, shoot me a DM. I’m always curious to learn what the community would like to see more of.

[SiddheshDash]

@davepowers

Thanks Sid, I appreciate the kind words. I worked with the students to turn this post into a presentation if you’re interested, it has a few more details.

If I had to pick my favorite FRC workshop of the year… I would probably have to go with Mike Corsetto’s “Builiding a Student Leadership Culture” presentation first, but this would definitely also be in contention for sure. I sent it to some of our design students a few days ago.

Definitely looking forward to the 2023 season blog; 254’s 2017 and 2018 build blogs used to be some of my favorite resources to reference when I would work on our season schedule and planning, but I feel like they’re not as useful in the post-bag era. A similar resource from another top-level team made in the modern era sounds great, especially if it includes same level of video documentation as your post .