Hi everyone, I’m new to the boards. Happy to be here.
Anyway, I’m relatively new to robotics, and I think it would be a good idea to have a collection of threads that can explain some important essentials of robotics to noobies like me, something like a “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Robotics.”
Can anyone here suggest some good threads to include for something like this?
Thanks.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/announcement.php?f=16
Those are some good threads about how to use chiefdelphi to it’s fullest extent. As for other good threads, it really depends what you’re interested in. Try searching for something and see what you come up (Drive Trains, Game Strategy, Fundraising, etc.)
~Allison
You might start with the topic specific forums located at:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums
Some of the more technical ones usually have sticky threads always located at the top on the most common issues.
Josh Hambright also produced something along the lines you are looking for, collections of the most interesting threads, in a couple of the heavily trafficked areas. His lists are stickys in their respective forums.
In the Electrical sub-forum
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33430](http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33430)
or in Control Systems
[font=Verdana]http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33473](http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33473)[/font]
I’d also take a look at the FIRSTwiki located at:
http://www.firstwiki.org
It’s more in the style of a Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Don’t Panic.
I believe that 365 “Moe” has exactly what you are looking for.
http://www.moe365.org/moementum.php
This is their guide for people new to FIRST. It covers all aspects that you might be looking for. They should just call their guide “42”.
Other than that, you can fill in anything that is missing by looking through the Chief Delphi Forums.
it all depends on what you like to do…
for example, i like electronics, but not programing, i dable in drive systems and mechanics, but animation is way too confusing for me, i do NEMO stuff (nonengineer mentor organization), maybe ur the teams award writer and want info on differnt chairmens award submissions, so all in all CD has way too much information, and for that it should be shut down… i mean umm if your looking for it and its FIRST related then chances are you will find it just search for what your looking for (see link in my sig)
there was a movie about baseball and some crazy guy and everyone knows the line that i am about to say
IF you searchg for it, IT will come
Welcome to Chief Delphi and to the wonderful world of FIRST robotics!
Be sure to check out the White Papers section (there is a link at the top of each page in Chief Delphi to it) - Here you will find many, many papers contributed by teams, students and mentors on a variety of technical and non technical subjects. There are lots of papers directed at rookie teams that you might find helpful as a rookie member of a veteran team, such as what to expect at competitions, tips for pit setup at competitions, mechanical and electrical tips, team organization ideas, Chairman’s Award entries, etc.
If you are a mentor dealing with the non-technical areas, PM me and I will tell you more about NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization).
It’s like Wikipedia, only for FIRST. 
whoa that was creepy…
somehow i managed to see ‘Robotics “Hitler’s Guide”’ instead of “Hitchhiker’s Guide”…almost as creepy as the time I thought all my zip ties disappeared 
Always carry a white towel.
I thought it was just ANY towel, not just a white one.
Actually, it’s any towel, but the preferred color is blue.
I was going to say a clean towel, esp to events :^)
I second the wikipedia.
Actually, it would be ideal if someone (or maybe a bunch of people) make a hitchhikers guide to robotics on FIRSTwiki.
Yeah i heard a couple of people talking about this. If anyone wants to start a group to make one i would love to contribute.
Linked on the main page of ChiefDelphi.com, www.FIRSTWiki.org
Yeah but thats not guite a hichhiker guide. Also it would be nice to add a crisis wiki where people can add suggestions for specific areas (like wiring or making carbon fiber rods ect…) and ask for help. This has been talked about before and it would be nice to combine the two ideas and actually make one.
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.
I’ve been to the FIRSTwiki a few times, but the thing is that if you’re completely new to the world of robotics (i.e. you barely know a typical FIRST robot’s anatomy and parts), you have a really hard time finding topics that’ll help you. My idea was to create more of a centralized guide of the basics, a place where if you want to quickly get through the basic aspects of things like pneumatics or programming, you could easily go through a few important threads really quickly. A few specialized subforums here have that, and there are a number of very informative white papers, but it can be hard to get around for a total noob, and not everything’s there. A good “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Robotics” could make tenderfoots like me into semi-knowledgeable roboteers quicker and easier than through searching blindly.
Also, thanks for pointing out the MOE website, that’s an interesting comparison to the way my team runs the building season.
And yeah, it can be ANY towel
If I did start one, who here would be willing to put in some useful knowledge?
I think the general concept is to touch every important aspect of FIRST robotics then give a link to a more complicated/thorough FIRSTwiki article or anything that may help.
And perhaps put it in a portable form?