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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Day #23: Wiring and Prototyping
Wiring Wiring the main robot chassis was continued today, as students and mentors mounted and wired 8 port solenoids. As well, the spike was wired and progress was made in the decision on how to mount the compressor. With majority of the base wiring complete, the team is currently waiting on new…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #22: Prototyping & Intermediate Shaft Spacers
Machining The students and mentors finished machining the intermediate shaft spacers. After ordering gear box shafts from a sponsor, the team decided to manufacture twice as many to take the PTO into account. Because we are not able to manufacture a hex into the round part of a shaft with the tools…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Recipes: Week 3
The nutritional benefits from the intake of these brownies helped us finalize our intake geometry over the weekend. Non-Strategy Brownies 1 cup butter, melted 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 3 eggs 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder Mix melted butter…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Week #3, Day Off
Today was a good day, as far as Mondays go. The parts for our drive gearbox were picked up from Modern Machine Company. The PTO Shafts, Output Shafts, Intermediate Shafts, and Wheel Shafts (small and medium) were returned. They turned out great! All that is needed to finish assembling the gearboxes…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #21: Conveyor and Stuff
Conveyor Today, students worked on the conveyor system. This is the part that will transfer the frisbee from the conveyor to the shooter. The frisbee is pressed into the polycarb, where it gets stuck due to two 30-degree hinges. Students first created an 11 x 11 inch box, then labored over the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #21: Prototyping & Wiring
Prototyping Indexing The intake prototype is taking shape. It is now at a point where it's working and we are almost ready to begin manufacturing. Along with the intake, the mechanism for transferring frisbees to the shooter is also in the process of being prototyped. This indexing mechanism will…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #20: Funneling Intake and Wiring
Intake Today, many students worked on the funneling intake. We tested many angles, and elevations, to account for the robot in motion. This funneling intake works through 3 steps. First, the frisbee is sucked in to the intake assembly by a roller that spins over/on top of the frisbee. From there…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #19: Reconstructed Intake
Prototyping Intake Students continued to make modifications to the intake prototype. They scrapped the entire aluminum model because they decided it would be too time inefficient to drill and redrill holes into metal. Instead, the team constructed the front of the robot frame and the intake…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #18: Powder-Coated Parts
Prototyping Intake & 2010 Robot Students continued to develop an intake prototype, now attached to Onslaught, and the intake will be completed as soon as possible. However, due to the arrival of the chassis, students removed Talons from Onslaught to be placed on the new drive chassis. This transfer…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #17: Chassis Arrives & Prototyping Continues
Prototyping Intake Students began building a new prototype intake. With four small, vertical, rollers and one large horizontal roller, the intake should work well once complete. Working on the latest intake prototype 2010 Robot Students continued constructing a simple bumper onto the 2010 robot…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #16: Long Range Shooter
Author: Art Kalb Prototyping Shooter After a morning discussion on the mailing list, students and mentors attempted to use the shooter to shoot from a longer range than before. The goal of these long range shots is to pickup discs by the human player and quickly shoot them across the field. In…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Recipes: Week 2
These award-winning cookies fuelled our continued designing, prototyping and drivetrain-manufacturing activities this past weekend. Chocolate Chip Cookies 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup Crisco 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics