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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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FRC Day-Off, Week 2
Today was our second day off in the FRC season. We did meet for about an hour today to finish the chassis. The baseplates were picked up this morning from BAE Systems (who watterjetted them for us over the weekend). They were taken to the lab to be assembled with the rest of the chassis. […]
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #15: Improved Shooter
Prototyping Shooter Students continued to make modifications to the shooter prototype. They removed the polycarbonate cover on the top of the shooter and replaced it with an aluminum bar to guide the frisbee through. In testing, the frisbees that are shot seem to consistently go through the high…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #14: Prototyping, Programming and Designing
Prototyping Shooter The shooter protoype is coming along as students worked to test an added polycarb cover. To test the effectiveness of smaller wheels on the shooter, a group worked on replacing the treaded wheels with Banebots wheels. Tests proved favorable for the treaded wheels. Intake…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #13: Manufacturing and Continued Prototyping
We had an excellent turnout of students today, which helped get a lot done. Manufacturing Chassis The chassis needs to be completed by Monday to be sent out for welding. There are a few more parts that need to be completed for the chassis. Students worked on completing the covers for the bumper…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Recipes: Week 1
This is the second post, of a series of posts, related to the delicious baked goods eaten at the lab. We love baked goods and yummy foods. In response to this, we will be posting the recipes of some of the treats brought to the lab. The second recipe is a delicious (and questionably nutritious) way…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #12: More Machining!
Prototypes Shooter Today we made a few more changes to the shooter. We decided to return back to the larger, treaded wheels. Students disassembled the shooter and retreaded the wheels. Students also added snapring grooves onto the shafts. The shooter just needs to be reassembled and tested. …
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #11: Shooter Redesign
Prototypes Shooter Several changes are being made to the shooter prototype. First, students began installing smaller diameter wheels in place of the larger diameter wedgetop treaded wheels. This is because the smaller wheels would have lighter weight and would allow the shooter to occupy less…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day 10: Shooter & Programming
Shooter The shooter retained most of its current form in terms of design, some new pieces were just added on. A system for indexing and stacking frisbees was designed and implemented on the prototype shooter, so that it will be able to load several frisbees. Programming The programming team had an…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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FRC Day-Off, Week 2
Today was our first down day for FRC build. This post will recap a few of the design decisions and design progress so far. Drivebase Configuration There will be a square drivebase on the robot. This was decided up for the following reasons. The square configuration will give more room for the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #9: New Intake
Prototyping Shooter Students have made a couple of modifications to the shooter prototype. An L channel was added, in addition to guide rails. A pneumatic piston was attached to the shooter to load the frisbees into the shooter wheels. The goal was to make a shooter that could shoot frisbees both…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Begins
The team is now a week into the short 6 week FIRST Robotics build season. We've made a ton of progress on everything from design and prototyping to field construction and programming. We have built the pyramid from the field drawings and have come up with a ton of concepts for various game…
2013 FRC Build Season
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Day #8: Really Consistent Shooter Prototype
Prototyping Intake Prototype The intake was totally redesigned in Solidworks today. The design features multiple sets of belts to move the frisbees around. It uses belts on the bottom to increase the friction between the disc and the polycarbonate sheet. In total, 11 belts need to be…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics