2020 Day 8: Quick Update
Power Cell Shooter TestingQuick shooter testing video from today, we are now starting to believe we can make a more consistent shooter. Our plan is to have a wide 6"…
Power Cell Shooter TestingQuick shooter testing video from today, we are now starting to believe we can make a more consistent shooter. Our plan is to have a wide 6"…
Shooter TestingWe modified the shooter from our 2017 robot to be able to launch power cells. It's mounted to our protocube (just a cube made of 2x4s but we find…
Robot Design Plan UpdatesA little more thought, some more white board drawings and conversations, and a few bench tests have led us to a few design changes for our prototypes.1.…
Trajectory Calculators and the "Sweet Spot" Parabola For those of you that weren't involved in FRC back in 2014, you may not be aware that Aren Hill, a friend of Spectrum, "invented…
Design Review #1On Tuesday's during the season we have our design reviews. We use a common google slide document to collect design ideas, and then also to present subsystem progress…
Today's TestsBump crossing tests - CG is important and braking hard is badhttps://photos.spectrum3847.org/2020-FRC/2020-Build-Season/i-VQ2CwLV/ALow CG and CG at the front of you robot handles the bumps better. Also this chassis has…
Climbing is incredibly valuableIf you are thinking about which tasks on the field to do, climbing is the most beneficial after only being able to drive successfully around the field…
2020 Infinite RechargeBelow is the game animation for the 2020 FRC Game Infinite Recharge. RulesMost of our first day of build season was reading the rules for Infinite Recharge. We need everyone…
FRC CAD Collection - Blog - Link - Submission Form - CDWe created a simple system for collecting public CAD models of FRC robots and mechanisms. The FRC CAD Collection currently…
This week we are hearing from Eric Leifermann, mentor of team 2836 Wave Robotics. Read our interview with Eric to learn more about him! [Responses from November 13, 2019] Name: Eric LeifermannCD Username: Eric:LeifermannCurrent…