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Read more about the article 2020 Day 8: Quick Update

2020 Day 8: Quick Update

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 12, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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"…

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Read more about the article Day 7: Making a few shots and a lot of misses.

Day 7: Making a few shots and a lot of misses.

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 11, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Read more about the article 2020 Day 6: Advancing the complete idea

2020 Day 6: Advancing the complete idea

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 10, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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.…

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2020 Day 5: "Sweet Spot" Parabola

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 9, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Read more about the article 2020 Day 4 – Design Review 1

2020 Day 4 – Design Review 1

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 8, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Read more about the article 2020 – Day 3 – Starting some tests

2020 – Day 3 – Starting some tests

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 7, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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2020 – Day 2

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 6, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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2020 Day 1: Rules and Inspiration

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 5, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Read more about the article 2020 Spectrum Resource Collection

2020 Spectrum Resource Collection

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:January 3, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Eric Leifermann – This is How I Work

  • Post author:Allen Gregory
  • Post published:December 23, 2019
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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