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FTC Build a Better Robot

FTC Build a Better Robot. Cougar Robotics 4251. Game Analysis. Points! Points! Points!. Where are the points? What are the limits? Are there unlimited points opportunities? Like lifting in Bowled Over!. Time. How long will things take?

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FTC Build a Better Robot

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  1. FTC Build a Better Robot Cougar Robotics 4251

  2. Game Analysis

  3. Points! Points! Points! • Where are the points? • What are the limits? • Are there unlimited points opportunities? • Like lifting in Bowled Over!

  4. Time • How long will things take? • Are there low/no value goals that will simply waste time?

  5. Other Robots • How easy will defense be? • Rack was easy to defend in Ring It Up! • How many robots does it take to accomplish a given task? • Lifting in Ring It Up!

  6. Your Robot • What qualities should a robot have, let’s take drivetrain for example • Ring It Up! - powerful, hold/take a position in front of rack • Scoring opportunities space constrained • Bowled Over - agility, speed more important than power • Scoring opportunities all over the field • Get Over It! - drive train that could navigate all the terrain.

  7. Design Principles and Strategies

  8. Design Principles and Strategies • KISS • Keep It Super Simple • Tool Design First • Leapfrog Development • Never go backwards • Repetitive Testing • Repetitive Testing • Repetitive Testing • Repetitive Testing • Competitive Development

  9. Heartbeat • Using a twitching servo before both autonomous and tele-op as a heartbeat • A proactive robot health check so you can know when to call for a power cycle • Last controller on the daisy chain • We did this last year, but the rules have changed so we can’t do this • What can we do instead?

  10. Heartbeat

  11. Checklists • Checklist on body of robot for field setup • Checklist in pit for between match maintenance

  12. Checklists

  13. Anderson Powerpoles® • Tamiya vs Powerpole® Powerpole® is a registered trademark of Anderson Power Products®

  14. Samantha Bracket

  15. Grounding Chains • Build your own grounding chains

  16. Grounding • Ground the frame • Connect the frame • Plastic acts as a capacitor • Ground your plastic • Ground your electronics

  17. Build a Static Detector Battery Case -$1.15 Resistor - $0.03 Capacitor - $0.07 Switch - $0.25 Transistor - $0.33 Connecters – $0.26 LED – $0.01 Total - $2.10

  18. Electronics Testing

  19. Useful Websites • Official Game Forum • http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/forum.php • Chief Delphi • http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=146 • ROBOTC Forum • http://www.robotc.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=52 • Xander Soldaat • http://botbench.com/blog/ • Cougar Robotics • http://cougarrobot.com/ • Landroids • http://landroids.org

  20. More Useful Websites • Hitechnic • http://www.hitechnic.com/ • Lego Education • http://www.legoeducation.us/ • Digikey • http://www.digikey.com/ • McMaster-Carr • http://www.mcmaster.com/#

  21. Contact Information • Coach Jamie- coach@cougarrobot.com • Coach Judy- scientist@cougarrobot.com • Kids- • joey@cougarrobot.com • evan@cougarrobot.com • sean@cougarrobot.com • nathan@cougarrobot.com • reeve@cougarrobot.com

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