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CAMS Robotics Team Nerd herd : team 687

CAMS Robotics Team Nerd herd : team 687. Build. Chair l Thuan Doan. Build Overview. Competition VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC). What will buildies be doing?. Learning how to design, build, program, and test a competitive robot

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CAMS Robotics Team Nerd herd : team 687

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  1. CAMS Robotics TeamNerd herd : team 687

  2. Build Chair l Thuan Doan

  3. Build Overview • Competition • VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) • FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) • FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC)

  4. What will buildies be doing? • Learning how to design, build, program, and test a competitive robot • CAD • Machining • Working with motors, pneumatics, machines, electrical components, programming code • *NOTE* Experience is NOT necessary

  5. FRC Build Sub Teams • Build sub-teams include • Strategy • Articulation • Drive • Electrical • Programming

  6. Systems engineering Systems Engineers l Pat Capulong and Chani Martin

  7. What do we do? • coordinate the work of the other leaders, each of whom is an expert on one part of the robot • coordinate the tasks involved in following the waterfall model • create and maintain documentation to ensure effective planning and execution • ensure that the team and the robot function efficiently and securely

  8. Strategy Director l Kevin Hsu

  9. Robots • Robots come in all different shapes, sizes, speeds, weights, looks, … and even genders • Analyze the task you want to accomplish • Choose the design that will be best for each game

  10. FRC 2010 Game Breakaway • Choose the best: • Drive system • Gearing • Try • Omni • Reading • Swerve • This • Articulation • Elastic • Pneumatic • Size • Shape • Holonomic • Big or small • Thuan • Speed • Fast • Slow • Center of Gravity

  11. VEX 2010 Game: Round Up • Some things to consider: • Drive Speed • Light and fast • Slow and heavy • Articulation • Arm • 4-bar linkage • Gearing? • Also, game mechanics: • What to focus on • Where to score • Choose what’s best to do based on situation

  12. Alliances • Robotics is a team sport • Games are usually played with alliances of 2 or 3 robots • Be on the lookout for good teams, (but be nice to everyone)

  13. Ending Message Btwmy name’s Kevin. I’ll be analyzing these games in excruciating detail to help you guys come up with the design best suited for each.

  14. Articulation Leader l Vincent Kee

  15. What is an articulation system? • Whatever manipulates the game pieces or lifts the entire robot • Everything on the bot besides drive base, electronics • Arms, claws, kickers, intake rollers, vacuum, elevators, baskets, hangers, etc.

  16. What does articulation do? • Sketch, CAD, Prototype, and Machine Designs • Calculate Mechanical Advantage to find optimal gear ratios for motors • Work with Pneumatics and other cool stuff • If you don't know how to do any of this, DON’T WORRY, you will learn a LOT during the season!

  17. Drive Leader l Lauren Froschauer and Michelle Gonzalez

  18. Who are we? • Drive Team is responsible for the drive system of the 2010-2011 FRC Robot • We work closely with all other sub-teams

  19. What’s a drive system? • A drive system is the maneuverable platform on which the articulation is built • Many different types of drive systems are in existence

  20. Types of Drive Systems • Four Wheel Drive • Six Wheel Drive • Tank Drive • Mecanum Drive • Omni Drive • Crab Drive • Ball Drive ;)

  21. What do we do? • Learn about the different types of drive systems • Decide which type of DS (listed/not listed) is best suited for the 2010-2011 FRC Game • Design, CAD, and build the FRC DS • Machine the drive system • Use calculations to help design

  22. Motor Design Calculator

  23. Electrical Leader l Isabel Lally

  24. What does electrical do? • Basic robotic training • Learn about and use electrical components • Learn and use electrical skills • Design and create an electrical board for the FRC robot • Without us, the robot wouldn’t move

  25. Electrical Components • Examples • Power Distribution Board • Digital Sidecar • Motor Controllers • Jaguar • Victor

  26. Electrical Skills • Examples • Cutting and Stripping Wire • Crimping • Soldering

  27. ProgrammingThe heart and soul of robots Leader l Mathew Francis-Landau

  28. What do we do? • Subteam on FRC • Debug a wide variety of problems • Main platform is LabVIEW • Teach new members how to program, using the VEX platform • Depending on a teams requirements, a team can chose between easyC and robotC

  29. VEX • Autonomous period is worth 10 points, twice as much as last year. • We want every team to have a least a few members that can make the full autonomous program for their robot.

  30. FRC • For the FRC robot our main platform programming platform is LabVIEW • LabVIEW is designed for continuous data processing that is required by control system

  31. Theories of Control • PID (proportional–integral–derivative) – close loop control system used to cancel out error • Was used with the kicker on the last FRC bot to consistently bring it back to the correct position • Low-pass filter – open loop system used to remove little imprecision from the drive, giving better control over the robot

  32. Debugging • Debugging is the process of going from having a problem, to finding the cause, to designing the solution • When designing more complex systems, it is said that 10% is programming and 90% is debugging • Programmers usually do the most

  33. AdministrationTaking care of business Chair l Jon Mitsui Leaders l Jessica Chiv and Josie Ma

  34. Who are we? • Business and Financial Sub team • Organizers • Editors • Presenters

  35. What do we do? • Fundraisers • Movie Nights • Halloween Night • See’s Candy • VEX Summer Camps • Documents • Business Plan • Guides • Brochures • Awards

  36. What do we do? • Communication • Presentations • Networking • Sponsors • Competition Preparations • Account management • Order Materials

  37. Have Fun :)

  38. Media Leader l Victoria Kim

  39. Media Overview The media team’s primary purpose is to promote the Nerd Herd image through design and social networking.

  40. What do we design? • NerdHerd t-shirts • CAMS Robotics’ website • Also managing our Facebook and Twitter accounts • Buttons for competitions • Business cards • Display boards • Banners and flyers • Chairman’s Video • Other promotional items

  41. outreach Director l Eugene Lee

  42. What do we do? • Keep track of service hours completed by team members • Coordinate Outreach events (Middle School Mentoring, Bots by the Bay, Scout Tours…) • One goal for next year: start and mentor FLL Teams and a FTC team

  43. **IMPORTANT MESSAGE** You MUST complete at least 10 Hours to go to a FRC Competition or World Competition – NO EXCEPTIONS!

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