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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2011, 06:24:19 pm »
We're using LabView. Robotics competition sponsored by USFIRST.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2011, 06:30:08 pm »
OK that is not one I know sorry that I can not be of help.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2011, 08:18:29 pm »
Nevermind, we found a tutorial for labview and the programming makes sense now, the compact rio just doesnt seem to like accepting information from the computer.

EDIT: We got the Compact Rio to work but the digital sidecar says there is a communication error, but we have everything wired up correctly.

Edit 2: I wonder if it is possible to control a robot like this with a calculator. Because these robots can be programmed using C/C++ and Java.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2011, 10:53:09 pm »
Quote from: guy6020665 on February 01, 2011, 08:18:29 pm
Edit 2: I wonder if it is possible to control a robot like this with a calculator. Because these robots can be programmed using C/C++ and Java.

Funnily enough, I was contemplating doing that.  You know, hooking my calc up a USB port and controlling the robot with it...
But I'm nowhere near good enough to do that, though it would be EPIC.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #34 on: February 06, 2011, 11:59:19 pm »
Quote from: guy6020665 on February 01, 2011, 08:18:29 pm
I wonder if it is possible to control a robot like this with a calculator. Because these robots can be programmed using C/C++ and Java.
Haha, we were considering trying to control the robot with a Wii remote or Kinect, just for fun.
(We didn't)
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2011, 09:39:26 pm »
So I'm sure we're all on track for Tuesday's ship, as always!
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #36 on: February 18, 2011, 12:01:03 am »
Do you mean the competition ends on Tuesday?
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #37 on: February 18, 2011, 03:48:30 pm »
Quote from: DJ_O on February 18, 2011, 12:01:03 am
Do you mean the competition ends on Tuesday?
Haha, in all the excitement I forgot this topic was originally about FTC, not FRC.

For FRC, Tuesday is the day we have to be done building the robot so it can be shipped off. We meet up with it again at whatever our first regional is.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #38 on: February 18, 2011, 09:03:25 pm »
Yup -- and I'm starting to panic a little because the lifting mechanism (which is a vital component of the robot) broke.  It appears that the design was fatally flawed to start with, which would have been nice to know about earlier X.X

(This is the reason why I've barely posted anything in the past week-ish, if anybody is wondering)
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #39 on: February 18, 2011, 09:03:51 pm »
Send me a PM if you want help with the mechanics.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #40 on: February 18, 2011, 09:05:21 pm »
same, actually.  What mechanism does yours use?  an Arm?  our arm is so well programmed by our other FRC programmer (not me, I'm the trainee) that it uses PID controllers he made better than the supplied libs.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #41 on: February 18, 2011, 09:07:51 pm »
Thanks for offering, but it's fine.
As it turned out, our previous design would have never worked (so no point in trying to repair or fix it), and our mentors somehow pulled a backup plan out of nowhere, so we're not totally dead in the water :)


@Ashbad:  Ours involved a sort of scissor-lift thing which would move up by turning a screw.  We don't have anything as complicated as an arm -- a lot of the people in Robotics last year graduated, so we're fairly inexperienced.
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2011, 09:09:41 pm »
I see :(

it sounds cool, but difficult.  I mean our arm is complex and took a long time to make, but most of the amazingness is the programming, which sometimes can turn a failed design into a competitor again :)

actually the scissor lift thing sounds cool, but I can see how something that complex can be unreliable x.x
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2011, 09:14:35 pm »
We've got a pretty rad arm design this year, in my opinion.

We're planning on going to Orlando, FL and Charleston, SC regionals. Anyone else gonna be running into us?
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Re: Robotics Competiton!!!
« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2011, 09:21:21 pm »
not that I know of Imma gonna go to NJ
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