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		<title>FRC 599 2012 Meet Schedule</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/frc-599-2012-meet-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s game is called Rebound Rumble.  It is a basketball game with bridge balance bonus at the end. We have a schedule set for the Robodox 599  regional competitions. San Diego Arena March  1,2,3 and 4   I will be coming down on the 1st, 2nd is practice , 3 and 4 are competition days. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=683&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Note: FRC Rebound Rumble Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking a little more about capabilities a robot needs to compete successfully in Rebound Rumble: Shot accuracy tradeoff: Comparing a robot that can make 100% of its 2 point shots with a lower accuracy 3 point shooter: In hybrid a 3 point shooter can miss 1 out of 6 and still get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=669&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Note: FRC Rebound Rumble Trajectory Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to run a few simple trajectories of a ball launched at 45 deg at various speeds with and without air resistance.  With air resistance you need about 70 fps launch speed to get from the far corner to the basket (about 55 feet).   Expand the table to see other ranges with different speeds.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=652&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1508a Robot eats tennis shoes while doing the polka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&#38;feature=endscreen&#38;v=DHf1amWqC9U Thanks for posting it Gevorg. Another one is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-66BDQwmfE&#38;context=C33e8c7aADOEgsToPDskJ2QQrmV0PiSOX8PUR75hhS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=644&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Irene&#8217;s Paper on Vex expansion into Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a paper &#8221;Vex Robotics: STEM Program and  Robotics Competition Expansion into Europe&#8221;   written by a former 599 student Irene Caro.    The paper was submitted to the Eurobot 2011 International Conference in Prague.   I helped a little on the editing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=624&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Note: Minimum Motor Torque for Turning</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/note-minimum-motor-torque-for-turning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to do a quick calculation for a student Vex robot that has 5 in wheels and is having one rail stalling during a turn.    The stalling could have been predicted with some basic torque calculations. Using static moment equations you can easily derive the minimum torque to just turn  for a symmetric robot with four direct drive  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=616&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Note: Robot Drive Train Stalling</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/note-robot-drive-train-stalling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Grant HS team 1508 competed in the Vex Gateway regional at GHCHS on Nov 19th.  They placed 2nd but had trouble in the early rounds because of drive train stalling.   599 teams with similar drive trains were having the same problem.   This was corrected by cutting the Arcade gains in half for the turn channel and multiplying  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=608&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Error in Scissor Lift Equations at Engineers Edge??</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/error-in-scissor-lift-equations-at-engineers-edge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vamfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Error in Scissors Lift Equations?? bottom actuated I was looking for some lift equations for our Vex students to use.&#160; I derived some myself but decided to check them against&#160;a popular&#160; reference site. The equations stated in this engineersedge scissor-lift link seem incorrect. For the bottom actuator the force should be&#160;&#160; F =( W + [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=595&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intake Test RobotC code</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/intake-test-robotc-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This code was used to run the motors for a prototype intake mechanism with a left and right motor.  A single switch was used to start, stop and reverse the motors.  The Vex .5 ucontroller was used. #pragma config(ProgramType, StandaloneWithWiFi) #pragma config(Sensor, in1,    button,              sensorTouch) #pragma config(Motor,  port1,           lt_intake,     tmotorNormal, openLoop) #pragma config(Motor,  port2,           rt_intake,     tmotorNormal, openLoop, reversed) //*!!Code automatically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=590&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Team 1508a Vex Peaucellier Lift Roundup Youtube Video</title>
		<link>http://vamfun.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/team-1508a-vex-peaucellier-lift-roundup-youtube-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to posting some video of the Peaucellier arm design on youtube.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vamfun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5290085&amp;post=573&amp;subd=vamfun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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