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 CAD Machining Working with motors, pneumatics, machines, electrical components, programming code *NOTE* Experience is

NOT

necessary

FRC Build Sub Teams  Build sub-teams include  Strategy  Articulation  Drive  Electrical  Programming

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Systems Engineers l Pat Capulong and Chani Martin

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

STRATEGY

Director l Kevin Hsu

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

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

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

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)

Ending Message Btw my 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.

ARTICULATION

Leader l Vincent Kee

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.

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!

DRIVE

Leader l Lauren Froschauer and Michelle Gonzalez

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

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

Types of Drive Systems        Four Wheel Drive Six Wheel Drive Tank Drive Mecanum Drive Omni Drive Crab Drive Ball Drive ;)

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

Motor Design Calculator

ELECTRICAL

Leader l Isabel Lally

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

Electrical Components  Examples  Power Distribution Board  Digital Sidecar  Motor Controllers   Jaguar Victor

Electrical Skills  Examples  Cutting and Stripping Wire  Crimping  Soldering

PROGRAMMING

THE HEART AND SOUL OF ROBOTS Leader l Mathew Francis-Landau

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

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.

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

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

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

ADMINISTRATION

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Chair l Jon Mitsui Leaders l Jessica Chiv and Josie Ma

Who are we?

 Business and Financial Sub team  Organizers  Editors  Presenters

What do we do?

  Fundraisers     Movie Nights Halloween Night See’s Candy VEX Summer Camps Documents     Business Plan Guides Brochures Awards

What do we do?

    Communication  Presentations  Networking  Sponsors Competition Preparations Account management Order Materials

Have Fun :)

MEDIA

Leader l Victoria Kim

Media Overview The media team’s primary purpose is to

promote

the Nerd Herd

image

through design and social networking.

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

OUTREACH

Director l Eugene Lee

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

**IMPORTANT MESSAGE** You

MUST

complete at least Hours to go to a FRC Competition or World Competition –

EXCEPTIONS!

NO 10