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Black Box Robot Design. Danny Blau Rocket Scientist , AFM. Blaze Robotics. Thinking Outside the Box. Design Something. Design a Robot. Design a FIRST Robot. Design an FTC Robot. Design a 2012 FTC Robot. ?. Something to Onething. A Box is Nice!. Requirements/Needs
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Black Box Robot Design Danny Blau Rocket Scientist , AFM Blaze Robotics
Requirements/Needs • Things the robot MUST do! • Make a List • Be super specific • This defines the robot’s function and says nothing about the “HOW” Making the Box
Must be able to build • Wood vs Metal • Access to Water Jet vs Basement • Pass Inspection • Check the rules each year! • Move • What constitutes a legal FTC robot? Making the BoxRequirements List
Objectives/WANTS • Things the robot WANTS to do! • Ranked after Requirements/Needs • Things that would be nice to have • Different for every team Making the Box
Your team must be able to build it Pass Inspection Move Thing Thing Thing Thing Requirements Objectives The LIST
Things that pull in opposite directions • Speed Vs Torque (Pushing Power) • Weight Vs Complexity • High reach Vs low center of gravity Trade-ables
Key Elements of Design • K.I.S.S • When in Doubt, Build it Stout! • Maximize Driver Margin of Error
Questions? Danny Blau dannymblau@gmail.com