Gears of Glebe - Team 1053

Just felt like pointing out that the lates itunes update is 10.5.3

We've prototyped our ball grabber which works suprisingly well, and our frame is being put together in Solidworks before hopefully starting its assembly tomorrow. Our idea using the archimedes screw has been unfortunately tossed aside, but at least we'll still have fun launching the balls in the gym! Dodgeball, anyone?

Take a look at 3883's ball grabber prototype, simple and effective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIofUolPI78&feature=g-upl&context=G28893acAUAAAAAAAAAA
I'm thinking this might be better than belts.

FRC 2012 Robot Ball Grabber Test Our first prototype of a ball grabber for our robot. Working great. Feel free to ask any questions!

Thanks to Balint, our new website is up! Check it out at http://www.robotics.glebeci.ca/index.html

GLebe Robotics - Home Glebe Robotics (TEAM 1053) is a group of high school students with a passion for engineering, problem solivng and robotics. The members of our team design, build, program robots for international competitions.

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Robot Seal Plays Basketball This robotic seal, developed at Taiwan's National Chiao-Tung University, shoots hoops like a pro. Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/indu...

This is the notebook that team 1053 entered to the 2011 VEX Gateway competition. A 36 page, 25,000 word notebook written up in a matter of hours. Not bad, eh?

I just found two of my favourite rules. Try to guess why this makes our lives so much easier!

And the game is released! Looks interesting this year, especially with our 22 motor limit (and 22 jaguars to catch fire!), and the use of the Kinect. The password to get into the game manual is "!HotShots!KnowBalance!". Start cracking!

Less than 24 hours until the kickoff! Ontop of downloading Simbotics' app, this one created by FIRST should be on your phone by Monday too. It's the manual, along with team updates and the video all in one. This will make navigating the 60-80 page manual much easier, lighter, and cheaper since it's free. Make sure you watch the kickoff online at 10:30am tomorrow: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/

FRC Interactive Manual - Apps on Android Market The FRC Interactive Manual App for Android is your direct link to the latest documentation for the FIRST Robotics Competition's 2012 season. This app connects to the F...

Too all last year members you will get this. http://i.qkme.me/35knr8.jpg

http://i.qkme.me/35knr8.jpg

Everyone should take a look at Simbotics' new iPhone app for FIRST: it gives you information on everything involved in the season from building to fundraising, and step by step instructions for building the base too! Great job Team 1114: Simbotics, keep up the good work!

FIRST put their encrypted manual online today, anyone wanting to take a crack at it is welcome to (get it??) http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/competition-manual-and-related-documents
4 more days till the kickoff!

Competition Manual and Related Documents | USFIRST.org 2012 FRC Administrative Manual, 2012 FRC Game Manual, 2012 decryption test