Building season blog 2022

Friday & Saturday Week 2 Here’s a quick update on our progression so far. The original goal we made on Monday of week 2 was to have a complete robot done by the upcoming Sunday. Sadly we ran into two issues. Our shipment from VEX Robotics in the UK didn’t get delivered on time. It’s…

Week 2 - Wednesday This post is going to be all about how we analyzed how many points we will need to win an event in week 1. Prediction Methodology During the offseason we spent time trying to figure out how you can predict scores for new games. The problem is complicated, there are a…

Week 2 - Monday Our media & branding team has worked hard on a cool recap video of week 1. Please go check it out, give it a thumbs up and hit that subscribe button 😉 We’re currently uploading videos to YouTube straight away, it might happen that there are videos on YouTube than a…

It’s game analysis time! This week we have been playing the simulation game for quite some time with some team members and drivers. Playing this game gave us a good feeling about the overal game experience, but also strategies that might work and not work. Here is a detailed summary of our observations: General observations:…

WEEK 1 - THURSDAY Today wasn’t as busy at the shop. Many worked remote from home as help desk, designing new subsystem iterations or playing the xRC Simulator. Shooter Version 2 - Kicker wheel + Dual motor setup As you can see below, the concept of the shooter construction is relatively similar. The ball path…

WEDNESDAY - WEEK 1 We took a day or two to prepare our prototypes but we finally got around testing a bunch tonight to get a first feel for some different materials vs. CARGO on intakes and shooters. Intake Prototype 1 - Carwash frc95 style Carwash style intake with non-slip drawer liner. These were mounted…

Week 1 - Monday Kickoff is over, prototyping has begun! The team is divided into two sub-teams: 4481A and 4481B. These two sub-teams work on their own tasks and on their own days to keep it from getting crowded. During the Monday meeting we’ve divided these sub-team into groups to work on the prototypes. With…

Hereby we’d like to share our cheatsheet we’ve created. We use it during discussions and brainstorms as a easy reference for everyone.

CYCLE TIME ANALYSIS As promised in the last post, this one is going to be all about cycle time analysis. First we will explain the calculations of the autonomous cycles and then the tele-op cycles. In order to analyse the cycle times, first the cycle paths are determined and some basic parameters are determined. The…

WEEK 2 - TUESDAY During week 1, we’ve been working on creating as many prototypes as possible to get a good feeling of the game elements, performance indicators and design geometry. Make sure to check out the recap video Week 1 | Team Rembrandts Building Season 2022 After finishing up the updated requirements list based…

QUICK RECAP A quick update on our intake progression! We’ll be posting our shooter videos tomorrow but those take a little longer to edit… At least I don’t want to get your bored watching a 2 minute video for 10 double shots. I’ll be quick cutting those tomorrow including results. We’ve been testing 5 different…

Week 1 - FRIDAY We’re back at it. AGAIN! We’re loving the non-stop action. As said earlier in the thread, we split up the team in two and we’re alternating days at the shop. Team members that are home for the day work mostly remote if they’re available and people in the shop can join…

SPIRAL INTAKE WHEEL Link to STL: Spiral Intake wheel.STL - Google Drive Printer Settings for Spiral: Material = TPU 95A 0,8mm nozzle 0,2mm layer height 4 Shells or 100% infill FUZZY INTAKE WHEEL Link to STL: Intake wheel.STL - Google Drive When importing it to CURA it shows like a normal hub with a hex…

We’re super excited to share our new REV products we just received! We ordered the new REV control electronics and the newly launched MAXPlanetary gearboxes. On first look & feel these products look amazing and wanted to share our first thoughts with you all. Some of you maybe haven’t received yours but we’re definitely in…

Weekend Recap - Happy Kickoff everyone! Our kickoff weekend has just come to an end and the week 1 meetings are now fully on its way! Our hybrid kickoff weekend was fully focused on the analysis of the game, with the team analyzing the game from home and the strategy department starting their first day…