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Glad to hear, covid has presented many challenges with having the time to upload videos this season. However we will still be uploading a video of technobots 2021 robot within the next few days. Please tune in and ask questions!

Glad to hear, covid has presented many challenges with having the time to upload videos this season. However we will still be uploading a video of technobots 2021 robot within the next few days. Please tune in and ask questions!

@@natesimpkins4875 will do

I listened to the video and honestly cannot tell you for sure what it was. This was recorded a long time ago and although the room I record in is separated from other people sometimes you can still here some background sounds.

Glad to hear, covid has presented many challenges with having the time to upload videos this season. However we will still be uploading a video of technobots 2021 robot within the next few days. Please tune in and ask questions!

I have not made part 2 yet. I planned to continue this series shortly. Did you have any questions about line following?

I wanted to know if using reflected light for line following is more accurate or is reading color more accurate? Which one do you recommend for the actual competition

@@vkm20 reflected light is probably a better option to go with in my personal opinion. However if you use reflected light mode then you will most likely need to adjust the morning of competition.

Nate Simpkins thank you!

4 large motors

The hook that grabs the astronaut and the Ramp to the fall as re both attached to a latch. When the rack comes inward it presses the latch on the space module mission and activates both

To start off, congratulations on 2nd place in robot game. Hm the event rules state that teams must be in top 75% robot game scores to advance. How did you know your individual placement in the judging rooms?

@@natesimpkins4875 We knew basically every team there, and we compared our score sheets.

And the team with 20 points, I think got 4th place robot game

@@ritamr2690 being involved in judging and behind the scenes in past competitions I can say comparing sheets is not a viable way to measure your rank. To my I'm knowledge the judges here in New Jersey do rank teams individually. With that said its possible your rank may not have been what your team observed it to be. That's just my guess on what may have happened. I'm sorry you didn't advance ,but you guys still scored higher then us in robot! Goodluck next season and if you have any questions feel free to comment.

@@natesimpkins4875 We only had 148 points you guys had a chance to score more.

In the solar panel mission there is no interpherence penalty unless you interfere within the walls of their board. (I was at a reception s few weeks ago and spoke to the game designers about this specifically.) They updated the mission rules I believe actually to where it states that.

No such update, not yet anyway. Seriously, you should get something in writing. R16 - INTERFERENCE • You are not allowed to negatively affect the other team except as described in a Mission. • Missions the other team tries but fails because of illegal action by you or your Robot will count for them. A judge might rule against a team deploying an item negatively affecting the other team.

@@hydrogenhead The updates state rule R16 is not a issue in this mission.

I am simply playing devil's advocate. The rules do not define this situation and a judge could rule either way, leaving one team on the losing end. It would be a pity for the losing team to be yours.

@@hydrogenhead Thank you still for pointing this out. If we did ever get put in this situation the students would argue that although the rules don't state this example directly, they do state R16 is not a issue.

As soon as the robot enters base the kids can grab it. They don't have to wait for the robot to stop. That's why I labeled it 10 seconds. Also I was measuring from when the robot started moving vs when it was fully in base.

Rubber bands

That is incorrect, the rule update specifies this.

Hi! Yes I can make a video on that

It doesn't come in the kit. We have it from previous years.

Your gyro is probably spiking. I made a past video on how to fix that

Can you tell me what the name of that video is?@@natesimpkins4875

@@michaelherrera8279 th-cam.com/video/7BqKEaOydvE/w-d-xo.html

please watch this video. I talk about this topic. th-cam.com/video/WyKRpZqz9MQ/w-d-xo.html

Observatory is 20 points for orange according to the app.

@@natesimpkins4875 ah ok espace velocity is 24 pts and observatory is 20 i knew they together give 44 so i tought that they are both 22 :)

I didn't make a proportional because if your robot is getting drift typically that is minor and a PID is way overkill and could even make it worse. This method is much more reliable, smooth, and easy to tune. I can make a proportional one but that would only be used if you have a but amount of resistance on 1 side from like a attachment or something. For general use my team has used this one for years.

it turns to the left and we have tried many programs it may be something wrong with the motors, but we are a poor team so we cant afford another one

@@ritamr2690 email be in the 3d printing email in the description with some more info and let's see if we can figure this out.

@@natesimpkins4875 I sent a text on your hangouts from the email.

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Can you expand on this question? I'm having trouble understanding.

@@natesimpkins4875 Your switch has a true and a false side. When X is less than 0 you go on the true side then why do you check again if the X is less then 0 and go on the true side again. Can`t you just put one of them as false ? if X > 0 you go on the true side of the switch if not you go on the false. The way you have done it just makes it more complex and time consuming

@@vlad4331 I did think about that, however then if someone accidentally typed in a 0 it may turn to the one side that is false. By splitting it into true only you can rule out the 0 by making #>0 or #<0 and do nothing if a 0 is put in.

It may have worked fine to do it that way too. I just didn't feel like testing it because I knew this method would work because it would rule out the 0 value.

@@natesimpkins4875 you include the compare statement and then another switch in the original false switch statement. So original switch states: If "TurnAngle" > 0 = true - do stuff, Else false; [New Switch] If "TurnAngle" < 0 = true - do stuff Else false; do nothing