RECF Team Educational Video
This challenge offers robotics competition teams the opportunity to help other schools and clubs learn from their experience. Use your imagination - the only restriction is that it has to contain something useful for a new team to know about competition robotics.
Entries
Simple Ultrasonic Sensor Tutorial
This video is intended to teach someone with relatively low skill level how to use and program a Ultrasonic Sensor, using EasyC V4 for Cortex. The video is a little over 4 minutes, and
in that time I make a basic program, explain some of the features of the Ultrasonic Sensor,
and practical purposes the sensor would have.
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Poentiometer Auto Selection
This tutorial shows how to use a Potentiometer to select between autonomous.
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Autonomous Program Selection with LCD
This tutorial shows how to select the desired autonomous program and display it using the Vex LCD display.
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Good and Bad Joints
This is a video detailing different good and bad joints for connecting VEX metal.
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Vex Robotics RECF Team Educational Video
Team 5003A's entry for the Vex Robotics RECF Team Educational video.
The five tips: (summarized)
1.) Analyze the game.
2.) Brainstorm.
3.) Map out your robot.
4.) Begin Building.
5.) Adjust and re-build.
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Bill Fly the Robot Guy - Triangles
In today's episode, watch and learn as a robot builder (Bill Fly the Robot Guy) from VEX Robotics Competition team 3129A, the Green MacHHHHine, teaches you about the many uses and practical applications of triangles in robotics. By watching this humorous spoof on the popular television show "Bill Nye the Science Guy", you will learn the best ways to make important structures in your robot strong and at perfect right angles to each other. You'll even hear from some "Way Cool Scientists" and learn a "Nifty Home Experiment" that you can use on your robots at home!...
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Introduction to Robotics for Micronesia
Of the past year, we started two new VEX teams in Micronesia. We've started a video series to help them out.
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How to calculate optimal gear ratios.
This tutorial shows how to calculate the optimal gear ratio for both competition and classroom robotics. I apoligize for the length. It is a little difficult to get it all under 4 minutes. I realize that the gear ratio order is backwards, it should be 1:12 and 1:7.
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Vex Robotics Instructional Video(Tower Design)
This is a short instructional video outlining the basics of building a competition ready and reliable tower for the vex robotics competition.
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Vex Robotics Instructional Video (Six Bar Design)
This is a short video outlining the basics of designing and building a reliable and sturdy six bar lifting system that can be used for the Vex
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How to Team Build
Team Building is an important step in forming a new robotics team.
Our video gives some advice on how to form new bonds between members of a team and provides some real life evidence as well.
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Introduction to Multithreading in RobotC
This tutorial is simplistic and is designed to teach new programmers how to expand the possibilities in their robots by incorporating multithreading.
From new programmers to code veterans, this video uses large, basic graphics to help people of all ages understand the information at hand.
We hope you enjoy!
--Team 1069E (1069e.berthoudrobotics.org)
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Team 2114a Educational Video: Torque and Speed
Video explaining how to calculate the torque and speed of your VRC robot.
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The Basics of a Good Drivebase
In this episode of 254's VEX Talk, Lucas and Dorian cover the basics of drive-bases which include: gear & chain ratios, motor efficiency, tips on motors, and some other helpful hints for building a solid drive-base.
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How to Count VEX Gateway
VEX Gateway Scoring is complicated. This stop motion video explains all of the scoring rules. Enjoy!
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How to Keep a Robotics Notebook
This is an overview of how a team should organize their notebook to be prepared for judging during tournaments.
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254 VEX Talk: Episode 2 - Tips on Programming
In this episode, we have a very basic overview of programming environments, autonomous code, and operator auto/presets
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254 VEX Talk: Episode 3 - An Overview of Lifts
In this episode, Lucas gives an overview of the various types of lifting mechanisms: arms, four & six bar linkages, elevators, and scissor lifts
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How to Build a Competitive Drive Team
In this video we will show you choose and put together a competitive drive team for vex robotics tournaments.
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Analyzing Youtube Robotics Videos
This video shows people how we analyze youtube videos in order to benefit our robot designs and we hope it helps everyone.
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Understanding Gear Ratios
Team 169A's submission for the Educational Video Challenge. This video explains the basics of gear ratios and their relevance to torque and speed.
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beginner level of play for gateway
breif discription of how the game can be played with a simple robot
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A Qualitative Motor Torque Tester
This is a demonstration on how to qualitatively test the torque on your motor.
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Fundraising Fundamentals with Super Sonic Sparks
One of the most talked about issues on the VEX forum is how to raise money for your VEX Robotics team. The Super Sonic Sparks have created a video with all questions answered! Whether you want to know what fundraising is, ideas for fundraisers, or how to contact sponsors, this video has it all and much much more!
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Zip Goes Your Zip Tie
I came up with this idea one day, and couldnt get it out of my head, it then proved itself as a valuable lesson as i munched some wires because i forgot to cable tie them
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How to Construct a Drivetrain
This is an instrucional video on how to construct a basic drivetrain. Also included is the importance and significance of a drivetrain to a robot.
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