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WRRF Presentations

Presentations by Lynbrook Robotics students and mentors at the twice-annual WRRF Robotics Workshops in San Jose CA.

  • Introduction to Robot Subsystems (2011) (14.9MB) An overview of the basic components of a FIRST robot: pneumatics, electrical, sensors and electronics, and drive train. Intended to give rookie members a jump-start introduction to FIRST. Presented 12/10/2011 by students Miles Chan, Akshat Agrawal, Anurag Makineni, Jackie Zhang, Brian Axelrod, Michael Lin, and Eric Yeh (2.75hrs).
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    2010 (11.2MB) Presented 12/11/2010 by students Yiming Jen, Haochuan Ni, Karthik Viswanathan, Brian Axelrod, Nikhil Unni, Sarat Calamur, Chinmay Jaju, and Alric Siu (2.75hrs).
    2008 (6.9MB) Presented 9/27/2008 by students David Liu, Johnathan Chai, Michael Wachenschwanz, Aashish Sreedharan, and Toshi Tachibana.
  • DC Permanent Magnet Motors (8.1MB). DC Motor Tutorial: Selecting Motor and Gear Ratios for a Winch Application.Topics: torque & force; motor torque vs speed; input vs output power; gear ratio selection. Presented 12/10/2011 by David Giandomenico
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    2009 DC Permanent Magnet Motors     – A Tutorial Winch Design     (6.2MB)
  • Feedback Control for your Robot’s Drivetrain (2.4MB) Using dynamic braking for better turning; velocity control of motors, basic stability in control loops. Presented 12/11/2010 by mentor David Giandomenico (1.5hrs).
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  • Basic Control Systems (2.4MB) Introduces proportional feedback systems to control position and speed. Includes methods to measure speed, tips on how to quickly adjust parameters, and how to deal with load changes when game pieces are handled. Presented 12/5/2009 by mentor David Giandomenico.
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  • Introduction to Robot Subsystems (6.9MB) An overview of the basic components of a FIRST robot: pneumatics, electrical, sensors and electronics, and drive train. Intended to give rookie members a jump-start introduction to FIRST. Presented 9/27/2008 by students David Liu, Johnathan Chai, Michael Wachenschwanz, Aashish Sreedharan, and Toshi Tachibana.
    MS PowerPoint Presentation
  • DC Permanent Magnet Motors – A Tutorial Winch Design (6.2MB). DC Motor Tutorial: Selecting Motor and Gear Ratios for a Winch Application.Topics: torque & force; motor torque vs speed; input vs output power; gear ratio selection. Presented 12/5/2009 by David Giandomenico
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    Internet Video Presentation at 2005 NASA Robotics Alliance Project
  • PWM Motor Control with IFI Robotics Victor884 Electronic Speed Controller. (2.6MB) PWM control — no load speed vs duty
    cycle; speed regulation; PWM current & voltage. Presented 9/15/2007 by David Giandomenico
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  • How to Get Started Programming the EDU/VEX/FRC Robot Controllers. Contains a step-by-step progression of simple ‘C’ code for the IFI EDU Controller
    Requires MICROCHIPs MPLab IDEPresented 11/2005 by David Giandomenico

  • Basic Control Systems (2.4MB) Introduces proportional feedback systems to control position and speed. Includes methods to measure speed, tips on how to quickly adjust parameters, and how to deal with load changes when game pieces are handled. Presented 12/5/2009 by mentor David Giandomenico.
    MS PowerPoint Presentation