
Harlem Knights
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1660
Fasteners
How to Choose Nuts & Bolts (gizmology)
How to Tap thread a hole (tubalcain video)
Suppliers (McMaster)
Actuating Motion
How to choose a FRC motor to use (Ether’s Motor’s calculations/ 2012 FRC Motor specs)
How to change motor characteristics with a gearbox (JVN’s motor & gearbox design calculator)
How to design Pneumatic pistons for translational motion (bimba/ 2012 FRC Pneumatics Manual/ SMC Solenoid Valve/ Festo Valve)
Suppliers (AndyMark, Bimba, McMaster)
Transmitting Rotational Motion
How to use Belts & Pulleys (Gates notes/ videos/ calculator)
How to calculate chain between 2 sprockets (SDP-SI calculator/Dr.Joe’s calculator)
How to create motor axle keyways with a broach (tubalcain video)
Suppliers (AndyMark, IFIrobotics, McMaster, Gates)
How to strip electrical wire (DITech video)
How to read Voltage with a Multimeter (DITech video)
How to read Amps with a Multimeter (DITech video)
How to solder (FreeUK)
How to layout FRC Robot Electrical board (2011)
How to change the speed of a motor (Victor884 Speed Controller manual)
Suppliers (Andymark/ McMaster)
How to program in JAVA intro (TheNewBoston videos)
How to process a camera image for useful robotics information (2012 WPI vision paper/ WPI Robotics Library Info)
How to create a vision program for the cRio (WPI paper)
How to determine robot position relative to vision target by analyzing camera image (CD White Paper)
How to program the Kinect ( Microsoft Kinect SDK)
How to update Netbeans with FRC JAVA libraries (JAVA FRC Updates)
Suppliers (Axis Camera manual)
Technical Resources
MECHANICAL

Programming
ELECTRICAL