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Free Online Simulink Summer Workshops

BEST teams, This year we are hosting a series of 5 online classes teaching robot programming with MATLAB and Simulink throughout summer. Please make...
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Started by JoseAvendano in General
Simulink Getting Started Guide - Programming Learning Path for the 2020 Season

BEST Teams, We put together the MATLAB and Simulink Getting Started Guide attached for all the BEST teams to use while learning robotics...
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Started by JoseAvendano in General
Analysis and Notes of 2019 UETM booth demo robot with 2dof linkage arm at Texas BEST

Martin's Mill sent me a cell phone video of the UETM demo robot with an interesting linkage arm: See attached pptx.zip file for details
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Started by jgraber in Technical
IR Sensor Use

Did anyone successfully use the IR sensors this year? If so, how did you do it? If not, what did you learn?
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Started by dannyk in Technical
photos of 2019 Texas BEST regional robots are available.

The BEST Robotcs Flicker Photo album https://www.flickr.com/photos/145917916@N03/ now has the photos of all robots from 2019 BEST of Texas...
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Started by jgraber in News
Good Luck

Good Luck to everyone competing at a regional or state competition this weekend.
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Started by EvansPhysics in General
Should simulation be included with the Simulink submission?

Our programmers have been debating whether they should submit the Simulink code with simulation inputs and displays or without them. Including the...
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Started by EvansPhysics in Awards and Judging
Score Sheet Question

Our local hub returned our completed score sheets to us as normal. The score sheets, however, are not the same as the ones provided at kick off or...
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Started by EvansPhysics in Awards and Judging
Post your Autonomous ideas: Here is simple timed driving method with Safety Stop function:

Here is a tested working C example from EasyC. Features Triggering 2 different Autonomous routines, you may need up to 4? Features Timed...
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Started by jgraber in Technical
Binary Code Error?

Hi, I'm Broc from a robotics team in PA and I require assistance with a certain error. We have no idea what this Binary Code Error means but if...
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Started by Dragongamer1848 in Simulink
Simulink Won't Download-Other autonomous code samples ?

Our team can't get Simulink to work for the autonomous code. We have MATLAB downloaded, but the support packages won't download. Is there any way we...
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Started by jben in Simulink
Easy C - entering license - error

I'm trying to enter the license from our hub into Easy C v. 6, but the dropdowns for "select licensing model" and "select license...
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Started by katiedewees in Technical
Insulator/hook dimensions

Trying to make the tower hook insulator assembly and believe I have everything correct, but cannot configure it to the dimensions in the drawings. I...
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Started by dannyk in General
Alternate Servos

I was looking through the Return kit checklist and noticed that there is now an alternate servo listed for the Futaba S3003/S3004. It looks like...
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Started by EvansPhysics in Return Kits
Three D printing ideas

I designed and printed parts for a quadrature encoder suitable for BEST Robotics, on Tinkercad There is a wavy ring and an encoder bracket to hold...
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Started by jgraber in Team Custom Parts
Infrared Sensor Basics and Robot Autonomy Webinar [Recorded]

BEST Teams, The webinar for learning how to use the BEST IR Sensor Kit and program autonomous algorithms for your robots is now available! ...
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Started by JoseAvendano in General
My state unveiling isn’t until 9/21 but AL is this weekend

There is an Alabama team who competes in our state competition. They have a 2 week start before our kickoff. How can I access the universal unveiling...
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Started by Jonesstacey1 in General
Notebook Heading Style Guidelines

Our team argues about this topic way more than it seems to merit. I would love a definitive answer. Is there a style guideline for headings for...
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Started by dannyk in General
Programming the new BEST Infrared (IR) Sensor with Simulink

Hello everybody, We started getting questions on the newly released Infrared sensor that will included in the kits for this years competition. To...
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Started by JoseAvendano in Simulink
What does the window alarm sensor do?

After 2 years of looking at the window alarm sensor and saying "wonder what that thing does?", my team asked me to "find someone...
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Started by dannyk in Technical
Getting Started with Simulink Webinar Recording Available + Simulink resources for 2019 season

BEST teams, Complimentary MATLAB and Simulink licenses are now available for the 2019 season. Please go to the MathWorks BEST Robotics site and...
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Started by JoseAvendano in General
How to register a team?

Can anyone list out all the steps to register a team to participate BEST robotics competition? Thank you.
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Started by Leo in General
The age range and team members in a team

Can anyone tell me what is the age range of a team member, and how many team members can be in a BEST team? Thank you.
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Started by Leo in General
Connectivity Issues Follow Up

I previously posted seeking advice about losing connection during BEST matches. Last year, we had multiple 1-5 second episodes where the connection...
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Started by dannyk in Technical
Interactive game

I do not see the interactive game on the BEST scoresheets. Where are the guidelines?
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Started by Jonesstacey1 in Awards and Judging

BEST Robotics Forum

Free Online Simulink Summer Workshops

Simulink Getting Started Guide - Programming Learning Path for the 2020 Season

Analysis and Notes of 2019 UETM booth demo robot with 2dof linkage arm at Texas BEST

IR Sensor Use

photos of 2019 Texas BEST regional robots are available.

Good Luck

Should simulation be included with the Simulink submission?

Score Sheet Question

Post your Autonomous ideas: Here is simple timed driving method with Safety Stop function:

Binary Code Error?

Simulink Won't Download-Other autonomous code samples ?

Easy C - entering license - error

Insulator/hook dimensions

Alternate Servos

Three D printing ideas

Infrared Sensor Basics and Robot Autonomy Webinar [Recorded]

My state unveiling isn’t until 9/21 but AL is this weekend

Notebook Heading Style Guidelines

Programming the new BEST Infrared (IR) Sensor with Simulink

What does the window alarm sensor do?

Getting Started with Simulink Webinar Recording Available + Simulink resources for 2019 season

How to register a team?

The age range and team members in a team

Connectivity Issues Follow Up

Interactive game

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