FTC Coaches Workshop - Day 1 Introduction To FTC And Building With .
FTC Coaches Workshop - Day 1 Introduction to FTC and Building with TETRIX Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud@pobox.com University of Texas at Dallas June 2017
Welcome and Introduction
FIRST Progression of Programs Ages 6-8 4,500 teams 27,000 players 100 expos Ages 9-14 26,000 teams 267,000 players 1,200 qualifiers 136 championships Grades 7-12 4,500 teams 44,000 players 300 meets/events Grades 9-12 3,000 teams 75,000 players 100 meets/events LEGO elements LEGO Mindstorms TETRIX/Matrix kits 120 lbs, custom * based on 2014/2015 projections http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/first-at-a-glance
FIRST Tech Challenge Teams design, build, and program robots to compete in an alliance against other teams. Teams including coaches, mentors, and volunteers develop strategy and build robots based on engineering principles. FTC competitions occur at regional, state, national, and international levels
FIRST Tech Challenge Grades 7-12 Up to 15 team members Robots built using a wide variety of materials and kits of parts Game challenge changes every year 2011: Bowled Over 2012: Ring it Up 2013: Block Party 2014: Cascade Effect 2015: Res-Q 2016: ?
FTC Game Two alliances of two teams each (four robots) 12' x 12' field with game elements Robots perform tasks to earn points 30 second “autonomous” portion 2 minute “tele-operated” (driver control) portion including 30 second “endgame”
Who is here? 1. Name 2. School / affiliation 3. Experience 4. What do you want to get from this workshop?
2016-2017 FTC Season September through December: Coaches clinics Scrimmages League meets January: Qualifiers, League championships February: Regional championship, UT-Arlington March: South Super Regionals, Georgia April: World Championship, Houston
Starting a team – things you need Registration – usfirst.org and TIMS Robot Chassis, motors, sensors, control systems, software Practice Field Tools Engineering Notebook
Important things to do Join NorthTexasFTC Google Group FTC related discussions, advice, announcements Bookmark roboplex.org Calendar of events, resources Apply for a FIRST in Texas Grant firstintexas.org
Registration and TIMS FTC Team Information Management System Register team, pay registration fee, obtain team number Two coaches required Purchase robot kits via FIRST Youth Team Member System Team members create an account Parents electronically sign consent forms Apply for team membership Team coach accepts student applications Complete prior to first event
Robot control system Smartphone based ZTE Speed or Motorola Moto G phones Controllers for motors, servos, sensors Programming in Android Studio (Java) Robot-controller app Driver station app
Robot components Chassis / mechanical kits Tetrix, REV Robotics, Actobotics, GoBilda, Matrix Electronics Set REV Robotics Via FIRST Storefront or revrobotics.com Control and Communication Sets via FIRST Option: Joysticks included or excluded
More robot components Software development environment FTC Robot Controller and Driver Station apps Android Studio (Java) MIT AppInventor Other items Commercially available hardware and building materials, limited to one degree of freedom 3D printed parts
Practice Field Field sets (game elements) – changes every year Purchase from andymark.com Options: Full field set or half-field sets SoftTiles flooring – 2'x2' gray rubber floor tiles AndyMark: 230 for a set of 36 SoftTiles.com: 5.80 per tile (36 needed for full field) Field perimeter walls AndyMark: 659 shipping Build your own or do without
Tools See roboplex.org for suggestions from teams
Engineering Notebook Required for winning judged awards Get started early, don't wait Document everything you can Read Game Manual Part I for organization details See award winning notebooks at FTC site
Engineering Notebook Required for all judged awards Documentation of team's robot design and activities for the season: sketches processes discussions obstacles team meetings reflections design evolution analyses Start early, don't wait until just before event See award winning notebooks at FTC Team Resource
FTC competition Judged awards Qualification matches Randomly selected alliances Teams earn a W-L-T record (QP) and ranking points Elimination matches (“playoffs”) Top four teams from qualification matches become “alliance captains” Captains select other teams to form playoff alliances Elimination bracket, two wins needed to advance Winning alliance and Finalist alliance Top teams advance to next level
Advancement criteria 1. (optional Qualifier “host”) 9. Finalist Alliance Captain 2. Inspire Award Winner 10. Connect Award 3. Winning Alliance Captain 11. Finalist Alliance 4. Inspire Award 2nd place 12. Rockwell Collins Innovate 5. Winning Alliance, 1st team 13. Finalist Alliance, 2nd team 6. Inspire Award 3rd place 14. PTC Design Award 7. Winning Alliance, 2nd team 15. Motivate Award 8. Think Award 16. Control Award
Qualifier events Single-day competition for up to 36 teams Robot inspection Judging Qualification matches Elimination matches Awards
FTC League Play Leagues formed of 10-16 teams Each league has three or more “league meets” over several weeks Five or more qualification matches per team Engineering Notebook judging League Tournament event Teams seeded into elimination rounds based on league meet results Judging
Game Manuals Tournament overview Robot inspection rules Advancement criteria Award descriptions Game field description Game rules Scoring Penalties
Game Analysis and Strategy Tips Read and review rule summary and penalties prior to working on strategy or scoring Think in terms of competition level Qualifier Regional Super-regional World Always plan and think as an alliance Top robots will “carry” weak alliance partners Top robots will partner well with strong robots Reliability is way more important than score-ability
Robot Building using TETRIX
Registration and TIMS FTC Team Information Management System Register team, pay registration fee, obtain team number Two coaches required Purchase robot kits via FIRST Youth Team Member System Team members create an account Parents electronically sign consent forms Apply for team membership Team coach accepts student applications
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