The info for the BEST National Conference has been posted on the BRI Website <http://www.bestinc.org/> . (You'll have to click the graphic on the front page) ...
If your students have been able to successfully make gears, can you tell me what tool they used to do so? Several of my students would really like to make...
It takes a lot of elbow grease, but I have seen some of our teams turn out some very nice gears out of the ½" aluminum stock just using a hand file set...
One of the parents of a member of our group owns a small milling machine so they bought a cutter for it that would cut gear teeth in the thick pieces of...
Gear 1: Use 1/4" plastic draw out circle- don't cut the circle yet mark dots evenly around circle no less than 1.25" apart center 1/2" wood drill on marks ...
I've seen plywood gears that follow patterns that can be found/generated on a number of web sites. Here's a link to one found with a quick web search...
Thanks to everyone who sent me info on how to make gears. It was helpful. We're finding that the actual cutting is the hardest part. Perhaps they just need...
I am following the steps to get into the teacher forum...but I can't seem to locate it. I registered here...but then I can't find a link here or on the home...
The area that has been established for BEST teachers is: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/best_teacher/ Unfortunately, I don't think this has been...
Thank you! I have submitted for acceptance to the group! Sharon Metro Homeschool Robotics ... From: tagrimley <tgrimley@...> Subject: [bestinc] Re:...
We thinking to start a mentoring training for employees of an Airplane Company in St.Louis, MO interested in BEST Robotics. The plan is to have a kick-off in...
... That is a fantastic idea! Mentors can be more specifically helpful if they have relevant experience using the same types of materials and tools....
I'd like to have a servo slowly and gracefully change from one position to another, rather than use the existing default "as fast as possible PID". Does anyone...
Joel, We are working in getting funding to acquire the full 2008 game field plus 4 robot "kits" from one of the hubs.... But if anyone is interested in getting...
... I placed an example in the files. I haven't been able to test it since we don't have a brain right now. I programmed the servo to have a constant speed...
Hello All, Very cool !!!. I wonder if there will be an "alternative fuel" aspect to the robot itself such as have solar panels as part of the parts...that will...
... Thanks, that was helpful to get me started. I don't anticipate having a long variable loop time, so I think the use of the RealTime clock is overkill for...
... This is much simpler. I probably should go through mine and condense it but I thought I would throw you something quick that would work. Just out of...
... // cc3 is just a counter from 0 .. speed3 short in_3, out_3, cc3, speed3; A ~90 degree servo swing for an input of 0-1000 is ~0.9 degree each. Changing the...
// provide clock ticks at increment: 9/450=> 0.02 sec #define RESET_CLK (9) This is line 41 and 42 of bestusrutil.c. I don't think BEST allows this code to be...
A couple comments ... You are welcome to change the user libraries at your own risk. Hub personnel and/or BEST cannot support customized libraries. Changing...
... Terry, I agree I shouldn't have used floating point numbers. The optimal solution would probably be to use the full range of int to specify servo positions...
... Make that 0.09 degrees each, so moving a servo_position by 9 would be 1 degree = 1/90th of full swing. These servos probably don't support more accuracy...
Hello everyone! I am actually coming down to the wire on this one, and I really would appreciate someone bailing me out! I need a program for the Brain that...
... Hey Joey, I'm glad to see I won't be the only one there without much driving practice. I previously posted this whole program under subjects including the...
Do any of you know if the BEST Teacher Workshop "tentatively" scheduled for next Friday, 8/7, at Univ. of N. Texas is going to happen? Gaylen **************Hot...
Thanks! Â Gaylen for the information I am New and had not even heard of that meeting! can you confirm it will happen or is there a point of contact i need to...
I talked to Monica, CoCoBEST's team coordinator, yesterday but she wasn't sure if the workshop was still on or not. The website lists it as "tentative" for...
Below is a message from Tom Fitzmaurice at UNT - As of July 31, they were still looking for more participants and needed sign up by Tuesday, August 4th. ... On...
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