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  • ###We do things as a team - up and out on time
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  • ...ge will be applied in the future and will be retrofit to current pivots as time allows.<br>
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  • ...without problems. I suspect the charger; although the charging cycle and time for this battery appeared normal, the subsequent battery put on this charge ...erfinal (probably a casualty of the battery problem). Did not replace (no time). This caused steering issues in the quarterfinals, in combination with Pro
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  • ...icates that she can correct via calibration, but this wastes valuable game time.
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  • :* For the first time, team 1640 built two robots: ''Prime'' and ''Deux''. ''Prime'' goes to the ...ed in the [[DEWBOT VII FRC Championship | FRC Championship]] for the first time as a team.
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  • ...ther new boy and started a beginning class on the spot. This was the first time I witnessed his teaching in action. By the end of the night nerves were gon ...and was again amazed by the passion they had for teaching. They took the time to show us how to build & program robots and also how to engage and inspire
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  • The media team is small at 2-3 people working at any one time. Like the other teams they need desk space, internet access and power.
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  • ...plates of the pivot had to be removed to change the treads. This is a very time consuming process. Also, there is the chance to incorrectly assemble the pi ...e often. Changing treads in the heat of competition is not desirable. Some time in October after input from many team members, we came up with bonding a bi
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  • ...s repaired and on the field. The robots were moving the entire 2 1/2 hour time we were there.
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  • ...ce skills ranging from mechanical fabrication to computer programming, and time management to leadership. Inventor and entrepreneur [http://usfirst.org/abo *'''''Employ''''' teamwork, leadership, time management, sportsmanship & problem solving
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  • :Work was completed on 19-June, just in time for the [[Upper Uwchlan Block Party]]. ...ools and machinery. I picked up six sturdy work benches for our remaining time in DEC and of course our new home. Glick has a wide selection aluminum, st
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  • ...s clutch''. This would continue to apply pinching force while at the same time avoiding motor stall, motor burn-out, excessive battery drain, and polycord :''Tempus fugit!.'' Only a week and a bit before IRI! Time to finish our work and test it all out.
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  • ...), wheels (calibration/angles in autonomous), etc? What (processing power, time, etc) does this take?<br>
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  • .... On the rather less elevated side, we often had plenty work to do in that time. ...eed to repair or replace that--sooner rather than later (though we'll have time enough after IRI). Secondary issue: we don't know what the diagnostic error
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  • :This time good driving wasn't quite enough. Though to be fair, a working possessor pr ...perating, Carly coaching, and Clem and Rita as human players. Still, a fun time by all.
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  • ...wonderful Jane Young, Alan, Andy and Mark of AndyMark fame and spent some time talking to Ed from Rochester. Rizzo met most of the judging staff and swapp ...-and-greet. I felt ''very'' (no, ''very'') young, but it was still a great time. The "Hi, I'm...on CD" and non-rocket science NEMO buttons were a good conv
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  • ...ain contact and are responsible for the project/milestone's quality and on-time completion. Add your name and/or contact the supervisor to volunteer as a c
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  • ...t charging (unplugged), and dead batteries to be easily identified (target time: 5 seconds, marginal: 20 seconds)
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  • ...lace the robot safely within 10 seconds (marginal: 15 seconds or 3 people, time starts from robot held above the cart)
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  • A ROBOT may only possess one (1) Game Piece at a time.
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  • :On the way home, we continued an ancient and time-honored team tradition by spending the morning of Sunday, 20-July at the [h ...enjoy some sunshine and play with some younger Chester Countians. A good time was had by all.
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  • ...Salem Community College, Carney's Point, NJ. Sab-BOT-age's 4<sup>th</sup> time participating at Duel on the Delaware. First "official" FRC competition fo ...the start of DEWBOT's first three qualifying matches approximately was on-time.
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  • ...junction. We replaced the failed pivot (with our last spare), but not in time for the 2<sup>nd</sup> playoff match. :Our spare pivot was not kept up-ta-date and ready-to-use. This cost us time (although it is doubtful that replacement would have been fast enough even
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  • * The VEX team - 103 roboteers, 14 robots, 2 full time playing fields (shown is a playing field and 24 transmitters ready for test
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  • :FRC - Need to make sure everyone is working the whole time, every time :More lead time, get DASD & local government there<br><br>
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  • ...pits to talk to the teams and I want to say thanks for everyone that took time to talk to them.
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  • The primary factor affecting climb time is minibot mass. No big surprise here. The lighter, the faster.<br> ...imizing wheel diameter/gear ratio can cut tenths of a second off the climb time.<br>
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  • ...to a team of 20 students and 15 mentors with 3 alumni mentors. At the same time, our engineering skills have increased. Our robots have gone from unassumin ...and 5 off-season events. Last year our robot construction was completed in time for us to attend a pre-season event!
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  • ...s and hands into designing and building a great robot. Paradoxically, the time seems both far too short and much too long. ...ibot climbs the pole with battery on-board in 4.5+ seconds - but not every time
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  • ...nibot_110122_csm.jpg|Minibot coming together for the first (or ''FIRST''?) time
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  • ...ckly, anyone can drive, uses less motors and processor, and can leave more time for working other aspects of the robot. However with this, sacrifice the ma :# The time required to change a pivot if it fails is too long. This needs to be reduc
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  • :Match 16: Regional high score 114-25 at the time with 365 and 272 (thanks guys!) against 433, 223 and 3167.<br>
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  • ...had lots of good autonomous routines and our driver skills were at an all time high. ...h captains were Downingtown's Beast, Phoenix and Lady Deathstrike. By the time alliance selection was over, all of the VEXMEN teams were on alliances.
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  • ...onable driving distance (356 mi, about 6 hours). After our 2<sup>nd</sup> time participating here, I also have to add that I enjoy the good company.
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  • ...the existing space is the ability to have playing fields available all the time. ::Minimum guaranteed time (to June 30, 2012)
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  • When we have time, we'll extend this practice to the pivots. As mentioned above, this is jus
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  • The primary factor affecting climb time is minibot mass. No big surprise here. The lighter, the faster.<br> ...imizing wheel diameter/gear ratio can cut tenths of a second off the climb time.<br>
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  • ...deactivating both solenoids retracts the deployment cylinder. Deployment time dropped to 0.84s (σ = 0.1s). A good start, but the need to vent retractio
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  • FRC Team 1640 (team Sab-BOT-age) competed for its second time (and 2<sup>nd</sup> consecutive year) in FRC's Championship, held in the Ed
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  • ...ot, after nearly flawless performance in the qualifying matches, took this time to become unreliable (knocked off its launch-pad due to the rough play).<br ...n enormous setback when 365's arm broke during the 2nd semifinal match. A time-out was called for repairs.<br>
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  • FRC Team 1640 (team Sab-BOT-age) competed for its first time in FRC's Championship, held in the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis MO. 27 stu
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  • ...broken down a field since Hartford. The team worked together, had a great time, and our help was appreciated by our hosts.
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  • '''Sunday - '''Most of us arrived at the Air Force Museum in time for the first tour of the Presidential and Experimental Aircraft Hangers. ...d took notes. Very clever idea, I might even remember to do it myself next time.
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  • ::Takes time for IRS determination letter (low-end: 45 days for VEX)
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  • ...ns. While we wanted to make this year our roller claw study (for real this time), but working in a living room, finished basement, and swimming pool makes ...using LabVIEW. Those who did not program the vending machine spent their time learning some of the ins and outs of LabVIEW.
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  • ...ense of accomplishment. This is the very heart of the robotics year. The time we both live for and approach with a little dread. ...where we learn the details of the new game, and runs for 45 days, at which time the robot is [[DEWBOT_VIII_Final_Daze_Build_Season_Photo_Gallery#Tuesday_Fe
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  • ...st meeting, where a lot of new thinking emerged (not surprising, given the time to think things over). The articulated strategy emerged at the end of the
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  • :* Control & Drivetrain - Short time from autonomous start to top of ramp
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  • ...ised.jpg|450px|right|thumb]]22-October-2011. Sab-BOT-age's 5<sup>th</sup> time participating at Duel on the Delaware. Also the first FRC competition for ...have done this at Creamery. This kept us from getting on-field programming time, limiting autonomous development.
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  • This is the first time Sab-BOT-age had ever run two robots in a competition and my heartfelt thank
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  • *Let’s not waste time or force students – let the kids do what they’re interested in (find ou
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  • ...With the gift basket raffle we collected over $1000. Everyone had a great time and we look forward to doing it next year! ...b teams. Abington Bank supplied 50 pizzas that were gobbled down at lunch time. Thanks to all the parents that drove and braved the first snowfall of the
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  • Sab-BOT-age's 4<sup>th</sup> time participating at [[DEWBOT VI Duel on the Delaware | Duel on the Delaware]]. ...ete for FIRST's highest award. We did not win, the winning team was a two time Chairman's winner.
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  • ...s and hands into designing and building a great robot. Paradoxically, the time seems both far too short and much too long. :*Prepare Bridge Manipulation appendage for test. Test, specially for time required and any impact upon landing.
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  • ...ncludes delay for specified time, shoot at specified power, move straight (time and power), crab at specified angle, and "spit out" balls; switches select
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  • ...remind team Sab-bot-age that there are only 19 days of build season left. Time to work hard, winter is wasting away. (Phil is on the left)
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  • ....jpg|Kira, Tom, Ian & Patrick D roll DEWBOT out to the field for the first time
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  • * Barrier crossing design used up a lot of brain time & fabrication time, which might have been better applied elsewhere ...sts suggest we succeeded with the second as well (but let's give this some time). The ability to adapt drive performance in software to meet game needs is
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  • With virtually no time for software & hardware testing or driver training before the robot was sea ...get a rookie team's autonomous up and running in their non-existent spare time. Way to go!
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  • ...get a rookie team's autonomous up and running in their non-existent spare time. Way to go! ...get a rookie team's autonomous up and running in their non-existent spare time. Way to go!
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  • ...college. An autistic student first joined Team 1640 as a programmer. Over time, the programmer learned to communicate his ideas effectively, as well as le ...that education was the best method to spread FIRST’s initiatives. At the time, the school district researched and considered building a third high school
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  • ...native top hopper feed; mechanism still works but hopper has degraded over time due to non-use;
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  • This is the first time Sab-BOT-age had ever run two robots in a competition and thanks go out to a ...ised.jpg|210px|right|thumb]]22-October-2011. Sab-BOT-age's 5<sup>th</sup> time participating at Duel on the Delaware. Also the first FRC competition for
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  • ...ccer goal was worth 1 (2 in autonomous). You could only have one ball at a time and you couldn't lift it off the ground. You had to stay within your frame ...rt a 60" tall but could grow to 108". They could extend one appendage at a time up to 14" inches outside their frame perimeter, except during the 30 second
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  • ...p://robotics.agnesirwin.org/ Femme Tech Fatale]) Pivot (not working at the time)
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  • ...on competition. We'd been looking forward to working with MORT for a long time and the experience was even better than expected! Congratulations to winne On to Einstein Field! 1640's first time. We started well against Galileo's champions (teams 1241 ([http://www.theo
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  • ...t the Westtown School) and 1640 and was a huge success. This was the first time the two teams had worked together to host a robotics tournament. According
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  • ...cover the details of who we played with and the results. We spent a lot of time on the practice field, mostly working on autonomous until we discovered the
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  • ...cision to cross the barrier with pivot drive also committed a lot of brain time to the drive train and chassis design
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  • ...and we devoted a lot of resources to this (mind time, design time, machine time, mass, space & $s). We built an accurate, welded pyramid and a horizontal :On to Einstein Field! 1640's first time. We started well against Galileo's champions (teams 1241 ([http://www.theo
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  • ...ir hearts, minds and hands into designing and building a great robot. The time is both far too short and much too long. :*Welder working first time since Waterloo. Kira & Marina are welding graduates!
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  • Primarily as a just-in-time training approach (it's more fun that way!), we've got several FRC design c
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  • * '''Time''' - CNC machining takes time; so does the assembly of complex mechanisms; as a result 1640 has finished ...Driver training''' is not optional with swerve. Frankly, we train all the time and participate in a lot of off-season competitions for real training. Use
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  • ...us to repair tools or equipment that would otherwise be discarded, saving time and expense<br><br> ...that the quality of our welding work is as good as it can be when it comes time to build the next robot. <br><br>
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  • 10 November, 2012 in Ambler, PA. This is Sab-BOT-age's 6<sup>th</sup> time at Ramp Riot. It's always a fantastic event, hosted by our MAR Championship
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  • :# Pivot tubes were not secure within the pivot tops and shifted over time. Small and mostly angular shifts resulted in loss of calibration. Large s ...easured following FRC cost guidelines) but also mass, manpower and machine time.
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  • ...en a strong suit for Team 1640. But things change. We spent far too much time looking for things last year.
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  • ...+hr/week during Build Season (Jan-Feb). This ranges all the way up to full-time equivalent positions for top technical mentors. ([[#What can parents do bes
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  • ...VIII IRI Photo Gallery|photo gallery]] provides images. We spent a lot of time on the practice field, mostly working on autonomous until we discovered the
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  • #Minimize $$, time and resource cost - use available (preferably used) materials *Time: ≤1hr construction (+ ≤20min planning)
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  • * after a further time, grab the pole with the third claw ** The motor takes time to reach its correct shooting speed.
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  • ...ile usually not a competition issue (we just swap pivots), the shop repair time was too long. This problem was not so obvious in 2011 because the BaneBots
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  • # The climb time could be relatively short, allowing significant scoring by shooting Frisbee ...rizontal corner; only one drive wheel will ever be disengaged at any given time while climbing. Each wheel has a "claw" to hold it to the pole and to also
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  • ...motor that was spinning at 1000 rpm, and we'd put in a new frisbee in each time it was back up at 1000, which was within 2-3 seconds. The keys were putting
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  • ...he test requires about 2 hours and discharges the battery. Because of the time investment involved, this test is run infrequently and is not useful for te
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  • On to Einstein Field! 1640's first time. We started well against Galileo's champions (teams 1241 ([http://www.theo
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  • ...were Finalists! We'd been looking forward to working with MORT for a long time and the experience was even better than expected!
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  • 1640's first time participating in this event. It's really a great event and I expect we'll
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  • ...30 sharp. It is in the student's own interest to be ready to learn by that time.
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  • Meeting start time: 2pm
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  • ...alliances (339 in our case) and had to be played (albeit three teams at a time; 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> alliance partners alternating). This ar
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  • ...s into the shovel! That is a matter for our next meeting (one problem at a time).
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  • * Decrease time so that second ball is scored by 10 seconds. ...nd could theoretically score, that is if it could shoot. Have to test more time to make sure that the autonomous code does these actions consistently!
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  • We are making the transition from prototyping to fabrication. It's time to (finish designing and) build a robot.
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  • ...se the 2013 pivot design without significant change (and to focus our mind-time on the game-piece handling) {{#ev:youtube|rbKy0agjpa0|300|right|Time-lapse video of Keith Williams & Jack welding the slingshot chassis}}
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  • ...each action, the shoulder rotates for 0.8 s, the elbow rotates for 2.2 s. Time is identical in both directions.
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  • ** At right time, retract roller frame * At right time, retract roller frame
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  • ..., consuming the entire storage reserve (two 35 in<sup>3</sup> tanks at the time) during those 20 seconds. Thereafter, both storage and regulated pressure ...al points (0 & 120 psig), the derivative of standard volume in relation to time (dV/dt, std in<sup>3</sup>/s) was determined numerically.
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  • ...easured following FRC cost guidelines) but also mass, manpower and machine time. We finally managed this trick in time for MAR Championship. A gyroscope provided the necessary input to a propor
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  • ...vering these shots as well, this had not been demonstrated at the decision time. A drawback is that these high-trajectory, low-velocity shots are necessar
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