Dankest Vex Memes?

[Illyana]

@Sylvie

Yet they t’were spam. You will note that recently posts about our overweight shark friend have been disappearing from this thread, seemingly by a moderator’s hand.

I think Taran is genuinely frustrated with the difficulty to grasp the hidden meaning of “Terry the Fat Shark” memes, which could be as slippery as the smooth skin of a shark.

The symbolism of Terry memes is that life sometimes bears you gifts that are as inevitable as Wednesdays.

For example, this was one of the Terry’s gifts from last year:

Despite being an ugly fat shark, Terry has a keen sense of noticing slight but significant patterns.

For example, this is what Terry noticed a few years back about vex, but he was just a baby shark - too shy to share it with us.

Maybe, if Taran learns more about Terry’s childhood, he will appreciate his insights that could sometimes see in the future:

[Calvin_Thrasher]

Yo facts though not gonna lie

[Golf]

𝚅𝚎𝚡 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜: 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸𝟶𝚝𝚑, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷.
𝟸:𝟶𝟶 𝙰𝙼

[9MotorGang]

[9MotorGang]

Vex: releases a new sensor
Half the forum:

[Noah10851B]

@9MotorGang

Very loud like 4 people the forum:

Fixed that for you…

[anon4126930]

School: We’re not funding your robotics club. Figure it out, we have more important things to pay for.
Also School:

Plate vending machine

[LuxembourgIsACountry]

I love how there’s a broom sitting next to the machine as if they’re expecting you to clean up afterwards.

[Illyana]

@jpearman spends next three months adding raw measurements API for all V5 sensors, VRC team registrations grow by 1%, sales of V5 GPS increase by 8 units.

@Grant_Cox spends two weeks arguing with @Foster about the merits of additive manufacturing before allowing 3D printed parts, VRC team registrations grow by 5%, sales of V5 battery clips plummet.

@DRow spends five minutes sneaking new rule into the next Game Manual update, VRC team registrations grow by 500%, VEX becomes the largest reseller of #64 Alliance rubber bands by volume.

[9MotorGang]

Tower Takeover push bots after scoring 3 cubes.

[insert_code]

[Foster]

[Illyana]

Yo, 3D printing is hot!

To the point of us forgetting about the last week’s controversy: penalty free pneumatics.

@Jon_Jack

While yes, there’s no motor penalty to use pneumatics, there’s still a penalty that I feel many people are handwaving:

You still have to design a pneumatics system into your robot.

This includes mounting the tanks on your robot, mounting the solenoids on your robot, routing hoses, interfacing the cylinders with the rest of your robot, troubleshooting any leaks that you have (or may come up mid-season)… plus you have no compressor - which is huge.

Plus don’t forget that tanks and cylinders are made from stainless steel. There’s a lot of brass in a pneumatics system too. Stainless and brass are heavy materials, which will weigh down your robot.

@Jon_Jack

Yes, you can use unlimited cylinders - but you are limited to the number of actuations you can make since you can’t recharge your pneumatics with an onboard compressor. So it’s not unlimited free energy. Compare this to a V5 motor, which given the current motor usage limits and the V5 battery performance effectively gives you consistent, unlimited usage during a match.

@Jon_Jack

Since every actuation releases pressure from the system each time you actuate you have less and less force until you eventually don’t have enough force to move your mechanism.

@Jon_Jack

However, there’s been a growing trend over the last 5-7 years where teams are choosing to NOT use pneumatics. Why?

• Pneumatics are heavy and overall teams have been trending toward smaller and lighter robots. There’s only so much weight you can remove from a pneumatics system. At the end of the day, if you’re using pneumatics in FRC, you’re dedicating at least 5-10 lbs of your weight budget to it.
• For many teams pneumatics are problematic. It’s very difficult to build a pneumatics system that does not leak air. These air leaks can be catastrophic if you’re relying on pneumatics for a mission critical part of your robot. You leave your pit full of air, you walk to your match, there’s a delay (maybe two) and next thing you know you’re down 10-20% of your air. Yes, you can recharge during a match, but this means you’re running an extra motor which means there’s less power from the battery available for your other motors.

@Jon_Jack

There’s a lot of technical reasons why teams would want to run pneumatics, but they’re still trending away from it.

What will the next Game Manual Update bring on us? Ten second end game autonomous and mandatory V5 bike helmets to protect V5 brains when falling off the ramp?

[Sylvie]

@Illyana

Yo, 3D printing is hot!

Yes ​ ​ Illyana ​​ the nozzles do get quite toasty this is known.

[VexTeamZ]

@Illyana

To the point of us forgetting about the last week’s controversy: penalty free pneumatics.

Actually, I’m afraid you’ve got it wrong. Last week was the GPS sensor.

[Sharky_do]

Another big bug day for vex fourm

[RoboCatz]

[Sylvie]

Wow almost like that’s not a backend forum issue and is instead an issue with your computer downloading the image it needs.

[Hao_16688C]

1104G has provided us some quality entertainment i mean educational moments

2017 VEX Starstruck Ontario Season Recap

Thanks to 1404B for making video

[High_Ground]

might be late (very) but one of the motors isnt even connected to the arm…