Unofficial FRC Mechanism Encyclopedia

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This is from Chief Delphi, but will be of interest to V5 and VIQ builders

@LuiTheFly

Happy new year everyone!

Inspired by 1678’s Golden Rule #3 “Steal from the best, invent the rest”, I thought I’d share a resource I put together for 5985.

The Unofficial FRC Mechanism Encyclopedia is a resource to assist FRC teams in the ideation phase (first few days) of an FRC season. The page is essentially a list of YouTube playlists each focusing on a game piece type (E.g. ball or cube) and a robot subsystem (E.g. drivetrain, intake or shooter). Each playlist has a notes section with a brief explanation of what is included.

You can access the Encyclopedia at:
www.projectb.net.au/resources/robot-mechanisms/

The mechanisms are sourced from a variety of robotics competitions, such as the FIRST Robotics Competition and VEX Robotics Competition, as well as real life applications. It allows for any team in any robotics competition to quickly access new ideas and sanity-check current designs against those that have been successful in previous years.
Using the Encyclopedia is extremely simple. Select the mechanism in which you’re interested, then select the playlist that best suits your requirements. For example, the Shooter section contains a link to playlists sorted by projectile size.