Where to go from here

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#1

I’ve been having my team of engineering beginners go through the vexrobotics curriculum online, as well as the CS2N programming curriculum. Once all that is finished up, where can I go from there?

We do some research on these forums, and I have a good set of youtube videos that forum posters have shared with me, but I’m looking for a curriculum that will go beyond the beginning engineering concepts of what we can find at vexrobotics.com, something that will give some further experience with mechanisms of different types.

Any ideas?

#2

I found it really helpful looking at past Worlds videos and figuring out how the best teams made their mechanisms; the pros and cons of them and how they could be put into ITZ

#3

ITZ?

#4

we teach younger students how to build mechanisms by creating examples with VeX IQ and Legos.

It gives them a physical thing to learn from, but isn’t handing them a design they can just slap on a robot.

In the Zone

I hope that helps

#5

No, I would hope not :stuck_out_tongue:
He’s talking about past worlds videos.
Ie NBN, starstruck, Toss up, skyrise, etc. Granted you probably can’t find much past Toss up but o well.
But yeah, to his point, watching past videos of worlds champions or even competitors can be fun and help you learn some things in the process :slight_smile:

Edit: apparently I misunderstood his question… I thought he meant itz worlds…

#6

No, sorry I didnt phrase that right. I looked at worlds vids from Skyrise and starstruck for inspiration in order to put it into In the Zone (ITZ)

#7

If you want to see some robots that would be good for ITZ, I would recommend watching the reveal videos on youtube from some of the higher-tier teams. Look at what strategies/mechanisms they use and compare them with some of your own designs to make the optimal robot.

#8