Registration
As of midnight last night, we had 1,565 teams registered for their first event. This is a 24% increase from the same time last year, and that’s good news.
Some of you have noted that the opening of registration went very smoothly this year. The FIRST IT department made several changes to equipment and software, and did substantial testing, to help ensure teams experienced minimal delay. I was told what the changes were, but honestly didn’t understand all the terms being used. (What exactly is an ambiphasient lunar wane shaft?) However, I was in IT Mission Control, where registration was being monitored, when things kicked off, and there was much pizza being eaten and many happy noises being made, so things looked good on our side too!
[The FRC Director (on left, with bald spot) stares uncomprehendingly at a monitor while happy IT folks (out of shot) sing, eat pizza, and Morris dance.]
Beta Test
The 2014 Beta Test teams have been selected. Congratulations to the teams below! These teams will be helping the FRC Control System team review the software libraries and build new code to share with all teams. Beta testing the changes for 2014 is a key part of the FRC Control System development cycle, and we thank these teams in advance for all of their help!
Some of the items Beta teams will be asked to test include:
- New installation bundles for the Driver Station, NI Utilities, and LabVIEW Update
- New features of the Driver Station including:
- Improved setting and checking network settings
- A display for WPILib version number on the code running on the robot
- New features of the Smart Dashboard including a record/playback feature to record video and dashboard variables to a file and play them back onto the dashboard later.
- A new, reformatted version of the LabVIEW Dashboard which also includes record/playback.
- Bug fixes and improvements to C++ and Java libraries including Network Tables, Serial Port, I2C, Gyro, Encoder, Counter, Button, SPI and more.
All FRC teams will be able to communicate with the Beta Test teams on the forums.
Testing Java:
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Testing LabVIEW:
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Team # |
Team Nickname |
City |
State |
Country |
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115 |
MVRT |
Cupertino |
CA |
USA |
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359 |
Hawaiian Kids |
Waialua |
HI |
USA |
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624 |
CRyptonite |
Katy |
TX |
USA |
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1038 |
Lakota Robotics |
Liberty Township |
OH |
USA |
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1071 |
Team Max |
Wolcott |
CT |
USA |
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1225 |
Gorillas |
Hendersonville |
NC |
USA |
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1912 |
Team Combustion |
Slidell |
LA |
USA |
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2283 |
Panteras |
Mexico City |
D.F. |
Mexico |
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2341 |
Sprockets |
Shawnee |
OK |
USA |
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2486 |
CocoNuts |
Flagstaff |
AZ |
USA |
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2600 |
Falcons |
Oak Ridge |
NJ |
USA |
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2614 |
MARS |
Morgantown |
WV |
USA |
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2990 |
Hotwire |
Aumsville |
OR |
USA |
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3009 |
High Scalers |
Boulder City |
NV |
USA |
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3211 |
The Y Team |
Yeruham |
Southern |
Israel |
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3288 |
Punchers |
Big Piney |
WY |
USA |
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4004 |
MARS Rovers |
Muskegon |
MI |
USA |
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4050 |
4-H Biohazard |
Chambersburg |
PA |
USA |
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4265 |
Secret City Wildbots |
Oak Ridge |
TN |
USA |
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4400 |
Cerbotics |
Torreon |
Coah. |
Mexico |
Testing C/C++:
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Team # |
Team Nickname |
City |
State |
Country |
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156 |
RPM - Robotics Plus Mayhem |
Fairview |
PA |
USA |
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288 |
288 RoboDawgs / 216 More RoboDawgs / 244 RoboDawgs 3D |
Grandville |
MI |
USA |
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422 |
The Mech Tech Dragons |
Richmond |
VA |
USA |
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1511 |
Rolling Thunder |
Rochester |
NY |
USA |
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1741 |
Red Alert Robotics |
Greenwood |
IN |
USA |
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1816 |
The Green Machine |
Edina |
MN |
USA |
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2135 |
Presentation Invasion |
San Jose |
CA |
USA |
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2175 |
The Fighting Calculators |
Woodbury |
MN |
USA |
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3081 |
Kennedy RoboEagles |
Bloomington |
MN |
USA |
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3318 |
GSMST Robodragons |
Lawrenceville |
GA |
USA |
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3322 |
Eagle Imperium |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
USA |
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3324 |
Metrobots |
Columbus |
OH |
USA |
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3481 |
Bronc Botz |
Helotes |
TX |
USA |
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3547 |
Virus |
Monroe |
MI |
USA |
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4069 |
Lo-Ellen Robotics |
Sudbury |
ON |
Canada |
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4452 |
First Noble Team |
Seneca |
SC |
USA |
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4454 |
Rocketeers |
Philadelphia |
PA |
USA |
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4470 |
TiGears |
Placentia |
CA |
USA |
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4774 |
LAN Downunder |
Sydney |
NSW |
Australia |
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4786 |
Nicolet F.E.A.R. |
Glendale |
WI |
USA |
Frank Answers Fridays
I don’t have a ‘Frank Answers Fridays’ this week. Plenty of good questions still in the hopper (keep them coming!), but I have other tasks vying for my attention today. We’ll have one next week.
I’ll blog again soon.
Frank
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