FRC Roundtable

(2024-11-03)Episode 55 of FRC Roundtable is a discussion of lessons learned from in-house machining aka CNC tips and tricks learned by 2052 and others. Pros and cons of in-house manufacturing, how to combat the cons . Tips and lessons from 2052's experience in manufacturing with CNC around preparing operations, recovering failed operations, being efficient with time and resources, CNC machine...

(2024-10-27) Episode 54 of FRC Roundtable is all about getting to know Team 2181 GEARS. GEARS went through big changes during / after the 2020 disruptions to competition and participation and their nonprofit status. The team has been around but also re-formed itself significantly and discusses that process of culture and process overhaul. Students and mentors share about how GEARS approaches their...

(2024-10-20)In Episode 53 of FRC Roundtable there's an open discussion with students and mentors of how teams approach prototyping whether that is in pre-season for off season or mini-trial competitions or in the 6 week build season. Also a discussion of swerve drive and the preference for different motors as the new SDS motors came on the market, issues with programming swerve drive, library...

(2024-10-13) Episode 52 of the FRC Roundtable is a discussion lead by Team 5202, Talon Robotics on how they approach training, both what the team used to do and how they've changed their approach recently around team member and sub-team specific training and an open discussion q&a with the students and mentors attending.

(2024-10-06) Episode 51 of FRC Roundtable is lead by Team 2491, NoMythic. Students and mentors from NoMythic talk about their team culture, core values and mission and how they've worked to create a culture where students and mentors can passionately be themselves.

(2024-09-29)Episode 50 is a discussion of team building, how to integrate new team members into your team. 2491 NoMythic shares their process of holding a 3 day overnight team retreat experience. 2052 KnightKrawler share about their team building and new member training process. Other teams share their process and various question / answers.

(2024-09-22)Episode 49 is a discussion lead by Carly a former FRC student, current FRC team mentor and FIRST volunteer referee and Laurie Shimizu global volunteer coordinator for FIRST Robotics who leads 6 regional events in the upper Midwest and also serves as a team mentor. They talk about how FRC students can continue to participate with FIRST through volunteering.

(2024-09-15) Episode 48 of FRC Roundtable is an open discussion between team students and mentors about what they will be changing on their teams for the 2024-2025 season. Topics include how to be more effective with project management on tight timelines; how to make decisions under time crunch; process improvements; balancing student lead and mentor support; changes to safety process or protocol;...

(2024-05-20)Episode 47 is a discussion lead by 3407 WildCards on robots for outreach. Discussion includes the purpose of using robots for outreach activities to entertain and educate, to recruit new FRC team members, as well as to retain and train current team members. Benefits of training include building team members technical skills, creating documentation, troubleshooting skills and presentati...

(2024-05-05)Episode 46 is a discussion hosted by Robojacks Team 4676 about their Unified Robotics program started in Northern Minnesota. The unified robotics program offers the opportunity for the 21% of students who have special needs to be introduced to STEM. The discussion centers on education around how Unified Robotics works. Unified Robotics teams play their own FIRST game. Game robots are b...

Ep 045: Design & Build Robust Robots (2024-04-28)

Ep 044: Post Season & Summer Activities (2024-04-21)

Ep 043: Improving Student Experience (2024-04-14)

Ep 042: Robot LEDs (2024-04-07)

Ep 041: April Tag Filtering & Aim While Driving Autos (2024-03-24)

Ep 040: PID Setup & Tuning (2024-03-17)

Ep 039: Build Season Schedules & Tempo (2024-03-10)

Ep 038: Crescendo Week 1 Recap (2024-03-03)

Ep 037: Crescendo Week Zero Recap (2024-02-25)

Ep 036: FRC PathPlanner (2024-02-18)

Ep 035: April Tags and Vision for FRC (2024-02-04)

Ep 034: Crescendo Build Season Status Update (2024-01-28)

Ep 033: Drive Team Selection (2024-01-21)

Ep 032: Strategic Design (2024-01-14)

Ep 031: Crescendo Kick Off (2024-01-07)