Design Process
How to take a robot from idea to reality! Strategic design, technical details, subsystem guides, and more!
Design Photo Library
Clever design solutions from other FRC teams.
Blower
Bumper
Bumper Handles - Carry Robot
Carbon Fiber
Chain
Chain - Tensioners - Management
Climber
Climber - Buddy
Climber - Hooks
Climber - Minimalist
Controls - Driver Station
Electrical
Electrical - Cameras - Mounts
Electrical - Encoder and Limit Switches
Elevators
Elevator - Nested Arm
Gear - Herringbone
Gear - Pulley
Gear - Shifters
Gear Boxes
Gear Boxes - Worm Drive
Gears - for Wrist
Intake - Arm - Gears - Brake
Intake - Bands
Intake - Claw
Intake - Guides
Intake - Rollers
Intake - Wrist
Linear Slide
Marketing
Mechanical - Dampener
Mechanical - Structure
Motor - Mounts
Pneumatics
Shooter - Flywheel
Shooter - Pivot
Single Arm Robots
Turret
Vacuum - Suction
Wheels
Making Prototypes
When building a robot, we don't always land on the best idea first! It is important to try any id...
Drivebase Design
Drivebases On all of your strategy priority lists, the number one priority should be to drive. ...
Elevator Design Guide
Elevators - Goal Tall but Robot Short, What Do? Arguably the most important subsystem to learn f...
Intakes and Linkages
4 Bar Linkages: 4 Bar linkages use 4 bars(crazy, I know), 2 on each side of the bot, and dead...
Patrick's Rant on why Beluga Sucked (strategically)
(intro tl:dr - having a high skill ceiling means you need to get to that skill ceiling. Simple ro...
Power Transmission Basics
Power Transmission Basics A Power Transmission, for the most part, allows rotational motion to b...
Shooter Designs
Projectiles in FRC: A Practical How-To Guide 1) Pick a launcher style (pros/cons & when to use) ...