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In the 2023–2024 season, YETI Robotics continued to expand its impact throughout the Charlotte community and beyond. The team dedicated over 3,000 hours to outreach across 40 events, inspiring thousands through STEM education and community engagement. YETI lau...

In the 2022-2023 season, YETI Robotics continued rebuilding and expanding its impact throughout Charlotte and beyond following the pandemic. The team grew to a record 60 students while maintaining a welcoming, student-led culture with 68% minority and 28% fema...

In the 2020–2021 season, YETI Robotics continued advancing its mission to break down cultural, economic, and gender barriers through STEM education. The team strengthened the FIRST community by starting 37 FIRST teams, mentoring 13, assisting 8, and investing ...

What is MapleSim? MapleSim is a physics simulator that allows your robot to interact with its surroundings on the game field. This means that the robot will be able to interact with game pieces, obstacles, and other field elements.  Why use MapleSim? Test...

In the 2020–2021 season, YETI Robotics continued advancing its mission to break down cultural, economic, and gender barriers through STEM education. The team strengthened the FIRST community by starting 37 FIRST teams, mentoring 13, assisting 8, and investing ...

Proficiency: With Help Independently Design(Figma) 1. Gradients Create linear, radial, and diamond gradients. Adjust colors, opacity, and direction. 2. Layer Organization Name layers properly. Group and ungroup objects. Use fr...

This section covers how to wire the Orange Pi and Arducam System. This is a vision system that we use as an alternative to the Limelight system.  Background Orange Pi Figure 1 The Orange Pi (Figure 1) is a high-speed single board computer powered by a buck...

Do you (like many others) mourn the fact that you missed your shot at Formula 1 because you were never put in karting as a child? Fear not for FRC has the next best thing! The following presentation provides an overview of YETI Robotics' drive team dynamics a...

Preperation matters when rendering through SolidWorks visualize. There are 2 main steps to getting it done right.  1. First things first, NO hidden parts In the software, all hidden part become shown so you should either have everything shown or suppress...

Now that you have a file ready to render, we can move on to opening visualize! 1. First click the setting icon in the top bar of the menu 2. Then click Add-Ins 3. Next this pop-up will show up so scroll down till you see SOLIDWORKS Visualize 4. Then cl...

Now that you have visualize open its time to get your photos rendered. When you first open visualize, there are many buttons and things you will be able to use. But for our need, the most important things are the four below. The 4 include the preview in the ...

Now that you have gone through all the steps needed to render a good photo it's time to get the final product! 1. On your normal visualize screen you will see a button called Tools in the top left of the screen. 2. When you push the tools button a couple o...

IntroductionThis is the third and final part of creating electrical documentation. Stay locked in because this is the most extensive part!3.1 - Wiring Power 3.2 - Wiring CAN3.3 - Labeling Wires3.4 - Creating a Components Page3.5 - Creating a Key3.1 - Wiring Po...

Responsibilities: Conduct pit scouting and communicate professionally with other teams Perform pre-competition scouting and team research Analyze match footage and scouting data Identify robot strengths, weaknesses, and strategic trends ...

Responsibilities: Develop match strategies for qualification and playoff matches Analyze match performance through play-by-play and post-match reviews Evaluate alliance and opponent capabilities to maximize scoring potential Identify potent...