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Sponsors

We thank our sponsors:

  • Academy D-20
  • Broadmoor Entertainment
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Colorado FIRST
  • Verizon Wireless

Links

Links

Although the Rocky Mountain Robotics website contains significant resources for all FIRST teams, no team should be so arrogant as to ignore the benefits to themselves and other teams of links. Below are the resources we've found to be of greatest use for all FRC teams.

FIRST

FIRST Home Page
The FIRST Home Page, with information about FRC, Vex, and Lego League.
FIRST Overdrive
The FIRST Robotics Competition game for the 2008 season
Alpine Robotics Team 159
Our colleagues and fellow robotics enthusiasts in Fort Collins, CO. Their website has an excellent Google Maps-based team locator.
Virtual Commandos Team 1977
RMR's "Commando" comrades up in Loveland, CO.

General Information

Chief Delphi
An incredibly popular forum board run by team 47 with many teams contributing valuable ideas.
Wikipedia on Robotics
An article describing the basic kinds of robots.

Mechanical

Machining: An Introduction
A to-the-point introduction to machining
Monta Vista Robotics Team

Programming

Loveland High School Resources
Team 1977 from Loveland, Colorado has compiled tutorials on C.
Monta Vista Robotics Team

Website

Drupal
The content management framework of Rocky Mountain Robotics' website. Contains excellent tutorials, downloads, and useful modules.
W3Schools
Numerous guides on XHTML, CSS, and PHP.

Wiring

Monta Vista Robotics Team

Pneumatics

Monta Vista Robotics Team
  • Pneumatics — An introduction to how Pneumatics work, and the characteristics of pneumatics.

CAD-Autodesk Inventor

Monta Vista Robotics Team
  • Inventor Parts — A tutorial on how to make a part in Autodesk Inventor.
  • Inventor Assemblies — A tutorial on how to make a basic assembly of parts in Autodesk Inventor.
  • Inventor Drawing — A tutorial on how to make a drawing in Autodesk Inventor.

Team Management

Monta Vista Robotics Team

Thank You

Special thanks goes out to to FIRST, the Monta Vista Robotics Team, Team 47, and the Loveland High School Robotics team for providing the tutorials and information on this page.