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
• General Information
• Mechanical
• Programming
• Website
• Wiring
• Pneumatics
• CAD-Autodesk Inventor
• Team Management
• A Thank You

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.

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.

Machining: An Introduction

A to-the-point introduction to machining

Monta Vista Robotics Team

• Tools — An introduction to the tools one may use in building a robot.
• Robot Designs: Chassis and Drive-Train — How to build a robot chassis and drivetrain, complete with examples.
• Robot Design: Manipulators — Examples of several different types of manipulator arms.
• A Guide to Choosing the right motor. — Different types of motors, and how to choose one. Provided by FIRST.

Loveland High School Resources

Team 1977 from Loveland, Colorado has compiled tutorials on C.

Monta Vista Robotics Team

• Basic Programming Part 1 — An introduction to programming in C.
• Basic Programming Part 2 — A more detailed look at If-else statements and switch statements
• Robot Control Program — An explanation of how the robot controller and camera program work.

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.

Monta Vista Robotics Team

• Electrical Parts — An introduction to the many components in the robot's electrical system
• Wire Stripping — How to strip the insulation off a wire
• Wire Crimping — How to crimp electrical wires

Monta Vista Robotics Team

• Pneumatics — An introduction to how Pneumatics work, and the characteristics of pneumatics.

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.

Monta Vista Robotics Team

• Interactive Activities — Team bonding activity used to introduce everyone in the team to each other.

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.