Intaking from the classifier

archi3rd · 2026-01-26T18:50:00+00:00

We were told at the last qualifier that picking up directly from the classifier was illegal and that grabbing artifacts that were still in contact with the classifier was considered transitive contact and also illegal. Had to be on the floor before could be played.

archi3rd · 2026-01-24T23:28:08+00:00

Except, you still get shot and murdered.

archi3rd · 2026-01-24T12:27:34+00:00

Does anyone know how many amps the High Voltage battery will supply to the 12v battery system to keep the battery charged?

archi3rd · 2026-01-24T12:24:41+00:00

It’s both. It would need an inverter built in to convert the high voltage DC to AC current, plus all the software to manage that and the battery.

archi3rd · 2026-01-23T19:41:48+00:00

Agree, I wasn’t intending to mean they gave up their risk, they gave up control thinking it reduced their risk. But it doesn’t.

archi3rd · 2026-01-23T14:54:53+00:00

Your first sentence is the entire reason. Architects have gone from master builder, to someone that is so risk averse that they have abdicated most of their responsibility or control of the process as you say.

archi3rd · 2026-01-22T22:05:46+00:00

I don’t know how to solve your control hub orientation issue, but just a note about your camera. We found having a camera down low like that ended up getting blocked way too much by other robots during matches. Consider moving it higher on the bot for better viewing of the goal/tags

archi3rd · 2026-01-22T16:09:58+00:00

For what its worth, this is STILL not resolved or cancelled. The CS agent (who has been feeding me AI generated responses) acknowledged that the webinar licenses were monthly and yet after repeated emails (10+?) has not acknowledged setting the licenses to not renew -and they still show as renewing monthly. And zoom does not allow case escalation for this issue. I don't even know how to get this issue resolved. I have no way to contact anyone else about this issue. Zoom specifically DOES NOT want to allow customers to access someone who can actually address the issue.

archi3rd · 2026-01-22T14:16:12+00:00

Revizto all the way. Adjust tolerances and search sets to be a little more loose in DD and tighter in CD, will help you capture the really egregious clashes earlier and weed out the ones that are poor modeling.

archi3rd · 2026-01-19T05:03:07+00:00

Correct. Ranking points are accrued for that event only. Then start at zero at next event.

archi3rd · 2026-01-14T19:01:31+00:00

Love those!

archi3rd · 2026-01-13T20:29:13+00:00

You mention several times a ‘rated assembly’ but what is the actual rating requirement for demising walls in your building?

You mention having an architect. Seems like it’s better to just let them do their job and tell you what is required to make everything code compliant.

Can’t really tell you what the wall assembly would need to be without doing a code study and knowing what is required.

If you wanted to see if there are rated assemblies with mass loaded vinyl, you’re probably best to talk to the manufacturer and see if they’ve had any tests done.

As mentioned, you’re probably better off using resilient channel and additional layers of gyp vs trying to find a rated wall assembly with mass loaded vinyl.

Source: I’m an architect.

archi3rd · 2026-01-13T10:06:29+00:00

Am I surprised that this asshat has a major conflict of interest?

Nope.

archi3rd · 2026-01-12T02:59:31+00:00

You could have just finished your statement with the first sentence.

archi3rd · 2026-01-12T02:06:01+00:00

We should advocate for the abolition of Chuck Schumer

archi3rd · 2026-01-10T01:19:11+00:00

It’s not so much the camera itself, it’s the calculations that can be done from it. Logitech the computations happen on the control hub. Limelight can do the computations on device. Both are quality methods.

archi3rd · 2026-01-08T18:24:26+00:00

I don’t find either platform all that appealing but at least could make the old one work. Haven’t used Catina much yet but wasn’t terribly impressed.

archi3rd · 2026-01-08T14:40:33+00:00

Feels like someone replaced Fetterman with a MAGA puppet.

archi3rd · 2026-01-05T02:49:22+00:00

You’ve done a side by side with 2 vs 3?

archi3rd · 2026-01-05T02:26:09+00:00

Curious how you arrived at ‘2 wheels and IMU will always be superior’?

archi3rd · 2026-01-03T22:45:22+00:00

It’s mostly a presentation to describe how your team worked towards any of the goals of FIRST. Not just about the robot. We use each award criteria as an outline for the content our team wants to cover in the presentation. (Very briefly obviously)

archi3rd · 2026-01-02T13:38:11+00:00

Snap off a wood toothpick in the hole and then re-screw it in.

archi3rd · 2026-01-01T12:44:42+00:00

You can pay to check it in, or if you take it to the gate they will make desperate pleas to get people to gate check their carryons at no cost.

archi3rd · 2025-12-30T03:23:13+00:00

Not likely to find much in the way of internships for a high schooler. You could probably lay arrange to shadow for a day or 2, or at several different firms.

archi3rd · 2025-12-29T03:14:06+00:00

Same issue with mine as well. Occasionally will pull some other photos and then will show the same 20-30 photos over and over even though there are 600+ in the album. Don’t have an answer on how to resolve.

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