I'll never forget when our 2018 robot started shaking violently and uncontrollably on the practice field and the programmer exclaimed "That's the PID working!"
If you pay attention to safety, you can't pay attention to the robot. If you pay attention to the robot, you can't pay attention to safety. Choose one.
I’ll never forget when we went to a week zero event excited to try out our robot and it violently rips apart because we chose the wrong auto in the first test match.
Once upon a time another team asked for help programming their autonomous mode and I responded. They told me to program it to move forward at full speed for a certain time. I did. During the match, the robot immediately popped a wheelie, held it for a substantial distance, and slammed down exactly where it was supposed to stop.
to be fair programming gamepads are pretty easy (albeit tedious). Things only get a bit complicated when you use the commandjoystick class instead of the xbox or ps5 controller class like a normal person
Me an VRC programmer when the code works the 15 times I tested it alone, but fails the first time my team sees it at comp (fails so hard it breaks the bot)
Drive team for 9971 in the Western Australian Robotics Playoffs 2024 (basically off-season FRC), still in the process of fixing the launcher superstructure after hitting a wall :P
my 2018 bot was liteally called ttr (duct)tape tierap(zipties) rope our firsts regional banner was hung on the wall with a broken piece of rope, zipties and rope for atleast 3 years
I’m the designer for my team, Team 6317, I have been the ONLY designer for three years, and I am in my junior year. I’m also the one with the most experience running the machinery, if something needs to be machined I put it on the CNC and grab the first person I see that isn’t busy, doesn’t matter who it is, tell them to put on a pair of safety glasses and to only smack the big red button if they sparks or if the tool is clearly broken.
Back in my day we had to have discussion about whether to use tank drive or mecanum wheels... Kids these days apparently only use "swerve drives"... da heck is a swerve drive?!?! XD It is impressive how much has changed though from 2017 (my first year of FRC) to 2020 (my graduation) to 2024 (visiting my old team because of the holidays... man things change!)
This was my first year in Robotics. and I ended up getting thrusted Into this years FTC challenge as our teams captain and we somehow just got invited to semi-area only because they "had extra room", so with no time and a half working autonomous our team is struggling to get this bot temporarily finished by this saturday😭 Wish TechSupport Luck We're gonna need it.
Me watching my bot wondering why our driver is making certain plays when i know damn well that if i was driver we wouldnt make it past alliance selection Also literally every finals backup bot bowed out. Not even halfway through lunch one of them had already packed and left
This is the structure of every FRC team during the preseason: Hardware - building stuff Business - writing videos and grant essays Software- making memes
You know I’m the best guy on the team I think because last year I did code and mechanical and I tried out for drive team but got pit crew instead this year I’m doing mechanical electrical and cad so I know how everyone feels also you forgot the guy who almost kills a judge my friend on the drive team almost did that we still make fun of him FRC 6344 by the way
What about when it is two weeks into build season and the design team still hasn't finished designing (I'm programming captain and have already finished coding the entire robot before design even finished designing)
My most gracious slander towards first was that the mentor(s) pretty much saw "ooh, science project that incompetent kids can't/won't build", and then proceeded to build the entire thing -_+ I know it's hard/tough for after-school programs to gain any noterieriety whatsoever, but the incel environment is not conducive to what teenagers generally look for in a "high-school experience." Also, no where is a robot like the ones built used in any general engineering professional-setting. I'd rather work on my homework
Clearly you don't understand the full extent of what this program is capable of and that's only on the engineering front. As a four-year vet on my current team I've learned (from mentors and elder students) more about mechanical engineering than many people will ever know. I've learned about tolerances, load paths, fasteners, machining methods, and so much more. Though the robots themselves are not applicable outside of FRC, the techniques used to create them very much are.
Build Team spending 3 weeks debating what chassis to use:
then deciding to build build custom swerve chassis mid season
Real
Hey! It only took us 2 weeks!
the mechanical team going to the hotel to finish building the robot (the robot is in the bag)
I'll never forget when our 2018 robot started shaking violently and uncontrollably on the practice field and the programmer exclaimed "That's the PID working!"
its true
As the lead programmer of 1730, this is so accurate. I regularly make motors slam back and forth and exclaim “THAT’S PROGRESS”
From The Depths missile dodging tactic is what I call it
@@GRDL. Thats a reference 2 guys are going to understand lol
@@penguiscool2334 question, do you know who lathrix/lathland is?
“Safety First” 💀💀💀
If you pay attention to safety, you can't pay attention to the robot. If you pay attention to the robot, you can't pay attention to safety. Choose one.
254 on their way to win their 100th championship
It’s about time FRC memes showed up on my youtube recommendation feed
👏 Yes same
hardware try not to finish building the robot 0.00001 seconds before competition (impossible)
Life hack just build the robot during competition
@@penguiscool2334that seems to happen every time
I’ll never forget when we went to a week zero event excited to try out our robot and it violently rips apart because we chose the wrong auto in the first test match.
Ooh I felt the CAD babysitting CNC in my soul.
you see, the difference is our CAD team gives me stuff and i'm the one to sit and babysit lol
@@avachismar9204 your welcome :)
I’m from 2974 the swerve vs tank is so accurate. Our driver is insanely talented.
walton! :)
💀
hey!! 4188 here!!
@@pbnjjj___2200 Good luck this year!
4336 here :) just got done with regionals in ak
Programmers when they get told “you can code the auto on the ride to comp”
bro our drive coach had me write a new auto in between every match 😭
Once upon a time another team asked for help programming their autonomous mode and I responded. They told me to program it to move forward at full speed for a certain time. I did.
During the match, the robot immediately popped a wheelie, held it for a substantial distance, and slammed down exactly where it was supposed to stop.
accidental PID
That’s just legendary
I don’t care if that’s against the rules, there better be some style points for that
/S
Robonauts demonstrating how their robot this year is able to land on the moon
i am gona try to join the frc team at my school so i will be back in November when i understand this
Update
@MyahWozney in but I have learned nothing
@@baconjam7140 ok that’s facts. dw by the end of the season you’ll have a lot of base knowledge and next year will be awesoms
my programming mentor casually programming all of the bindings for our gamepad under 5 minutes:
to be fair programming gamepads are pretty easy (albeit tedious). Things only get a bit complicated when you use the commandjoystick class instead of the xbox or ps5 controller class like a normal person
As a member of TitanBot 2543, I can humbly say that this is pretty accurate.
Coders reading documentation for 3 hour to find an exact value instead of taking a single measurement
As a member of 1257 we do not talk about the Allen key incident
I feel ya. As a member of 3928 we do not talk about the Kettle Bell Incident.
@@UnlikelyToRemember As a past member of 1212 we do not talk about the Ref's Tablet incident.
In true fashion, business is forgotten
alum of 3255 and almost all of these hit home
Hey I have a sticker from 3255 :D
Bruuuhhhh this is so good, I need to see more 😂
Electrical staring at there mentor after they say the wire is .0001 millimeters off for the 5th time
As a programmer and a member of the drive team on 9271 I can relate to all of these
Me an VRC programmer when the code works the 15 times I tested it alone, but fails the first time my team sees it at comp (fails so hard it breaks the bot)
I love it "made with gracious perfessionalism" 🤣
Media team when they’re told to edit the comp footage by the next day: ☠️☠️
You guys have a media team 💀
Relatable 😭
The media team for us is just me and a girl who isn't good at building
every one of these is relatable
sooooooo reallllll
"What is a safety?"-RJ 6434 2023
Build team when the bolts don't fit right: "Alright get me a drill and a hammer"
Drive team for 9971 in the Western Australian Robotics Playoffs 2024 (basically off-season FRC), still in the process of fixing the launcher superstructure after hitting a wall :P
me when i when
Didn't know you were in FRC
@@gavinthecrafterhe was the media guy for 5409, hes an alum now
as an alumni of team 6825, This is accurate 😂
my 2018 bot was liteally called ttr (duct)tape tierap(zipties) rope our firsts regional banner was hung on the wall with a broken piece of rope, zipties and rope for atleast 3 years
pov: the mechanical team explaining why there is thirty different head size bolts on the bot
Watched this after just finishing the drivetrain of a new robot code project! I love programming under a time crunch!
Me when I need to program swerve from 0 alone and season starts in 5 days
That one metal bar someone over sanded 🔥🔥🔥
I hope some random person finds that in pure confusion
I’m the designer for my team, Team 6317, I have been the ONLY designer for three years, and I am in my junior year. I’m also the one with the most experience running the machinery, if something needs to be machined I put it on the CNC and grab the first person I see that isn’t busy, doesn’t matter who it is, tell them to put on a pair of safety glasses and to only smack the big red button if they sparks or if the tool is clearly broken.
CAD guy for 6658, I feel this on a spiritual level. Been doing this solo since 9th grade now Im a junior. Its an interesting experience lol
@@penguiscool2334 amen brother
@@Trialsphere amen lol
This is so real I'm a mechanic and i had to spend 30 minutes sanding a metal beam
so it would fit.
Every single one of these is accurate that it's scary
Me when I forget to put the key into the motor after the entire chassis is finished:
😱💀🤬
Chains finding every way to screw over our robot:
Bro I just had my first frc and this is accurate
Literally the controls were jacked up and then they just randomly fixed themselves on the field
Stand proud. You're strong.
(excellent work)
yay the turretless panther clip made it in here
8223 I wish our mechanical department looked like that..
Currently our tolerance is ±4 mm
Love the music choice
Back in my day we had to have discussion about whether to use tank drive or mecanum wheels...
Kids these days apparently only use "swerve drives"... da heck is a swerve drive?!?! XD
It is impressive how much has changed though from 2017 (my first year of FRC) to 2020 (my graduation) to 2024 (visiting my old team because of the holidays... man things change!)
Vex U team members when they take an ftc or frc member's advice and their robot ends up 40lbs
As an FTC team member, a lot of this is definitely still accurate. Especially the driver station only having crazy logs during comps
This was my first year in Robotics. and I ended up getting thrusted Into this years FTC challenge as our teams captain and we somehow just got invited to semi-area only because they "had extra room", so with no time and a half working autonomous our team is struggling to get this bot temporarily finished by this saturday😭
Wish TechSupport Luck
We're gonna need it.
@@CBSpaceZ we’re out of this season, good luck!
@@Cohen-TigerThanks we leave for Aledo Tomorrow so we're gonna need the luck at the competition, btw what team we're yall
Wpilib is god saving 😭😭😭
as a 2630 member, I can approve those memes as correct
Double sided tape, zip ties and super glue solves everything
the merge conflict 💀
You forgot one thing Electrical reworking the robot like 10 times
traumas
im team 8729, we forgot our side panel one time and had to put a garage sale sign on the side of our robot :D
I want to get into robotics like my big brother was in high school so I was researching FIRST robotics and now I’m kind of scared (also interested)
as always business is forgotten
very accurate
i wish we had a cnc :(
Me watching my bot wondering why our driver is making certain plays when i know damn well that if i was driver we wouldnt make it past alliance selection
Also literally every finals backup bot bowed out. Not even halfway through lunch one of them had already packed and left
Brov this is what programmers up to?
What else are we going to do while we wait for the robot to get built?
This is the structure of every FRC team during the preseason:
Hardware - building stuff
Business - writing videos and grant essays
Software- making memes
@@gavinthecrafter 😂😂😂
I hate how true this is
I felt that 😭😂
Jamie Track
And Strategy, overloading google sheets
Connelly Islands
HELP WHAT DOES HALF OF THIS MEAN 😭😭😭 (I just joined my schools robotics team last year)
you forgot the bit where the UK doesn't even compete in FRC 😭
You know I’m the best guy on the team I think because last year I did code and mechanical and I tried out for drive team but got pit crew instead this year I’m doing mechanical electrical and cad so I know how everyone feels also you forgot the guy who almost kills a judge my friend on the drive team almost did that we still make fun of him FRC 6344 by the way
What about when it is two weeks into build season and the design team still hasn't finished designing (I'm programming captain and have already finished coding the entire robot before design even finished designing)
Viviane Fork
Ex team 4525 (now defunct sadly, we do VRC now). Yeah seems accurate lol. Never trust the programmers
wheres teams forgetting to re-flash their RIO's at comp and being dead on the field during prac matches
real.
Nice
I should not be able to sympathize with so many of these...
water game not mentioned
I went to my first FIRST competition this year in North Bay, and I can confirm everyone treated me with racist professionalism 😎
Dare Club
Coy Divide
They are called machinists not mechanics💀
😂
getting called out mfw
340
Hey whats FRC?
FIRST Robotics Competition. It’s a robotics competition for high schoolers.
It’s a robotics competition, if you are in high school, chances are there’s a team in your area
My most gracious slander towards first was that the mentor(s) pretty much saw "ooh, science project that incompetent kids can't/won't build", and then proceeded to build the entire thing -_+
I know it's hard/tough for after-school programs to gain any noterieriety whatsoever, but the incel environment is not conducive to what teenagers generally look for in a "high-school experience."
Also, no where is a robot like the ones built used in any general engineering professional-setting. I'd rather work on my homework
Clearly you don't understand the full extent of what this program is capable of and that's only on the engineering front.
As a four-year vet on my current team I've learned (from mentors and elder students) more about mechanical engineering than many people will ever know. I've learned about tolerances, load paths, fasteners, machining methods, and so much more. Though the robots themselves are not applicable outside of FRC, the techniques used to create them very much are.
WHEN FTC SLANDER (we all know FTC is superior to FRC)
Bruh have you been to worlds, FTC was more dead then FLL in Houston this year (with gracious professionalism)
lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@davidlangley2163
I'd be in FTC if the IDF recognised it
I was in FTC in middle school and I am now in FRC for high school. I can indeed say that FRC is 100 times better.
FTC is deader than disco
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