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We used the tools discussed in Part 1 – Game Theory to determine our strategy and define our Robot Requirements in Part 2 – Robot Requirements which allowed us to prototype our Design Elements in Part 3 – Design Elements for this season’s game (and game manual).  Now we are ready to build a robot. Robot Reveal We are proud to present “untitled robot” for your educational pleasure: Below you…

We used the tools discussed in Part 1 – Game Theory and Part 2 – Robot Requirements to find our overall strategy and list of REQs for this season’s game (and game manual). Now we are ready to start Designing and Prototyping our Design Elements. Design Elements and Prototypes Next, we take the research we did and the requirements we set in Part 2, and define Design Elements (DE).  DEs answer the…

We used the tools discussed in Part 1 – Game Theory to determine our strategy for this season’s game (and game manual). Now we are ready to define our Robot REQuirements (REQ). Check out our Ri3D Robot Requirements explainer video below: Requirements In engineering/business, requirements are the building blocks of a new product.  A requirement is a clearly defined and measurable function of…

Game Theory is a tool used in several fields of science, including Political Science and Economics. For this article, a very simplified version will be used where the model consists of a rational agent (it always chooses to perform the action with the optimal expected outcome for itself from among all feasible actions) competing in a mathematically defined competition. To put it more plainly, we…

It is the end of the first week of build season for #FIRSTSTEAMWORKS and we just want to remind everyone that right now over 3,000 teams with over 75,000 students and 20,000 mentors from more than 20 countries are all celebrating and practicing Engineering in its highest form: Building Robots

Here at denkbots, several of our team members are #FIRST mentors and alumni. In our continued effort to give back to the community that has given us so much, we have attempted to share our knowledge (like we did last season) via a “Conceptual Robot in Three Days” or #cRi3D, based on the popular Robot in Three Days #Ri3D project.

https://denkbots.com/create/cri3d/cri3d_2017/

We did three segments to explain our approach to brainstorming and product design, in hopes that other mentors and teachers who might not be familiar with this approach may adapt and employ it to broaden their students’ horizons. The three segments are:

Game Theory https://denkbots.com/2017/01/10/cri3d-steamworks-game-theory/

Strategy and Research https://denkbots.com/2017/01/12/cri3d-steamworks-strategy-and-research/

Robot Requirements https://denkbots.com/2017/01/13/cri3d-steamworks-robot-requirements/

These three segments culminated in The Reveal of our cRi3D! https://denkbots.com/2017/01/14/cri3d-steamworks-the-reveal/

As always, our goal is not to give the answer; it is to teach the process. We hope these articles will expose you to some new techniques and help those new mentors who can find the start of a new #FRC season a little bit overwhelming #omgrobots

cRi3D STEAMWORKS The Reveal

We used the tools discussed in Part 1 – Game Theory to determine our strategy in Part 2 – Strategy and Research which allowed us to defined our Robot Requirements in Part 3 – Robot Requirements for this season’s game (and game manual).  Now we are ready to build a robot. The Reveal To keep this conceptual Robot in Three Days as approachable as possible, we are going to start with the AM14U3, 2017…

cRi3D STEAMWORKS Robot Requirements

We used the tools discussed in Part 1 – Game Theory to determine our strategy in Part 2 – Strategy and Research for this season’s game (and game manual). Now we are ready to define our Robot Requirements. Requirements In engineering/business, requirements are the building blocks of a new product.  A requirement is a clearly defined and measurable function of the product.  When running development…