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	==Official events==		==Official events==
	[[1992cmp\|1992 FIRST Robotics Competition]]		[[1992cmp\|1992 FIRST Robotics Competition]] (February 12-14, 1992)

	==News and unofficial media==		==News and unofficial media==

Fallinsideahole: /* Game manual */

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Game manual

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	==Documentation==		==Documentation==
	===Game manual===		===Game manual===
	<pdf>~~https~~:~~//www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/images/1/1d/1992_Game_Manual~~.pdf</pdf>{{TKHref}}		<pdf>File:1992 Game Manual.pdf</pdf>{{TKHref}}

	===Other documentation===		===Other documentation===
	[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:1992_Post_Event_Letter.PDF Post event letter]<ref name=tkh />		[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:1992_Post_Event_Letter.PDF Post event letter]<ref name=tkh />

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Control system

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	Unlike every year since, the 1992 control system was not wireless and offered no proportional control of motors. Four thick "umbilicals" were suspended above the field and connected the driver's controls to the robot.		Unlike every year since, the 1992 control system was not wireless and offered no proportional control of motors. Four thick "umbilicals" were suspended above the field and connected the driver's controls to the robot.

	Two controllers with two double pole, double throw switches allowed the two driver-operators to control full-speed forward and reverse control of two motors each. 12 volt power supplies rated for 10 amps were wired directly into the two controllers and then up and back down the umbilical cords to the machines. Each switch would connect power from the power supplies directly to the motor wired to ~~it's~~ matching pins on the machine. Robots needed the matching connector for the umbilical in a position where it could be easily plugged and unplugged, and motors needed to be wired to specific pins to tie motor movement to the controller switches. Umbilical cables measured 23' 10" from the point at which they are suspended, meaning they would go taut towards the edges of the field while falling slack towards the center ~~as well as tangling~~ with the robots and each other. Controllers and tether connectors were color-coded with tape to keep track of which controllers controlled which tether.		Two controllers with two double pole, double throw switches allowed the two driver-operators to control full-speed forward and reverse control of two motors each. 12 volt power supplies rated for 10 amps were wired directly into the two controllers and then up and back down the umbilical cords to the machines. Each switch would connect power from the power supplies directly to the motor wired to its matching pins on the machine. Robots needed the matching connector for the umbilical in a position where it could be easily plugged and unplugged, and motors needed to be wired to specific pins to tie motor movement to the controller switches. Umbilical cables measured 23' 10" from the point at which they are suspended, meaning they would go taut towards the edges of the field while falling slack towards the center where they could more easily tangle with the robots and each other. Controllers and tether connectors were color-coded with tape to keep track of which controllers controlled which tether.

	Available motors included two larger Delco motors, typically used in the drivetrain, and smaller Portescap gearmotors typically used in mechanisms. A 9-volt battery could also be used to power components of the robot as long as they did not cause tennis balls to move after the end of a match.		Available motors included two larger Delco motors, typically used in the drivetrain, and smaller Portescap gearmotors typically used in mechanisms. A 9-volt battery could also be used to power components of the robot as long as they did not cause tennis balls to move after the end of a match.

Fallinsideahole: /* Official events */

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Official events

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	==Official events==		==Official events==
			[[1992cmp\|1992 FIRST Robotics Competition]]

	==News and unofficial media==		==News and unofficial media==

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imported>Fallinsideahole at 02:08, 16 July 2024

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imported>Fallinsideahole: /* Game strategy */

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Game strategy

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	Because balls needed to be in a team's home base at the end of the match, robots would at some point make a "mad dash" back to their base. Some machines included a static base or unmoving component of their robot that could securely hold balls in their home bases. Machines that could deposit balls could do so early and then focus on preventing an opponent from making it back to their base as a defensive maneuver. Tipping an opponent's robot was allowed, but mechanisms designed to intentionally damage other robots were not allowed.		Because balls needed to be in a team's home base at the end of the match, robots would at some point make a "mad dash" back to their base. Some machines included a static base or unmoving component of their robot that could securely hold balls in their home bases. Machines that could deposit balls could do so early and then focus on preventing an opponent from making it back to their base as a defensive maneuver. Tipping an opponent's robot was allowed, but mechanisms designed to intentionally damage other robots were not allowed.

	[[frc126\|Team 126]]'s winning robot had a drivetrain consisting of twelve thin discs, six on each of two axles at the front and rear of the machine. As the robot ran over balls, the discs would flex and allow tennis balls to accumulate between the discs in round cutouts. The more balls collected, the more additional traction they provided for the machine. An extendable cage could ride up the PVC pipes and collect the higher-point balls. ~~In round two~~ of the ~~finals, teams~~ [[frc111\|111]] and [[~~frc45~~\|45]] both attempted to push ~~the~~ NY-alator out of scoring position in the last 30 seconds ~~of the match~~.		[[frc126\|Team 126]]'s winning robot had a drivetrain consisting of twelve thin discs, six on each of two axles at the front and rear of the machine. As the robot ran over balls, the discs would flex and allow tennis balls to accumulate between the discs in round cutouts. The more balls collected, the more additional traction they provided for the machine. An extendable cage could ride up the PVC pipes and collect the higher-point balls. [[frc45\|Team 45]]'s finalist robot was the most effective "home base" runner and could spend the end of the match trying to push opponent robots away from their home bases with their own treasure safely scored. Teams [[frc111\|111]] and [[frc190\|190]] both had effective scoopers with large ball catchment areas and extending devices to collect the raised colored treasure. In the second and final match of the finals, teams 111 and 45 both attempted to push 126's NY-alator out of scoring position during the last 30 seconds.

	==Robot construction==		==Robot construction==

imported>Fallinsideahole at 22:09, 20 January 2024

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	Because balls needed to be in a team's home base at the end of the match, robots would at some point make a "mad dash" back to their base. Some machines included a static base or unmoving component of their robot that could securely hold balls in their home bases. Machines that could deposit balls could do so early and then focus on preventing an opponent from making it back to their base as a defensive maneuver. Tipping an opponent's robot was allowed, but mechanisms designed to intentionally damage other robots were not allowed.		Because balls needed to be in a team's home base at the end of the match, robots would at some point make a "mad dash" back to their base. Some machines included a static base or unmoving component of their robot that could securely hold balls in their home bases. Machines that could deposit balls could do so early and then focus on preventing an opponent from making it back to their base as a defensive maneuver. Tipping an opponent's robot was allowed, but mechanisms designed to intentionally damage other robots were not allowed.

	[[frc126\|Team 126]]'s winning robot had a drivetrain consisting of twelve thin discs, six on each of two axles at the front and rear of the machine. As the robot ran over balls, the discs would flex and allow tennis balls to accumulate between the discs in round cutouts. The more balls collected, the more additional traction they provided for the machine. An extendable cage could ride up the PVC pipes and collect the higher-point balls.		[[frc126\|Team 126]]'s winning robot had a drivetrain consisting of twelve thin discs, six on each of two axles at the front and rear of the machine. As the robot ran over balls, the discs would flex and allow tennis balls to accumulate between the discs in round cutouts. The more balls collected, the more additional traction they provided for the machine. An extendable cage could ride up the PVC pipes and collect the higher-point balls. In round two of the finals, teams [[frc111\|111]] and [[frc45\|45]] both attempted to push the NY-alator out of scoring position in the last 30 seconds of the match.

	==Robot construction==		==Robot construction==

imported>Fallinsideahole at 18:12, 14 January 2024

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	\| finalists = [[frc45\|45]], [[frc111\|111]], [[frc190\|190]]		\| finalists = [[frc45\|45]], [[frc111\|111]], [[frc190\|190]]

	\| prevyear =		\| prevyear = [[1991]]
	\| nextyear = [[1993]]		\| nextyear = [[1993]]