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*** ERROR # 1908 *** Case Control data LOAD=2 is not referenced by any bulk data relevant for used subcase type.
*** ERROR # 1908 *** Case Control data LOAD=2 is not referenced by any bulk data relevant for used subcase type.
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How to access the Blue alliance data??
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Altair FIRST Webinar
FIRST In Michigan teams. Keep your eyes out for a special invitation to a webinar brought to you by Altair where we will showcase some amazing students who have used Altair products, specifically Inspire and RapidMiner, to assist in the 2023 season. Come to see examples of how you can use this amazing software to better…
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Now is the time to learn Inspire
FIRST Students and Mentors. We are rapidly approaching January and we all know what that brings. Now is the time to learn Inspire so you can be ready for the new challenges in the 2024 FIRST Reveal. Take a look at our dedicated FIRST page for resources, models, kits and everything you need to learn inspire and start the…
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Altair Software Available in the FIRST Kit of Parts
When teams access the FIRST Kit of Parts, make note of the fact that Altair Software is now available through the kit. Links to the Altair FIRST website can be found in the kit but here is a sneak peak at the site. https://web.altair.com/first-robotics At that site you can find a TON of useful information and access the…
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With work like that it’s no surprise the HOT team went to the World Championship and won the coveted GM Industrial Design Award! Congrats!
Colin Dagg of International Academy West in Michigan, USA, was tasked with helping his FIRST robotics team, The HOT Team #67, create strong support for their intake assembly support but make it as light as possible. Colin was able to use Altair Inspire to take over 70% of the weight of the part out while still maintaining…
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Lightweight Robotics: Overcoming Design Challenges with Altair Inspire Software
The Popularity and Challenges of Robotics: The area of robotics is interesting and expanding quickly, with applications in everything from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare and education. Robotics has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years, with an increasing number of students participating in events…
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Top 10 teams in ChargedUp, FRC 2023(Glacier Peak Event)
The selection of top 10 teams in FRC as per requirement for individual team could be a challenge. The data set under consideration is Glacier Peak FRC Data, 2023. I have shared the data as well as RapidMiner process file and slides, explaining the process as an attachment. Results * Data is visualized for different teams.…
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Using API calls in RapidMiner to fetch FIRST data
To do advanced analytics in RapidMiner with FIRST data, it would be useful to be able to use the available FIRST APIs to fetch data. There are two API sources for reading FIRST data: FRC Events API: (https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/services/api) To access this API, you need to register and receive a Username and…
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FRC Driver Station Logs in RapidMiner
Hello FIRST Participants Group - we are exploring the use of RapidMiner with Driver Station log files (.dslog). These log files are automatically generated and stored on the RoboRIO, so they are potentially something that every FRC team can easily access and use to get insights on their robot performance. Background:…
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Alliance partner selection based on recent performance
Find out the most suitable team for alliance in FRC, giving higher weightage to the recent matches... The criteria to shortlist teams plays a pivotal role in FRC. Also, it is important to give more weightage to recent performances of various teams. This exercise, builds upon the last exercise to chose alliance partner,…
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Picking attribute names while developing the process on RapidMiner
While you are developing the process in RapidMiner, you might have come across an issue where you are not able to figure out the name of the attributes/columns after you have imported the data into RapidMiner. In short, you want to have the metadata information before you run the RapidMiner process. So, the best idea would…
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Selection of Best Alliance in FRC
Summary * The goal of this exercise is to find out the most suitable team for an alliance in FRC. * The steps involved in achieving this goal is explained step by step. * The exercise starts with importing the data, then connecting various widgets and the analyzing the result with the help of visualization. * The top 25…
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Getting Started with Altair Inspire for FRC
First of all, welcome to the Altair First Robotics Community Forum and thank you for your interest in Inspire. I am confident that you will find Inspire to be the easiest and most accurate tool to get quick Structural Analyses and Light Weight Optimized designs. While Inspire is very intuitive and easy to use, everyone can…
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Getting started with RapidMiner for FRC
Find the picklist using RapidMiner and eventually squeezing it to 2 suitable alliance partners... For analyzing FRC data, RapidMiner could be used to evaluate /predict various team's performance. To help various team's getting started with RapidMiner, I am sharing a short case study where teams will be able to identify…
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Is there a means for refreshing RapidMiners tables, without importing again?
Once data is imported in RapidMiner, this data could not be refreshed when we are importing static files. But, we do have an option to connect directly to the database to access streaming data, which could help in real time analysis.
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Don`t " Swiss Cheese " ... Optimize !
Lets say you have a Clip that needs to withstand forces to its jaws, and has to fit within set dimensions as it has to be secured by two bolts, and you would like to reduce its weight... Your first instinct may be to quickly "Swiss Cheese" the part. But where to drill the holes? How many holes is too many? Would the part…
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Welcome to our discussion forum for FIRST participants!
Hello and welcome to anyone involved with FIRST Robotics Competitions -- especially students and adult mentors! (And just in case you have not yet seen our helpful web page describing Altair Support for FIRST Robotics, I highly encourage you to check it out!) This dedicated forum is intended to enable your FIRST team to…