If you’re using some other localization source (OTOS, Pinpoint), do you still need to connect the encoder cables from the drive motors to the control hub, or can you do without them?

Hey everyone! We’re FTC Team 16255, Minerva Warriors, and we’ve been working on CycleTrack, a website that helps teams track driver practice and compare progress.

Our latest update includes:

• BIOBUZZ practice tracking: cycle times, shooting accuracy, and scoring.
• Driver tryouts: compare drivers’ performance.
• Event tracking: official match results and score breakdowns.
• Team workspaces: save and share practice sessions with teammates.
• Multiple languages and an in-app bug reporter with screenshot attachments.

We’re looking for teams to try it during a real practice and tell us what’s useful, confusing, or missing. It’s still an early beta, so your feedback will help us decide what to improve next.

Try it here: https://cycletrack16255.com/
Select BIOBUZZ to get started. DECODE is still available too!

What do you currently use to track driver practice, and what would make a tool like this more useful for your team?

I am looking to start my own FTC Team this year. I was looking tat the stuff, and it really adds up. So, I am wondering how many people did you have to email for sponsors, how much did you raise? Is it easier to raise money as a new team, or experienced? And who should I email first? I am also looking for some tips for new teams.

I coach a middle school team of 7 kids with 4 being rookies. We would love to know if any teams are using a method to keep track of how many scoring elements they are currently controlling.

Our team members are incredibly enthusiastic but also mostly ADHD, so anything that reduces the number of things they have to keep track of would be helpful! Thank you!

Is there any interest in custom silicone wheel offerings outside of what the main vendors sell? Think size, shape, color, durometer, different shaft/hub mounting. Cost would be comparable to what's already out there.

I'm trying to make a shooter that shoot both balls. This is mostly inspired by Andy Marks starter. It's not the best sketch but it's something. Will this actually work?

We have to be really careful when we charge our drive hubs lest they drain the battery completely. When I charge the drive hub, and leave it overnight it charges fully. If however, I leave it plugged in and charging for multiple days (we only have practice two days a week), it seems to completely drain the battery.

I've done tests charging the drive hub both powered on and powered off and it doesn't seem to matter. I've tried "dumb" USB-A charging, and "smart" USB-C PD charging, with the same results. We're running the latest software updates on the drive hub. I've already ordered two additional batteries just to get our drive hub back and functional.

REV responded with this information:

We have put together the Driver Hub Battery Best practices to help with teams in this situation. Leaving the Driver Hub plugged in and charging for multiple days is not recommended. The Driver Hub will charge the battery to 100% then stop charging as a safety feature, leaving the Driver Hub on the charger after 100% will start to drain the battery. It is also best to remove your Driver Hub from the charger within 24 hours of reaching 100%.

So my mechanical team wants to try to use the smallest amount possible of space, so we decided that we should do something similar with what gamma and robotitans from Romania did last season, can anyone help us?

ive heard that they are either reliable or that they break easily. we want our turret to be snappy and it would porbably be moving for the enitre duration of each match, if that helps/matters

Hey,
My team is having trouble figuring out between whether we should use pedropathing or roadrunner.

I just wanted to know some other people's opinions in hopes that you guys could decide for us which would would be better for this years biobuzz auto?

Tuning time isn't a problem for our team.

Also some people are sayin that we could alter the roadrunner stuff and change it so it can be better? Anyone have any ideas on if thats plausible and what changes could be made so it's better than pedro?

Thank you guys

hey everyone

ik ive posted on here before 😭 but wanted to introduce my team and also see if i could find people who might be interested

im the founder of Thalos Robotics, a community based MATE ROV team in the south bay area focused on underwater robotics, ocean tech, and marine conservation

we've actually had a surprisingly hard time finding software people so if ur interested in coding, cv, ai/ml, controls, embedded systems, or really anything software related we'd love to talk

we have members from different schools and work on everything from mechanical design and electronics to programming and outreach

if that sounds interesting feel free to reach out at my email [niral@poongo.net](mailto:niral@poongo.net) 🙏 we're always looking for passionate people who wanna build cool stuff and learn along the way

website: thalosrobotics.org

hey robotics fam!! I hope everybody is doing good and you all are cooking on ur botz 😎 for our 3rd and 4th video for our robotics yt channel (Critical Mass Robotics) we did a two part interview and match analysis vid with the reigning vex v5 speedway signature event champs ENIGMA woah NO WAYYYY. plz give it a watch and make sure to like and thumbs up the vid, leave a comment too and a sub ofc! thanks guys https://www.youtube.com/@CriticalMassVex

Is it possible to shoot both sized balls from a singular shooter?

We always talk about dominant teams, but what about the worst-to-first runs? I wanted to share the insane turnaround by Team 25872, the Martian Mechanics, during the 2025-2026 DECODE season.

The Low Point: After the first two meets of the Neil Armstrong League, they were sitting in 14th place out of 18 teams. Their record was 2-8-0. They were getting absolutely crushed early on, getting outscored 44-5 and 61-14 in Meet 2.

The Turnaround: They completely overhauled their bot for the Neil Armstrong Tournament. They went undefeated in quals and started dropping massive scores (80-55, 115-31).

The Playoff Upset: Even though their early record tanked their overall ranking (11th place), the #3 Alliance Captain (Team 25884, The Circuit Breakers) saw their potential and drafted them. Together, they tore through the upper bracket (81 and 96 points) and then upset the powerhouse #1 seed 91-83 in the finals to become League Champions.

It's the ultimate FTC Cinderella story. Has anyone else witnessed a turnaround this crazy?

Hello! How are you doing?

We are the Red Hammer Robotics Team from Brazil, and we would like to invite you to participate in our project!

We kindly invite you to complete a brief evaluation form about a prototype designed to help reduce the decline in bee populations.

https://forms.gle/D9P5Hw3SA9iVbtwq7

Your feedback will be essential in evaluating our proposal and improving our project.

Thank you in advance for your time and contribution!

Hey everyone, over the past few months I built a free web app for FTC teams called FTC Toolkit ftctoolkit.app

It started because our team was juggling a bunch of different Google Docs, a notes app, and a random spreadsheet just to stay organized. So I put everything in one place.

What’s in it:

• Judge Interview Prep: mock judging sessions with AI-generated questions and feedback based on the actual rubric
• Robot Changelog: log every change to the robot, shared across the whole team in real time
• Pre-Comp Checklist: per-event checklists so nothing gets forgotten in the pit
• Drill Timer: time practice cycles and track scores over sessions
• Team Notes: shared notes everyone on the team can edit

No download, works on any device, free. Coaches get a few extra controls (approving members, managing the team profile), students can view and contribute.

Would genuinely love feedback, we’re competing this season and actively improving it. Updates will come as feedback is given. Let me know what you think or what you’d want added, and we would really appreciate it if you shared it across the community to help others.

Hi, so we currently use the gobilda duo servos that cam from the DECODE starterbot, (specifically these: 2000 Series Dual Mode Servo (25-2, Torque)) and I was aware that they can be used as both CR servos and regular ones. We have tried to use them as CR servos, we set it in the robot configuration and we programmed them like so, using set power rather than set position, but they're still doing the very annoying thing where they move to a certain position, and then move backwards. I'm aware the usually we'd need to use the servo programmer to fix it, but we've unfortunately lost ours and surprisingly, no other team near us has one supposedly, my guess is just that they don't want to loan it out. We are relatively far away, so while I appreciate offers to borrow your servo programmers it simply won't be possible. We've ordered a new one, but it's expected to come in a VERYYYY long time, as in after our competition. Is there anything we can do until then to get rid of the annoying feature where the servos turn and then turn the other way? Because we're using it as a transfer, and it's really not working out for us. Anyways thank you!

Hive Vision v2.0.0 is now available. A huge thank you to Arush | 23511a | 23849m | 22105m for testing and providing data throughout development, as well as LexvGestel | #16785 and Javi | Lazer 23286

for helping validate the release in real-world use.

Hive Vision v2.0.0

• Up to 25 detections per frame (up from 10)
• Significantly fewer false positives
• Approximately 6× faster inference
• 97.3% precision on the retrained model
• Better performance in dense ball-pile scenarios
• Improved reliability under difficult lighting conditions

This release introduces a completely retrained SSD-MobileNetV2 model for the Limelight 3A and represents a major step forward in both accuracy and runtime performance. GitHub Release:
https://github.com/hivevisionftc/Hive-Vision/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Looking for Testers

We're currently looking for users running:

• Pedro Pathing + Webcam Pipeline
• TeleOp + Webcam Pipeline
• Pedro Pathing + Limelight Neural Network Pipeline

If you're using one of these setups, please DM Me . Contributors who help test and provide feedback will be credited.

What's Next

• Marrow Weaver integration
• Retirement of the Ball Chase Library
• Continued Hive Vision V2 improvements
• New documentation being developed by knowpa1n_

Discord:
https://discord.gg/qNMpXgcas Thanks to everyone who has used, tested, and supported Hive Vision so far. – The Hive Vision Team

What is the best filament to print robot parts with? Our team has a X2D. Trying to be budget.

Into the Deep: Solo Run is a browser-based 3D FTC simulator, based off of my favorite season, Into the Deep. It features reconfigurable controls, realistic physics and customizable gameplay. Don't forget to hit "G" for fullscreen! Available Monday 10/12.

Announcements on release are coming from @ bigguyenterprises on Instagram!

Hello! I have created a practice competition-like scoreboard that allows you to put the scores of the current round on a screen (TV, projector, etc) and control it from your phone, tablet, or laptop!

This is great for practicing, and makes you feel as if you are at a real FTC event when running through practice rounds. It has a score keeper, timer, drive team tracker, and more built in!

You can give it a try here: https://scoreboard.silvereen.dev/

Please consider giving it a star on GitHub, and if you'd like to request a feature, create an issue and I may get around to adding it: https://github.com/silvereengames/ftcscoreboard

we have two 96mm rhino wheels but those things are just ridiculously big. any teams near the Pudget sound area that would happen to have any extra two 72 mm rhino wheels by chance?