General

• BLRS Wiki: https://wiki.purduesigboscorts.com/
• VEX V5 Knowledge Base: https://kb.vex.com/hc/en-us/categories/360002333191-V5
• Over Under (2023-2024) Game Information: https://www.vexrobotics.com/v5/competition/vrc-current-game
  • VexU specific rules are in Appendix C of the manual
• Vex Forum: https://www.vexforum.com/
• VRC Discord: https://discord.gg/vrc

Mechanical

• Vex CAD (SolidWorks): https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/vex-cad/solidworks
• Vex CAD Discord: https://discord.gg/C7yarSznCf
• Holonomic Motor Pods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNN1rcfXKZA
• Building Vex Joints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K218QdJ-IAs
• Custom Part Ideas: https://challenges.robotevents.com/challenge/112/make-it-real-cad-engineering-challenge-sponsored-by-autodesk-copy/entry?page=3
• Drive Train Gearing: https://www.vexforum.com/t/catalogue-of-drive-gearings/109498

Software

• Vex Robot Programming Basics: https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/software/robotics-basics
• Competition Specific Programming: https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/software/competition-specific
• PROS (Programming Environment for Vex): https://pros.cs.purdue.edu/
• Odometry Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T6KHywSP58
• Programming Odometry: http://thepilons.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Tracking.pdf
• Intro to Position Tracking: https://www.vexforum.com/t/team-5225-introduction-to-position-tracking-document/49640
• Introduction to PID Controllers: https://georgegillard.com/resources/documents
• PID: https://gm0.org/en/latest/docs/software/concepts/control-loops.html?highlight=PID
• Pure Pursuit: https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/software/control-algorithms/basic-pure-pursuit
• More Pure Pursuit: https://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub3/coulter_r_craig_1992_1/coulter_r_craig_1992_1.pdf
• Self-Correcting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuAKcP2ezVw
• Holonomic Motion Planner: https://github.com/Ryan4253/Motion-Planning-Pipeline

Engineering Notebook

• About The Engineering Notebook: https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/the-judging-process/how-to-start-a-notebook
• Engineering Notebook Rubric Breakdown (BLRS): https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/the-judging-process/rubric-breakdowns/engineering-notebook-rubric
• Guide to Judging Engineering Notebooks (RECF): https://vexu-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9938698739479-Guide-to-Judging-Judging-Engineering-Notebooks
• Engineering Notebook Rubric: https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/4461349729047-Judging-Resource-Engineering-Notebook-Rubric