Table of Contents
Chapters marked coming soon are on the map but not drafted yet, they will not link anywhere until the manuscript catches up.
Reference
Seasons from the Field
Every machine and mechanism 16688A has run, one robot at a time, pulled together from across the chapters.
Part I — VEX IQ Fundamentals
Welcome to VEX IQ
What VEX IQ is, and why it's the right place to start.
The Season Starts Before You Touch a Robot
The game manual is a design brief, not a rulebook. Read it that way from day one.
Brainstorming Your Robot
Finding the right idea fast, before you build, test, and refine it.
Research Skills for Robotics
Where to look, what to watch for, and who to study before you pick up a beam.
Building the Drivetrain
Get the drivetrain wrong and nothing else on the robot matters.
Intakes
The only part of the robot that actually touches the game element.
Outtake & Scoring
A flawless intake means nothing if the wrong mechanism drops it in the wrong place.
Combining Mechanisms
Integration is a dial, not a switch. Four seasons show how far to turn it.
PTOs
One motor, two mechanisms, switching between them instead of running both at once.
Pneumatics
A two-position tool, not a lift. Here's when air beats a motor.
The Engineering Notebook
Where your team thinks out loud so the thinking doesn't disappear.
Organizing Your Team
Start generalist, let specialists emerge.
Competition Day in VEX IQ
Not drafted yet, needs a real IQ competition-day story.
Part II — V5RC Advanced
The Jump to V5RC
Not drafted yet.
Advanced Drivetrains
Wheel size, gear ratio, and wheel placement. Nail these before anything else.
Lifts, 4-Bar, 6-Bar, and DR4B
A research pass, not a build story. We haven't built one of these on 16688A yet.
Launchers, Catapults, Flywheels & Punchers
A research pass, not a build story. We haven't built one of these ourselves yet.
Pneumatics (V5RC)
How to wire a lot of functions off a small air budget.
Autonomous and Odometry
Not drafted yet.
Advanced Scouting & Game Analysis
Scouting happens in two layers: before the event, and during it.
Team Leadership
Not drafted yet.
Seasons from the Field (V5RC)
Not drafted yet.
Back Matter
Conclusion
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Appendix
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