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There are many websites that have good FRC training material. Below are some that we recommend.

WPI - Workshops & Conferences
Simbotics (Team 1114) - Workshops
Monta Vista (Team 115) - Trainings

We offer training classes to our new members in the following topics. For your convenience, the documents, in Adobe pdf pdf file and Microsoft Excel excel file , are included here. Some of the material and presentations are developed by our team. Others, denoted by *, were adopted and modified slightly to fit our needs.

Topic Document (Author)
Physics and Robotics pdf file Physics and Robotics (Ed Law)
Chassis Design pdf file Chassis Design* (Zan Hecht)
Motors and Drivetrain pdf file Robot Drive System Fundamentals (Ken Patton and Paul Copioli)
excel file Gear Ratio Design Calculator (John V-Neun)
Pneumatics pdf file Pneumatics (Ken Stafford)
pdf file Pneumatics (Ian Mackenzie)
Pit Setup, Inspection, Judging, Strategy, Alliances, Partner Selection and Scouting pdf file Pit Setup, Inspection and Judging (Evan Morrison)
pdf file Alliances, Eliminations and Scouting* (Evan Morrison)
pdf file "How to Win" (Andy Baker and John V-Neun)
pdf file Effective FIRST Strategies for Design and Competition
     (Karthik Kanagasabapathy)
Robust Design Process and Tools pdf file Robust Design (Ed Law)
pdf file Using the Engineering Design Process for Design of a
     Competition Robot
(John V-Neun)
pdf file How Useful Is QFD? (John Sanford)