VEX Robotics has prepared templates for engineering notebooks, which make starting your first digital Engineering Notebook as easy as possible. Just add your thoughts, ideas, strategy, robot designs, and code and document your iteration process.

Using the V5 Controller, drive your robot around while raising and lowering the arm to get a feel for how you will draw with the robot. Respond to the questions below in your engineering notebook: What strategies will you use while drawing to ensure precision?

VEX Robotics offers a good notebook for VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) teams here and for VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC) teams here. Regardless of which book you decide to use, keep in mind that all notebooks should adhere to the following minimum requirements:

VEX Robotics has prepared templates for engineering notebooks, which make starting your first digital Engineering Notebook as easy as possible.

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Use the Robotics Engineering Notebook to document the design, construction and iteration of a classroom or competition robot. (130) Blank Entry pages; 3-hole drilled for binder storage; Commonly used formulas and rulers available for easy reference

It is important to include detailed sketches in your engineering notebook. Remember, the notebook should be used as a tool. The more details you include in developing ideas will help you when you begin to build.

Nov 5, 2024 · Looking for examples of engineering notebooks to get started with? Notebooking.vex.com has great resources and examples of engineering notebooks used in robotics competitions. You can use these as inspiration, and connect them to what you and your students are doing with the CTE Workcell in class.

We encourage you to develop an approach to notebooking that works for your team and gives Judges who review it a sense of your team’s unique style. This article provides a selection of example notebooks from previous VIQRC and V5RC seasons that might give you some ideas for your own notebook.

VEX Robotics offers a good physical notebook for VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) teams here and for VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC) teams here, and also provides a set of digital engineering notebook templates for optional use.