FIRST Robotics Competition

This learning track is designed specifically for students participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Through a curated selection of essential lessons from five key courses, you will gain practical knowledge of physics and engineering simulation to support your robot design process. The track begins with foundational concepts in Ansys Mechanical™ structural finite element analysis software, including geometry, connections, contacts and joints, boundary conditions, a brief introduction to meshing, and post-processing techniques. The track concludes with an introduction to Ansys Motion™ multibody dynamics simulation software, focusing on modeling rigid and flexible bodies, as well as utilizing joints and boundary conditions within the powerful Ansys Motion solver. The Learning Track consists for following courses:

  1. Getting Started with Ansys Mechanical Software
  2. Stress Analysis in Solid Mechanics
  3. Contact Mechanics (Only Lesson 1 is necessary)
  4. Structural Boundary Conditions (Only Lessons 1 & 2 are necessary)
  5. Intro to Ansys Motion Software
Please note that, for some courses, only specific lessons relevant to robotics competition needs are required to complete but is up to the user's discretion to complete the whole course. By following this targeted set of lessons, you will efficiently build the skills necessary to enhance your competition experience. Dive in, learn with purpose, and enjoy the challenge!

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Innovation Course

Getting Started with Ansys Mechanical

When working with any computer-aided engineering software, it is important to understand its workflow and user interface so you can be more productive and efficient when performing your analysis in the software. In this course, you will get familiar with the ...Read more

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Stress Analysis in Solid Mechanics

Stress analysis is a very important task for engineers in civil, mechanical, aerospace and many other subjects. Although it is called stress analysis, it looks for both stress and strain over the structure so that to determine the condition of a structure under external loads. S...Read more

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Contact Mechanics

The study of the mechanical interaction of structures at their surfaces is essential in many applications. An accurate understanding of stress and deformation arising from contact is critical for the design of reliable, efficient and safe products such as disc brakes, gears and ...Read more

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Structural Boundary Conditions

For any finite element analysis, boundary conditions are a critical piece to set up simulations properly. This is because boundary conditions represent the effect of other parts or structures not directly modeled in our analysis. If inappropriate boundary conditions...Read more

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Intro to Ansys Motion

This course introduces Ansys Motion™ multibody dynamics simulation software. A quick presentation of the procedure is explained. Followed by the illustration of some features needed in the Ansys Motion software procedure. We will have a quick look at the solution settings an...Read more

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