Notebooks
Vex has Physical Notebooks and Digital Templates for people to use. (To submit a Digital Notebook, follow this link). For more details on Engineering Notebooks, click this link: notebooking.vex.com.
Rubric:
In the rubric, it talks about the Engineering Design Process, the main thing the Notebooks should take data about. It also rates the overall Notebook like Innovation/Originality, Use-ability and Completeness, etc.
Engineering Design Process:
The Engineering Design Process doesn't have a correct way to make a robot/code. But the Rubric does say some important points the notebook should have:
-Identify the Problem
-Brainstorm, Diagram , or Prototype Solutions
-Select Best Solution and Plan
-Build and Program the Solution
-Test Solution
-Repeat Design Process
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Notebook interviews:
Caution Tape team 839Z discusses their notebook and why they chose to go digital >
How the Owlbots use both a physical and a digital engineering notebook >
How team 8787A documents information in their engineering notebook >
How VRC team Eastwood Robotics developed their engineering notebook >
JTMS Robotics discusses how they document their work in an engineering notebook >
All information on this page can be found here: https://vrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/categories/9625651590423-Notebooks