{"id":366,"date":"2010-10-27T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/solidworks-model-tetrix-mantis-robot-for-ftc-first-tech-challange"},"modified":"2010-10-27T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T15:24:12","slug":"solidworks-model-tetrix-mantis-robot-for-ftc-first-tech-challange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2010\/10\/solidworks-model-tetrix-mantis-robot-for-ftc-first-tech-challange.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Model: Tetrix Mantis Robot for FTC (First Tech Challange)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881a932970c.png\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/a>&#0160;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881d1c9970c.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slide17\" border=\"0\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881d1c9970c-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Slide17\" width=\"550\" \/><\/a><br \/>Sometimes getting starting with a robot model is a challange, so here is a Tetrix robot assembled to help you get begin.&#0160;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the zip file and unzip to the Tetrix folder.<\/li>\n<li>Create a New Assembly.<\/li>\n<li>Select Add File Location from the Design Library.<\/li>\n<li>Browse to the Textrix folder.&#0160; Your robot library of parts will be displayed.<\/li>\n<li>Drag parts from the Textrix folder into the SolidWorks assembly.<\/li>\n<li>The first component is fixed.&#0160; Mate additional components.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881a932970c.png\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Designlibrary\" border=\"0\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881a932970c-800wi.png\" title=\"Designlibrary\" width=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are additional subassemblies that correspond to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmuroboticsacademy.com\/solt\/lessons\/trctetrix\/content\/tetrix_setup\/documents\/mantis_print.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Mantis <\/a>construction steps by CMUroboticsacademy.&#0160; Additional tutorials on robot design can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/robotics\">www.SolidWorks.com\/robotics<\/a>&#0160; Even though these&#0160;videos use&#0160;FRC and Lego components, you will&#0160;learn good robot modeling techniques.&#0160; Marie<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<span class=\"asset  asset-generic at-xid-6a00d83451706569e20133f561ba77970b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworks.typepad.com\/files\/tetrix.zip\">Download TETRIX<\/a>&#0160;(54Mytes)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"asset  asset-generic at-xid-6a00d83451706569e20133f561ba77970b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348881d1c9970c.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/a>&#0160;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;Sometimes getting starting with a robot model is a challange, so here is a Tetrix robot assembled to help you get begin.&#0160; Download the zip file and unzip to the Tetrix folder. 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