Do you have a battery boi?

[75vs1885]

So this off-season we needed to make a box for some batteries to carry while going to a DC event. We made the box and then added "Battery Boi" to it. We have a member who is our "Battery Boi", we have him change batteries and make sure they're charged. Even better the box has straps like a backpack so he wears at competitions!!! Its a fun way to have younger members gain responsibility and experience in the pit. We also call him "battery boi" now, he goes along with it perfectly so it makes it so much better!

Does any other team have a battery boy? or battery girl? Or anything similar?

[Gweiss96]

Our team has a battery boy; however, he does not wear a backpack at competitions. He gets batteries and makes sure they are all charging when we are not using them.
::ouch::

[seg9585]

Yes, we have a Power Management Engineer on the team. It's usually a responsible freshman or sophomore on the team. His/her responsibilities include taking voltage readings, recording batteries used vs fully charged, selecting a new fresh battery for the next match, ensuring battery swap-out happens (we use a Pit battery when testing and or filling pneumatics accumulators prior to a match).

It's a pretty critical job actually.

[Kimmeh]

You might want to consider renaming the position and box.

I'm assuming it was not meant as such, but boi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boi_(lesbian_slang)) does have a different connotation in the LGBTQ community.

[Alan Anderson]

Some years, there's a student who takes it upon himself to be in charge of the batteries during competition. Other years, the batteries just get used in rotation. When someone does stand out as taking good care of the robot power, I usually present them with a "Battery Wrangler" award at our end-of-season team party and awards ceremony. It's typically a gold-colored battery flag (one of the pre-AndyMark style) mounted on some sort of stand.

[75vs1885]

You might want to consider renaming the position and box.

I'm assuming it was not meant as such, but boi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boi_(lesbian_slang)) does have a different connotation in the LGBTQ community.


Thanks for the heads up lol, I didn't realize and wouldn't want to get the wrong message across FIRST!!

[MikeBrock]

You may want to consider having a battery $@#$@#$@#$@#$@# instead.

[Harmonicaaa]

Our Battery Boi

[75vs1885]

Our Battery Boi

He's growing up so quickly

[pyroslev]

Every new member of the team is trained as Battery Tender. Trained in charging, prepping, repairing and changing not only Robot batteries but also power tool batteries as well. It's easy to forget the drill batteries.

[protoserge]

That box looks incredibly uncomfortable and not ergonomic. Not to mention that the pits are a very busy place and that a sudden turn could have the individual with the plywood box whacking someone in the head.

While I agree with the purpose of this position, I'd encourage the use of a more professional title to go along with the position. This will underscore the importance of the position and its duties.

[DonRotolo]

We once had Naven, the Battery Maven.
Later we had BattMan (he's no boy).
He was followed by Robin. (The Boy Wonder. I wonder about that boy...:p )
BattMan's little brother is on the team now, he was Mini BattMan (no relation to Minibots) last year.

We always give this job to a freshman.
And, I agree, it is the most important position on the team.

[cjl2625]

"Freshman, get me a battery!"
Well, maybe not quite like that, but we usually recruit some freshman to fetch our batteries.

[techhelpbb]

Some people are really getting a charge out of this topic :p

[Basel A]

Some people are really getting a charge out of this topic :p

I agree, they're getting really amped up

[protoserge]

Some people are really getting a charge out of this topic :p

Some could say it has potential.

[cjl2625]

Watt re-volt-ing puns; they're so bad that it hertz.
Let's pull the plug on these jokes :P

[techhelpbb]

Watt re-volt-ing puns; they're so bad that it hertz.
Let's pull the plug on these jokes :P

You sound drained. Perhaps you need a Surge (http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/surge-returns-back-by-popular-demand-brand-now-available-exclusively-on-amazoncom)?

[jwallace15]

You sound drained. Perhaps you need a Surge (http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/surge-returns-back-by-popular-demand-brand-now-available-exclusively-on-amazoncom)?

I'm shocked that you made that reference.

[dellagd]

I'm shocked that you made that reference.

Wire you all getting so off topic?

[techhelpbb]

I'm shocked that you made that reference.

I think perhaps you should take a breaker and cool down before you boil off some noxious steam.

[Ether]

Wouldn't joule like to think that, in the current situation, CD could be galvanized into action to lead the way to greater things?

[techhelpbb]

Wouldn't joule like to think that, in the current situation, CD could be galvanized into action to lead the way to greater things?




You have catalyzed here an important question.
Perhaps our plates of work overload have oxidized sufficiently that we all find these puns overly amusing so we have in-rushed this poor topic.

[Zaque]

You have catalyzed here an important question.
Perhaps our plates of work overload have oxidized sufficiently that we all find these puns overly amusing so we have in-rushed this poor topic.

I don't know, I am sensing some resistance to a change in the flow of these puns.

[cjl2625]

I don't want to be negative, but wire we telling so many puns currently? There are amp-le puns already in this thread, and it's quite shocking. I'm con-fused as to why we're still generating them, and to me, these jokes have lost their spark. I know my suggestion will be met with resistance, but I think we should take a breaker from these puns and try to conductor serious conversation now.

[techhelpbb]

I don't want to be negative, but wire we telling so many puns currently? There are amp-le puns already in this thread, and it's quite shocking. I'm con-fused as to why we're still generating them, and to me, these jokes have lost their spark. I know my suggestion will be met with resistance, but I think we should take a breaker from these puns and try to conductor serious conversation now.

What you don't have any internal resistance to dead shorting this fun?

[75vs1885]

I love these puns!!!! I'll be using them during competition.

[dellagd]

I love these puns!!!! I'll be using them during competition.

You could title the list "An ode to batteries." Warning though, using too many at once in the wrong company might end terminally for you.

I'm sorry that one was just horrible...

[Billfred]

Good thing this isn't a private forum. If this were to leak, they'd think you were all on acid.

#TheseArentJanesPuns #AndMostArentBillfredsPunsEither

[protoserge]

When we get charged, it's a good thing we have mechanisms to vent or else we could create an explosive atmosphere.

[philso]

the box has straps like a backpack so he wears at competitions!!! Its a fun way to have younger members gain responsibility and experience in the pit.

Is this to get them into shape for lifting the robot at part of the drive team? That might be a good incentive for the team member to do a good job.

Sorry for breaking the streak of puns. Mine tend to be really lame.

[protoserge]

Is this to get them into shape for lifting the robot at part of the drive team? That might be a good incentive for the team member to do a good job.

Sorry for breaking the streak of puns. Mine tend to be really lame.

I guess we have an open circuit now. :ahh:

[EricH]

I guess we have an open circuit now. :ahh:

If he'd used a fuse instead of a breaker, we'd be a lot more burned out.

[philso]

If he'd used a fuse instead of a breaker, we'd be a lot more burned out.

Wow, I missed that I had inadvertently inserted a pun.

The fuse must have been a slow-blow type.

[Jessica Boucher]

smh.

(oh, aaaaaand this is apparently my 2000th post. smh, indeed.)

[Whippet]

smh.

What type of surface-mounted hardware are you referring to? :D

[bEdhEd]

We assign a battery personnel to keep track of our batteries. We generally have two students who work in shifts. We keep the battery beak attached to our cart so in the event that our battery people aren't around, the drive team can check charges. It is the responsibility of these students to rotate the batteries, and relay them to the arena if need. Also, our batteries are each uniquely assigned a name of an important historical figure in STEM, so we just ask for batteries by name instead of number.

[75vs1885]

We assign a battery personnel to keep track of our batteries. We generally have two students who work in shifts. We keep the battery beak attached to our cart so in the event that our battery people aren't around, the drive team can check charges. It is the responsibility of these students to rotate the batteries, and relay them to the arena if need. Also, our batteries are each uniquely assigned a name of an important historical figure in STEM, so we just ask for batteries by name instead of number.

That's a smart way to signify which battery is which, numbers tended to become confusing last season. I was usually slitting the battery duty last year with a senior, now I'll be focused solely on the robot maintenance, and potentially driving if I fit the needs of the DT.

[GeeTwo]

We did our first three years, though without the "backpack box"; this year we have a Batt Girl. (at least three people independently called her that on the first day (yesterday); she's already tired of it!) This is the first year that we've identified the batteries rather than just rotate them; she decided to name them after German scientists. I suspect that she just likes to use umlats (her name is Zoe with an umlat on the e).

I'll take a breaker from the galvanic pile-on. Franklin, I think that's Leyden directly to ground.

[GeeTwo]

My amperologies; that should read directly to ground.

[Harmonicaaa]

lolz:)