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xSAWxBLADEx 14-02-2013 23:05
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MysterE (Post 1233588)
It's 2011 and we are at the Bayou. Our autonomous had been giving us fits as our line trackers refused to, well, track. Finally, frustrated with the code, our programmer sets our robot to move forward based on time. I am recording next to the field with a video camera.

The starting bell sings. . . And our robot hurdles across the field. . . Backwards. It pile drives an opposing team into their front wall and they get hung up against it. I can't even remember the penalty they had to assess for that. I can't remember winning or losing the game. . . I do remember winning the regional though :-)
I remember watch that on youtube! You guys are famous! :)

Twins Inc. 14-02-2013 23:08
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ehfeinberg (Post 1233577)
At least you didn't switch the polarity of your battery. Blink... Blink... Poof. There goes 10 jaguars. (Happened to us a week ago)
That just made my day

Sam390250 14-02-2013 23:16
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
It's 2011 and we are at the Bayou. Our autonomous had been giving us fits as our line trackers refused to, well, track. Finally, frustrated with the code, our programmer sets our robot to move forward based on time. I am recording next to the field with a video camera.

The starting bell sings. . . And our robot hurdles across the field. . . Backwards. It pile drives an opposing team into their front wall and they get hung up against it. I can't even remember the penalty they had to assess for that. I can't remember winning or losing the game. . . I do remember winning the regional though :-)
Could you post a link to this? That would be really funny to see! In 2011 we ran our autonomous without testing it once, but by some grace of luck it worked.

AlexH 14-02-2013 23:19
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
anyone else ever put a dead battery on a robot and send it out to a match?

xSAWxBLADEx 14-02-2013 23:36
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam390250 (Post 1233607)
Could you post a link to this? That would be really funny to see! In 2011 we ran our autonomous without testing it once, but by some grace of luck it worked.
I can't find it :(

theawesome1730 15-02-2013 01:55
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tem1514 Mentor (Post 1233513)
What! no bucket of Sparks.

That is always a good one to ask for during a regional. The worst part someone will try and help to full fill the request:eek:
AC battery is a favorite

Tem1514 Mentor 15-02-2013 10:14
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by theawesome1730 (Post 1233653)
AC battery is a favorite
No, no where is my "Flux Capacitor". That's what one team asked for. So the next day I delivered to them a capacitor covered in flux :yikes:

It was all in good fun.

Iaquinto.Joe 15-02-2013 10:42
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Wrong nuts on the power distribution board...

mikemascot 15-02-2013 11:33
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy (Post 1233292)
Lefty-Loosey always eludes at least one kid each year.
i can't remember my left from my rights most of the time
:o

Chadfrom308 15-02-2013 15:16
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Iaquinto.Joe (Post 1233775)
Wrong nuts on the power distribution board...
Yea, we stripped I think 3 PD boards

Mr. 1033 15-02-2013 18:00
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
This isn't really an engineering or a competition mistake, but last year for worlds, "someone" sent the robot to the headquarters of the shipping company (which is in Texas) instead of to the competition (which is in St. Louis, MO). ::ouch::

Spent about a month working on getting it to St. Louis in time, and even then we drove 13 hours not even sure if the robot would be there when we arrived.

Lesson learned, read the full packet on how to ship the robot instead of skimming through and using the first address you find.

sarah_storer 15-04-2013 11:05
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Not CADding up the robot before sending it to St. Louis...and not doing the BOM while building the bot!

Teamcodeorange 15-04-2013 12:17
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
Omni wheel drive, bolt holes everywhere, window motors for high-load components, servos driving large arms, no battery management, no cad whatsoever, and I am sure a lot more. :o

Thankfully we have solved all of these problems.

Tmaxxrox97 15-04-2013 12:24
Re: What are some of your rookie/silly mistakes?
 
This year I somehow managed to forget the disks for autonomous. Needless to say I am still being and will continue to be hassled about it, but I will never do it again.

IceStorm 15-04-2013 12:28
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Originally Posted by Tmaxxrox97 (Post 1262152)
This year I somehow managed to forget the disks for autonomous. Needless to say I am still being and will continue to be hassled about it, but I will never do it again.
This is just as bad as me forgetting to put the pin in to hold the trailer in place during "Lunacy". Our robot took off at full speed and left the trailer sitting at the wall in front of there human player.


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