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Bad News and Extremely Unfortunate Timing
Teams 1592 and Team 801's trailer was rear-ended tonight on the way to the Orlando Regional load-in, only 3 miles from the venue.
Unfortunately, both robots are nearly destroyed and barely salvageable. Thankfully, our student and mentor driver were okay and no one was hurt. At this point in time, we don't know much about what the next step in this situation is, but we would like to thank the Orlando Regional Committee, FIRST, and all of the gracious teams that were quick to step up and offer their assistance and parts in this time of need. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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All people involved are safe, at least there is a bright side.
Man, I really feel for you guys as well as the teams up in Canada who just had their truck/trailer stolen. Bad day for FIRST. I wish you guys the best of luck... Did they let you unbag early because of this? I would think these circumstances call for special measures. |
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Team 125 has many spare parts, including a fully operational shooter. You guys are more than welcome to it. Anything we can help with, we will be happy to do, please come see us tomorrow morning.
-Brando |
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Ouch, that looks gruesome! Did you have anything in the trailer (like protective padding) to protect the robots in case of accidents? Perhaps this is something other teams should think about for transporting their robots. Between this and 216/244/288 having their trailer stolen, it's starting to look like trailers are bad luck this year. I hope you guys are able to get back on your feet in time for the competition.
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Now is when you find your true future engineers on your teams.
This may look like a tragedy, but this really is an opportunity for the students to shine. Take some deep breaths and get fixing! Three years ago, my team pitched in to help a neighboring school's team, which had disintegrated the week before the Las Vegas regional competition. A single girl on their team was academically eligible, so we took her with us to the competition. When we opened their crate, it was apparent that their team had fallen apart well before ship. The carcas of their robot was in much worse shape than what you have pictured. The girls from our team worked with the remaining member to rebuild her robot, from scratch, in the pits. Many great teams showed tremendous gracious professionalism helping with parts and tools. Eventually, the robot was put together, passed inspection, and hit the field. It was electric! --Len |
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I am showing up as a spectator, and all around helpful guy this year. If you need help tomorrow I'll be free all day.
- Andrew |
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@Akash, at this point, we are leaving the robots in the bags until we get further information from FIRST headquarters.
At this point we are trying to make a spare chassis to fulfill our withholding allowance so we can at least get something running by the morning. |
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Chassis + 125's shooter + 10 point passive hang? Please keep us posted, if you can find time. |
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When your teams take the robot out of the bag could you take some more photos and post them. It is a little hard to see the damage through the bag.
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Wow Zach, I will drop whatever I'm doing today if I can help you guys please come get me. I can't imagine how that must feel. So sorry guys...
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That's really harsh. I'll be pulling for you guys to get something together. In furtherance of that, I recommend you guys designate one or two crisis managers to organize and manage all the help that's about to descend on you at the regional. There's only so many people that can easily fit in a pit, after all. You might ask if some of your people can work on part of the robot in someone else's pit to maximize productivity.
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Sorry to hear about your bots! I'm glad everyone involved was OK.
Best of luck getting rebuilt! Many of the components could be salvageable given some blacksmithing. I'm sure we'll find out when you unbag; I'm being optimistic for now. |
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Zac and team, I'm so so sorry this happened, but like Akash said, the driver and student are both ok, this could have been worse. I know if we were down there this year we would pitch right in in getting you guys back on top. I wish you the best of luck!
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