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Andy Baker 27-01-2017 16:57

AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
All,

Another Friday during FRC build season, another AndyMark contest arrives. Now that we have some prototypes finished and robots starting to drive around, it's time for debug to begin. With robot debug comes robot breakages. This isn't a bad thing, as robots tend to break.

The earlier teams break their 'bot, the earlier they get fixed and teams learn the correct design for the broken mechanism.

So, let's celebrate robots breaking!

AndyMark is happy to announce the "Break Yo' Bot" contest.

Deadline: Bag Day (Tuesday, Feb. 21st, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time)

Rules:
  • Enter by making a video describing how you broke your robot and learned how to fix it. Include your team identification and team's celebration of this breakage. Upload this video to a public cloud service, for all to see (Youtube, etc.).
  • Time limit is 3 minutes.
  • Keep it rated G.
  • Entries will be judged on creativity and effective technical lessons learned.
  • Winner will receive a $250 AndyMark gift certificate, along with a broken trophy with some duct tape.
  • Safe robot operating practices must be shown in the video.
  • Enter by emailing "contest - at - andymark.com" or by Tweeting @andymarkinc.
Have fun, be safe!

Sincerely,
Andy B.

marshall 27-01-2017 17:43

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Does breaking the field with your robot count? (Had to do it before someone beat me to it.)

RoboChair 27-01-2017 17:47

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1637215)
Does breaking the field with your robot count? (Had to do it before someone beat me to it.)

You are very right about that, I have it out for your team image :p

marshall 27-01-2017 17:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RoboChair (Post 1637218)
You are very right about that, I have it out for your team image :p

What's wrong with our team image:


We're quite fond of it! :P

Cothron Theiss 27-01-2017 17:51

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1637220)
What's wrong with our team image:


We're quite fond of it! :P

Not enough Zebra-striped pants.

NShep98 27-01-2017 17:54

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1637215)
Does breaking the field with your robot count? (Had to do it before someone beat me to it.)

Unless you mean a practice field, or are attending a week 0, I'm very curious as to how you intend to break a field before bag day.

cadandcookies 27-01-2017 18:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NShep98 (Post 1637227)
Unless you mean a practice field, or are attending a week 0, I'm very curious as to how you intend to break a field before bag day.

Regardless of how unlikely it seems, I wouldn't put it past the Zebracorns...

Kevin Sevcik 27-01-2017 18:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NShep98 (Post 1637227)
Unless you mean a practice field, or are attending a week 0, I'm very curious as to how you intend to break a field before bag day.

Mission Impossible style raid on the GDC room at FIRST HQ. GDC comes in next day and wonders why all the field ropes are snapped...

marshall 27-01-2017 18:08

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by NShep98 (Post 1637227)
Unless you mean a practice field, or are attending a week 0, I'm very curious as to how you intend to break a field before bag day.

You didn't read the rules closely. Nowhere does it specify what year the robot or footage needs to be from. Intended or not I don't know but definitely not one of the rules.

NShep98 27-01-2017 18:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1637235)
You didn't read the rules closely. Nowhere does it specify what year the robot or footage needs to be from. Intended or not I don't know but definitely not one of the rules.

You got me there.

Ari423 27-01-2017 18:27

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1637233)
Mission Impossible style raid on the GDC room at FIRST HQ. GDC comes in next day and wonders why all the field ropes are snapped...

Team 900: breaking rules and laws at the same time.

RoboChair 27-01-2017 18:38

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1637235)
You didn't read the rules closely. Nowhere does it specify what year the robot or footage needs to be from. Intended or not I don't know but definitely not one of the rules.

That's some old school rules lawyering right there!

s-neff 27-01-2017 18:45

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy Baker again.
Pretty sure it was for the last contest AM posted, too.
This is a great idea, looking forward to the videos that come out of it...

efoote868 27-01-2017 22:21

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Bonus points if it's a competitor's product ;)

Richard Wallace 27-01-2017 23:04

Re: AndyMark "Break Yo' Bot" Contest
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by efoote868 (Post 1637316)
Bonus points if it's a competitor's product ;)

The Average Joes are equal opportunity 'bot breakers. We have broken robot parts from Andymark, Vexpro, CTRE, WCP, REV, Digikey, McMaster-Carr, Online Metals, Armabot, Banebots, Robot Marketplace, Home Depot, Walmart, Ace Hardware, SDP-SI, 80-20, Fastenal, ...

the list just keeps getting longer. :rolleyes:


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