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figure this one out, it was right next to the compressor, Close the dump valve DB! to the judges, dumb bell, try to figure the last part out

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"Tomorrow, just to spite you, I am going to leave a single chip on the field. You'll know it was me because it will be at the cross section of the center gray line, and the caution line."

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(this was pertaining to a non-functioning Jaguar.)
Lead Coder : " It is definitely the wiring"
Me: "No way all signals are good"
Coder: "Alright lets test it"
(Throw on a New Jag)
Me: " IT WORKS!!!!"

(I break into what I would call an excited prospector jig.)

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Freshman: "I guarentee we will be driving the robot in 15 minutes."

Takes us like 2 hours to fix the cables connecting the jaguars for the CAN.

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guarantees don't mean anything when you're dealing with FRC good sir ;)

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(Programmer/Electrical guy to be labelled as P)

P: Oh, yeah. I also need to fix a short. When the wires jiggle it makes these cool blue sparks! Hoho! They were teal that time!

P: Great. Now the laptop isn't even registering that the cRio exists. Oh, wait a second. *Holds up other-disconnected-end of tether*

P: Ugh! I downloaded the program AGAIN, but the number of errors DOUBLED! Whoops. I forgot to clear the log from last time. Nevermind, false alarm.

-needless to say, our base hasn't moved via controller yet. :(

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Mentor to me: We've dumped the idea of using a potentiometer on the ladder (our tube manipulator), as it was going to be too complex to implement. Instead, we'll be using a hybrid rotary encoder/potentiometer, along with a limit switch to define a home position.

Person 1: Is it just me or does the ladder look like a duck?
Me: Yeah, it kinda does
Person 2: Then let's name the robot "Quack Attack!"
Person 1: But what about the minibot? It needs a name too!
Me: How about "The Duckling"
Person 1: Quack Attack and The Duckling! Just like Batman and Robin!
*laughter around the room*

Another name that has been floating around for our robot is "Duck Norris"

Another suggestion for our robot's name has been "Ian", as that's the first name of our staff advisor and our head programmer. In the words of our head of electronics:
"Ian, go fix Ian. Ian broke it again."

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"Hey! Now we have a new way to change the lights!" - A fellow mechanical student who was commenting on how high our robot could reach.

And on a similar note:

Me -*raises lifter mechanism too high and knocks down a ceiling tile* "Huh. I guess we have another causality."

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"Just stop looking for it and go make another one. Then you'll find it right after the other one's made" - About 10 people were looking for a special bracket for 40 minutes after it dissappeared. The day after (we had already made a new one) a Freshmen walks up to me. "Is this important? I found it on the table." *Facepalm*

"Ok, we are never working in the shop again." - Our sub team usually works outside of the shop next to the road. (Yes, there are roads inside Chrysler)

A: "Ok, we'll probably have the final claw for you by Saturday."
B: "Really!?"
A: "Well.. maybe the end of Saturday."

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You are totally in the road.


I guess I can't say a whole lot, since I am always driving up and down the road tuning software.

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"If the elevator takes your arm off, I'll pick it up and beat you with it!"
"And I'll be laughing so hard while I'm beaten to death!"

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Programming team motto: If it doesn't work, use a bigger hammer.

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Wait, programming?


When preparing to update our version of WPILib:
"Are we sure we want to do this? Last year it broke our code."
"Don't worry, it will be fine"
*the new WPILib breaks our code*

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This is my motto when writing code too but my hammer is metaphorical... (it is bad ugly code that runs inefficiently but it runs)

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One of our students asked:
... "Gee... I wonder if we could power the MiniBot with Mentos and Coke?"

<head plant>

- Keith