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Unread 06-03-2011, 09:44
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Re: Lessons learned for Week 2 Regionals?

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Originally Posted by StevenB View Post
Make sure your minibot stays on your hostbot. I'll say it again: if you care about getting the minibot bonus, and if you value the work you put into building it, then make good and sure it doesn't fall off and get run over by a hostbot. It feels like watching your pet turtle try to cross the freeway.
Very, very true.

For whatever reason (gremlins?), ours was released early in tele-op. Watching it sit on the field, with all of the robots racing about, was definitely high-stress.

It would have made a captivating youtube video had it raced across the field, ran into something else and then released whatever magic smoke it had left. Luckily, we were relieved to find only minimal damage after the match.

--Karlis