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Unread 16-03-2011, 10:28
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Re: Competition jobs

Our pit team had a checklist of items to deal with before/after each match. The list was subdivided among the pit kids so each time, they did the exact same thing. Things like replace battery, reset minibot deployment, tighten troublesome set screws, check tension on guy wires, change bumpers, etc. One time someone reset the deployment minibot 'on' switch pull string differently than the working mode, and it failed on the field. Consistency and repeatability is very important. And whenever we found an oversight, it was added to the checklist.

Some of us even wanted to post the checklist on the robot itself, so it could be rechecked in the queue.

This is the first year we had this, and this was our breakout year, being picked by alliance #2 and coming in second.
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