[Vermeulen]

We dind't have a checklist this year, and I wish we had.
I would include:

New, legal battery in and secured. (Minibot and robot)
Any stored energy springs set
No broken parts (We had a piece of steel wire connecting a servo to our deployment latch which nobody checked. Our minibot didn't deploy, and we lost the match
Bumpers are secured and of the right colors
Parts are within the starting configuration
Bolts are tightened
Chains/belts are tensioned

Almost all of those had been problems for us either in our testing or in the competition. Having a checklist probably would have put us in position to pick alliances at our regional, due to an unsecured minibot battery hanging off the back while it was climbing.