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Originally Posted by MarkoRamius1086
Everything is a compromise. My old team usually uses masking tape to draw out an 8x8ft square of floor to see how much space they really have in the pits.
Petrie
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Plan for less than 10x10, as Petrie says. The regionals I've been to generally have strived to provide the full pit, but some of them have been off by as much as 2 square feet.
Safety equipment too: battery kit, fire extinguisher, first aid kit...mainly the first aid kit because there will be minor cuts and scrapes, and while I usually would not band aid them, the pits is an exception I do because of all of the foreign substances there.
Somewhere to hang up your schedule as well as a white board with the time of your next match and your alliance partners (This year adding your opponents would be good too) so that if you have any scouts in the pit, they can check who they should go to next as they pass your pit.
As well, if possible, always have someone on hand who doesn't have robot work to do just to talk to people who pass by or stop in your pit. It releaves a lot of stress off the people working on the robot when they don't have people constantly asking them what they're doing or what the robot is supposed to do.
Oh yeah, and a laptop for the mandatory person in the pit to watch matches on when your team is away! (And to keep track of other competitions too
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