[Chinmay]

One of the things that I love to do right after the regionals, but while im still resting and dont want to start an entirely new project, is to go back and document what the team has done over the course of the 6 weeks and competitions. Doing a build season log is hard for some teams to finish during build season, but you can always go back and fill in the gaps to create a nice document describing your robot. As you mentioned, you're looking at pictures, and this is something i find myself dong all the time. It would be awesome if you wanted to make a team scrapbook to help save all those memories. Also, many teams like to make highlight reels of their robot to show parents and sponsors.

I'm trying to stick to nontechnical things that you can do by yourself, because I've noticed that oftentimes, people need a short break right after the competition is over to catch up on schoolwork and sleep. Even if you may be excited to keep working, your mentors and teammates may want a short rest.

Perhaps later in the year, you can begin to work on improving you rebound rumble robot. Regardless of if you're competing in an offseason event in the fall, rebuilding aspects of the robot provides a good opportunity for reflection about your design. Furthermore, you can incorporate what you've learned from other teams. Once you've built a feature once, or at least thought about it, you can easily recycle a design and do something similar in future years. Working on an existing robot also can help you save some money since you already have a testbed for whatever features you may want to add or refine.