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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
Thank you to everyone who is participating in this thread. I think it is helpful.
Another couple of naive questions:
If something breaks on the loaner practice 'bot during the competition or in the hands of the team that is borrowing it - what happens?
Does the team who owns the robot, help with mentoring/repairing/replacing? Does GP work like it would normally, and anyone who can help, helps? If something is broken and can not be repaired or replaced, does the loaner team basically suck it up? No hard feelings because they know what can result from loaning the practice 'bot out?
Jane
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At the 2011 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus, we loaned a makeshift copy of our 2011 to the Honeoye team that would become 3951. We trained them in the usage of the robot, controls, basic maintenance. We even had our 2011 coach coaching them. Things like that. All went well until one of 3951's later qualification matches. We had started to use the autonomous on the replica bot (it was being tested, as it wasn't an exact copy of our original boy). Well, when the match started, the robot (which I believe had a faster top speed than the regular robot) ran full speed into the alliance wall in front of it. It was fast and scary enough that I (as a field reset member standing next to the field where the bot was) stepped back and ducked for cover. It was bad.
The front of the robot's frame was bent inwards from the force of the impact. It wasn't pretty. As it pertains to your question, our pit crew worked with Honeoye to make repairs on the robot. It only seemed fair. It was our robot, and they were rookies. If we hadn't lent them a hand, how could they have gotten by?
I'm guessing though, that your question is geared towards a veteran team with an established pit crew. In which case, I assume the two teams collaborate. The loaning team shows the other team how to make the repairs, and team who was loaned the robot makes them with supervision and aid of the loaning team. That just seems fair to me.