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Re: Post Season Robot Upkeep
So what I'm seeing is that generally teams maintain their bot through just work on it the few days prior to the use, but many uses turns into fairly regular checks. Our team doesn't have too many demos (we're in the process of accumulating more) so there might be periods where the robot is in end of competition shape for a few months, which by the time we look we've lost track of specific minor fixes. Also, we should look into alternate control methods (read: not cRio) to keep costs somewhat down. How about managing motor controllers? Usually if we burn or need one, we usually pull from our demo bot. (need to work on not doing that) Do other teams just keep a ready stock of them? Is there a safe alternate to jags and victors, that's cheaper than $85 a pop?
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