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Re: Nightmare Repairs At Competition
I think my favorite repair story was from 2004. A key piece on our really cool but vastly too large and over-engineered arm broke while competing at the Championships. After a heroically fast trip by one of our college mentors to McMaster-Carr in Atlanta, we managed to get the replacement part we needed and installed. As we were heading out to the field to complete we noticed we were missing a nut. One of the mentors pulled the gum out of her mouth and stuck on the end of the bolt, and we made it out for the match.
...in the match, we drove forward for about 2-3 seconds, hit a ball and flipped the robot over on its back. Good times.
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Thank you Bad Robots for giving me the chance to coach this team.
Rookie All-Star Award: 2003 Buckeye
Engineering Inspiration Award: 2004 Pittsburgh, 2014 Crossroads
Chairman's Award: 2005 Pittsburgh, 2009 Buckeye, 2012 Queen City
Team Spirit Award: 2007 Buckeye, 2015 Queen City
Woodie Flowers Award: 2009 Buckeye
Dean's List Finalists: Phil Aufdencamp (2010), Lindsey Fox (2011), Kyle Torrico (2011), Alix Bernier (2013), Deepthi Thumuluri (2015)
Gracious Professionalism Award: 2013 Buckeye
Innovation in Controls Award: 2015 Pittsburgh
Event Finalists: 2012 CORI, 2016 Buckeye
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