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Unread 08-03-2014, 08:22
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Re: Were to store practice bot at regional?

I'd like to wrap up my part of this thread, being the OP and all that.

First, I had no idea that the presence of a practice bot in the vicinity of a regional was such a problem. I personally had/have no desire to take fabricated parts of that robot for use in competition. I also would not allow any member of my team to do so. My reason is that it's not fair to the other teams.

For instance, we had a functioning winch shaft on the practice bot, but I fabricated a new one for the real bot in the pits. Then it failed, so I had the NASA machine shop fabricate another using a used piece of shaft that we had brought into the pits with us as part of our 45 lbs. of "stuff". Thank you, NASA!

Also, if any other team lost a robot due to transportation issues, I'd be happy to supply our practice bot to them, whether or not they are playing against our team. That's what FIRST is about.

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