[GreyingJay]

Lots of good advice.

One tip that I'd like to give is, pack light and smart. It's cool to wander the pits and see teams with giant rolling tool chests filled with every tool under the sun, but as a new team last year we had neither the money to buy such a giant toolbox, nor the tools to fill one, nor the means to transport one (no trailers or trucks). The toolbox we brought to competition was a small handheld one with cantilevered sections. This was plenty of room for all the tools we actually needed.

A great idea is to standardize on the types of fasteners you will use on your robot and get them all from the same source. This way you know exactly what tools you'll need to work on them in the pit. Bring only the tools that you'll need to work on the stuff that is actually on your robot. This way you don't need to pack an entire 500-piece socket set, but only the 5 or 6 sizes of sockets and allen keys that you really use. Should you find that you unexpectedly do need an obscure size of tool, another team will be glad to lend it to you.

Good luck!