[sear_yoda]

Back in the shop, we've done some more testing.

Up on a table, with no load on the wheels, the breakers do not trip. Both gearboxes seem to be okay, and the few people here reassure me that everything is alined. We are using the spacers, we can turn it by hand, and nothing seems to be binding.

As soon as you grab a wheel and try and move, breakers start clicking. Another thing we're not entirely sure about is when the breakers trip, should the entire system go off? We get dimming of the relay LEDs while running with load, and Battery LED on the RC clicking to orange every few seconds.

I stress again that the wiring is not at fault, we're up to spec with FIRST's diagram.

Putting the robot on the ground fares no better. Driving in a straight line on a smooth shop floor is a fatal task for the robot. After straining to travel 5ft at a ridiculously slow speed, it totally stops and just clicks.

They just came in and told me that loosening things up made it a little better, but I'm going to go see if that's really true.