[Mark_lyons]

I am curious about what other teams do prior to sending their robot out for a match, or what they do once a match is over.

We normally bring our robot back and do both an electrical check and a mechanical check of all our sytems, regardless if we used them in the match. We have two pit teams, electrical and mechanical. Each with their own checklist. If a problem is found, only designated pit members are allowed to repair the robot. Everyone else MUST leave the pit area.

We do this for a number of reasons, but most importantly to minimize the 'panic attack' if something were to go wrong.

I bring this up because I see way too many teams, when in the pit making repairs, out of control. I think more teams ought to adopt some sort of 'Pit Policy', to eliminate making a bad situation worse because of panic.