Thread: No time to 'play' between regionals!!
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Serious problems for robots that break
Posted by Frank.

Coach on team #97, Psychedelics, from CRLS and MIT.

Posted on 11/7/99 10:43 AM MST


In Reply to: I'm not complaining... posted by Joe Johnson on 11/4/99 9:51 AM MST:



I think the most serious problem will be with robots that break. If your team does not have the resources to make detailed drawings of every part of the robot, it will be VERY hard to make replacement parts without the robot there those few days after the regional. Will the pits stay open all Saturday night for teams to do repairs? Could there be any way to access robots earlier in Florida so that necessary changes can be made?

I'm just picturing WildStang from Rumble at the Rock in 98, when the entire life came crashing to the ground in the finals. If that would happen at a regional now(in the finals), there would surely not be enough time to fix it until it had to be shipped off to Florida. And I mean a complete fix with remaking some of the parts, not just Raul's miracle reassembly (those that were there know all about it - Joe!) It's possible, that some finals quality robots wil not be able to fully compete since they might not be in best working order come the first of the seeding rounds.

This change in rules can cause a lot of new issues when something goes wrong at a regional. The pits will also be more hectic than ever on Thursday in FL probably causing a lot of problems for new teams that have to get acclimated to how everything works AND do major repairs/rebuilding.


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