Some Rookie Advice (Wait, no we're the ones that need it so...eh nvm)

[P. Fuller]

1. When you are designing your robot, make sure that your mentors are involved at all stages in the process. They know what will work, and what will either break, not be reliable, or be unsafe. This will save you a lot of time, and tears.
2. When you are building your robot and cut materials for it, do not use a hacksaw. Use either a table saw (if appropriate), a band saw, or a miter saw. This will help you get straighter and more accurate cuts, and will make your robot look better overall.
3. Try to give your programmers as much time with a drivable robot as you can. They will not be happy if they get it the day before ship, and it will probably be a bad job (the programs will be crap.) Try to give the completed robot to your programmers at the end of Week 5/beginning of Week 6, as you will have some time to practice driving before the competition, and the programmers will have time to do a good job.
4. Most importantly, HAVE FUN! This is supposed to be something you do for fun, because you like robotics and building things. Don't make it a chore, or just something you have to do, as then it defeats the purpose of doing robotics.

Good Luck!