"Quotes" that were said during build season

[LovablePsycho]

Mentor to Will: "You've never read Dilbert?"
Jared: "You live under a rock!"

[Trent B]

"If you are going to make the motor illegal you may as well make it super illegal" - Talking about the burnt out Tetrix motor that we were opening up with tin snips to snip off the retaining tabs.

[BJT]

OK, that arm is too fast, and that light is too low.

[theschell]

Kill the robot before you hit the table.

[USSMISSOURI]

heres one we had happen while we were drilling through some plexi near the motors: *drill goes through plexi, almost hits the motor* Opps......that was close. quote from Marie, my fellow mechanical engineer.

[DinerKid]

When joking around about slogans for our team...

"Team 1768, We CAD chain one link at a time."

We just switched CAD programs before the season so there was a point when one of our CAD guys just started assembling individual links.

When talking about the 3/8 nuts that came in the KOP...

"Hey, do you have my golden nuts"

~DK

[Astarties]

Head advisor for team: "Excuse me!" (jokingly indignant)
Me: "There is no excuse for you"

Head advisor: "Do you want it centered on the front side of the L-channel or the back?"
Me: "Back"
HA: "Why?"
Me: "That's where the party's at"

Head Advisor: "That doesn't quite line up, we might have to drill that out a bit"
Me: "Don't worry about it"
HA: "I don't like it, we need to fix it"
Me: "I said don't worry about it"

[davidthefat]

Someone: *something* "is not working, can you check your code?"
Me: "Its the hardware, it's always the hardware, never my code."


Me: "Don't worry about it"

[Dumper FTW 435]

"The robot is horribly overweight. We need to delete some code"

Me to team member named Charlie: You're job is to make sure i don't mess up.
5 minutes later I try to tap a hole that I forgot to drill all the way through
Me: CHARLIE!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?


our engineering lead: Think not what a robot can do for you, but what you can do to get the sucker done. Now.

Mentor: What if we tried a turret idea?
Everyone in our workshop: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
(We've had a lot of bad experiences with turret designs)



Rookie: What if we pulled up the tubes with suction?
Engineering lead: hahahaha. That would never work.
5 minutes later...
Mentor: We should do suction!!!!

(Our current design is to use suction. The rookie will never let us forget that it was his idea)

[andreboos]

Originally Posted by Dumper FTW 435

"The robot is horribly overweight. We need to delete some code"

On our team, 1's weigh more than 0's, regardless of the size of the code.

[FRC4ME]

Originally Posted by andreboos

On our team, 1's weigh more than 0's, regardless of the size of the code.

You know, back in the days of IFI we filled up the temporary storage areas a few times. I don't remember the specifics, but the solution was to randomly refactor the code and try again. If you split up a single calculation into multiple steps that still achieved the same result, it would somehow "fit" better.

[basicxman]

<listening to deadmau5's Sofi Needs a Ladder>
"Why is sour patch kids a bad taste in your mouth? Sour patch kids are a GREAT taste in your mouth." - Jason



"I don't hear smoke" - me :/

[linuxboy]

Build Lead to Me: "These brackets are a little too far apart. You need to fix that in code."

For a second I thought he was serious I then explained that code can't fix that.

And I can't believe I forgot:
Me to mentor: "I know those aren't cut all the way but I guarantee that those wires are not touching" *turns on battery, sees spark and hears snap* "abouuuuuuuut that, I didn't think they were touching". the second thing was said after yanking the breaker out of where those wires were connected on the PDB

[Phyrxes]

From last night:

Student #1: We need to drill the holes in electronics tray (at the bottom of the robot) to mount the line following sensors.
Student #2: So we are going to pick the whole robot up and put it in the drill press?
Student #1: *Laughs*
Mentor: *Shakes Head*

[216Robochick288]

[I urgently run up to our coach Mr. Hepfer]
Me: MR HEPFER! MR HEPFER!
Mr. Hepfer: What is it Abby?
Me: WE ARE OUT OF TRANSFORMER AND HELLO KITTY BANDAIDS!!! WE NEED MORE!!
[Mr. Hepfer sighs and students around laugh]

Student screaming across room: I CANT FIND MY NUTS!