Field Crew Bragging Rights

[colt527]

The crew that I worked with at Pittsburgh and SBPLI Long Island were both absolutely fantastic! At both Pittsburgh and Long Island like Mark said, we had the general policy not to start a match until all robots connected to the field, or we at least knew why the robot was not connecting (cRIO not getting power, something of that sort). At Long Island before every match you would see some combination of Mark, Bharat Nain (our FTA), Mike Massa (our FTAA) and myself walking the field checking on every robot making sure radios were plugged in and connecting during the start up sequence.

We also monitored robots during the event so if one stops moving we would go and try to see why. This gives students the best experience at the event and also allows us to do "conspiracy theory control".

A few extra things to point out. There are times where other factors limit turn around time ... for example, at Pittsburgh we were running too fast and getting too far ahead, so we had to add in a few dance breaks to not have a huge gap before alliance selection

Teams being punctual and responsible also make a huge difference to overall turnaround times. So I need to thank all the teams for their amazing effort at SBPLI! And obviously, huge thanks to all the field crew that I worked with to make Pittsburgh and Long Island awesome events!