Inspection Stories

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Rob Heslin at FLR is awesome. He comes to the Rally (hosted by 1511) and "pre-inspects" everyone's robots, with special attention to the rookie teams. His focus is not only on whether or not the robots will pass, but also on best practices and practical suggestions for improvements based on common problems (such as re-positioning radios to reduce the possibility of dropped communication due to unintentional Faraday Cages or electrical noise).

At FLR he's always very busy, but still takes as much time as he can to not only inspect robots, but also help get them as functional as they can be, proactively seeking out teams that appear to be having problems on the field and helping them diagnose and fix problems.

I think it is because of his efforts that the entire inspection team at FLR has adopted this overall methodology, and they all deserve a great deal of gratitude. So Rob, Dan, everyone else, if you're reading this -- you rule!