Things learned from the 2012 regional

[Suitster]

Use tape to secure the ethernet cable to the driver's station so a bumping the laptop won't make you lose connection

[Alexa Stott]

One rule that my team always, always has: Whenever you do ANY sort of work on the robot (particularly anything involving drilling/cutting/whatever), ALWAYS vacuum out the robot. A metal shard in your cRIO is the LAST thing you want.

[lorem3k]

Originally Posted by Alexa Stott

One rule that my team always, always has: Whenever you do ANY sort of work on the robot (particularly anything involving drilling/cutting/whatever), ALWAYS vacuum out the robot. A metal shard in your cRIO is the LAST thing you want.

When we're working in the shop and drilling, grinding, or cutting anything, we grab a fire blanket and cover our electronics with it to prevent shards from getting in