Building two bots

[lorem3k]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Why stop at two?

Originally Posted by MattC9

Please don't tell me 973 will have 2+ robots this year.

I seem to remember 1114 having at least 6 robots on display in their pits in 2011 at the Greater Toronto Regional.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by MattC9

Please don't tell me 973 will have 2+ robots this year.

At the SCRRF Fall Classic they had two that were built just during the summer by all students - I can only guess how many of the gorgeous competition bot were also built

This will be 3309's second year building two robots - like we did last year they'll be largely the same, the competition bot being neater/better tuned and powder coated, time permitting.

[dellagd]

We just started building a practice bot.

Dont ask about the mortality though, thats a WHOLE nother thread.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by dellagd

We just started building a practice bot.

Dont ask about the mortality though, thats a WHOLE nother thread.

I'm guessing you meant morality? Mortality would indeed be yet another thread.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by dcarr

I'm guessing you meant morality? Mortality would indeed be yet another thread.

Well with a level 3 fall, teams would need as many replacement robots as they can get!

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by dcarr

I'm guessing you meant morality? Mortality would indeed be yet another thread.

Ah, yes. I love my spelling at this time of night. I can make jokes without even realizing it...

[Allen B.]

973 has been building practice bots for at least the last 4 years. One little detail that will save you time and frustration is be sure your electronics are identical. We started using a chart (borrowed from this video (lengthy but very good, Thank you Al Skierkiewicz and others)) for our electronics that organizes our system by "system, function, motor/cylinder name, controller type (victor, jaguar, talon, spike, solenoid), PWM #, Breaker size, and system color code", etc. With this you can maintain consistency between robots which allows you to run the same code without changing I/O's. This is also very helpful in competition when diagnosing issues if they arise.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Ah, yes. I love my spelling at this time of night. I can make jokes without even realizing it...

When a robot falls to the ground and shatters into a thousand pieces the audience can his in unison "Fatality!" (or chirp "Toastiieee" if they so choose).

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by dcarr

I'm guessing you meant morality? Mortality would indeed be yet another thread.

If we're going to resurrect a beatdown on that long dead horse may I suggest we just add to this thread instead of making a new one. You may just find your point has already been made and there's no need to bring the subject up at all.

[theawesome1730]

We typically build two competition grade robots and have our prototype still operational too. Last year we didn't have time or money to build 2 comp. bots so we just retrofitted the prototype for testing purposes

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

If we're going to resurrect a beatdown on that long dead horse may I suggest we just add to this thread instead of making a new one. You may just find your point has already been made and there's no need to bring the subject up at all.

Yes yes yes. PLEASE dont start a new thread

[karomata]

1511 is also making 2 robots for our second year, and our largest advice is build them simultaneously. Going into build season week 7 and 8 is not fun at all. Other than that, don't be overly surprised if they don't operate as identically as you expected, its hard to perfectly recreate a robot.