Nightmare Repairs At Competition

[Koko Ed]

Our 2008 robot suffered a Catastrophic breakdown(the disaster occurs at 7:53 at the end of the first finals match which we won. Unfortunately we weren't coming back from this at that point. Ironically we won the Quality Award.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our 2008 robot suffered a Catastrophic breakdown(the disaster occurs at 7:53 at the end of the first finals match which we won. Unfortunately we weren't coming back from this at that point. Ironically we won the Quality Award.

Judges worst nightmare....

And the Quality award goes to.... The smoldering heap of metal over there

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Judges worst nightmare....

And the Quality award goes to.... The smoldering heap of metal over there

John was chuckling while reading off the award.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our 2008 robot suffered a Catastrophic breakdown(the disaster occurs at 7:53 at the end of the first finals match which we won. Unfortunately we weren't coming back from this at that point. Ironically we won the Quality Award.

That reminds me of a team we competed against in 2012 whose shooter broke off twice and still won the Quality Award. Funny how that happens.

The biggest nightmare repair I've been a part of was in 2011, we fried both our cRIO AND our 2 digital sidecars. Found out during the second and more extensive replacement session (included cRIO and multiple suspect wires) that we had pinched and shorted the connector between the two.
Missed a couple matches, still ended up 8-4 alliance captain #7. Lost in the first round. :/

Funniest repair (what?) was at Sweet Repeat in 2006, we popped a pneumatic front tire and had to replace it. Got the tire and axle on, but didn't have time to put the second bolt through the aluminum pillow block, so we zip-tied it on.
On the field, after auto, we drive forward and stop, but the wheel keeps rolling forward. We then proceed to leave a trail of parts behind us for about 2 feet and eventually fall over for the rest of the match.