Things you only do ONCE!

[AutodeskGeek]

105. Have mini wars over whether it should be "shooterSubsystem" or "Shooter_Subsystem"

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by AutodeskGeek

105. Have mini wars over whether it should be "shooterSubsystem" or "Shooter_Subsystem"

Camel case. Every time.

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by AutodeskGeek

105. Have mini wars over whether it should be "shooterSubsystem" or "Shooter_Subsystem"

We ain't writing no dot-net in here.

My students hate my love of conventions for nameing. whitespace, casing, etc. I'm thinking of implementing checkstyle...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

That was one of the best and most reliable systems we've ever had on a robot. It never failed. It never even required maintenance. Worked like a charm for every competition we attended, and for demos for years after.

It was also incredibly easy to make and not demanding in terms of precision, at all. Several pieces of angle-stock with three holes drilled in them, some bolts, and some nylon washers.

That would be successes one, failures some much higher number. I've seen a couple that were very poor, and one or two that looked decent but didn't perform as you might expect.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by AutodeskGeek

105. Have mini wars over whether it should be "shooterSubsystem" or "Shooter_Subsystem"

Why, in all that is holy, would you capitalize the words if you're using an underscore?

Pressing the shift key, ain't nobody got time for that.

- Sunny G.

[theawesome1730]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Versas are amazing for about one match. They are the closest thing to a cleat you can use. After that they wear down extremely fast. They also don't have much if any lateral traction since the grooves only face one way.

We switched our drive wheels out a lot to keep traction throughout events.

We've run the same versa's all season with very little wear. It's 8 wheel drop.

[MStump]

106: Get everything ready for your first match and forget to plug in the shooter.

[moogboy]

107: Leave the scouting iPad in the shooter chamber for the entire match, putting the robot overweight.

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

65. Manually cut a part with the CNC machine

Hmm why not?

I use the jog wheel/MIDI to run the machine for basic facing/cutting/drilling operations. Though for anything more then one or two holes I just type of a can cycle script.

[Chadfrom308]

Originally Posted by Iaquinto.Joe

57. Leave the shooter motor unplugged before a match.

Use code from 2 weeks ago in a match by accident

[Siri]

Originally Posted by bgg

90. Blame the programmers before you double check that the PWMs are all connected.

You mean we're only allowed to do this once?

[bardd]

108. Trust a programmer to not use your private parts to test the bridge manipulator.
109. Trust a programmer to not use your chest as a shooting practice target (happened in 2012, not 2013, fortunately).
110. Trust a programmer to not use your back to test the strength of a 'box manipulator' (part of our FLFL robot, a platform attached to a piston to change it's angle).

Having written this, I'm getting the feeling that programmer doesn't like me...

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

WOW! I didn't think this was going to grow so big. I may have to limit this to a thread that just talks about robot, then another that talks about wiring, and another about mechanical so we can all filter through everything. Thanks for the input so far and keep it up.

And another for injuries...

[kwotremb]

108) Put the main breaker on the top of your robot only protected by a polycarb shield.

Lets just say that the totes from 2003 can deflect polycarb when the come crashing down when you hit the stack during autonomous.

[karomata]

Forgetting to turn on your robot right before a match, and watching it sit there for 2 entire minutes.

[bbuncher12]

109. Build a metal-on-metal lift with no bearings or lubricant
110. Not cover the jags
111. Plug the power wires of a Spike into the motor output (it smells horrible)
112. Not put on a compressor because you assume that the pneumatics won't leak
113. Put Mechanums on backwards
114. Assume the CAD team will get the dimensions right
115. Not tell other subgroups that you're changing something (who am I kidding, we do this every year!)