The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Question: Would teams build a practice bot if there was no bag and tag?

Probably. Our practice robot this year fired thousands of discs, suffered numerous collisions with field elements while driven by a certain other programming mentor, survived a 63" fall from the pyramid, and got all sorts of scratches on the powdercoat and polycarb. We wouldn't want to compete with a worn-out robot.

That said, having unlimited access to both robots would do a lot to decrease team stress around those epic Thursday morning rebuilds at competitions and the worry about whether they will perform the same.