Battery Problem

[EricH]

Originally Posted by MrBasse

Although I am curious on why you are allowed to test your robot after stop build.

Originally Posted by TikiTech

Hmm.. I thought that taking the robot out of the bag is for community demonstrations and the like... Not to test anything... It even stated in the update that you should not have the driving team giving the demo...

Y'all are forgetting about the district event Robot Access Periods--during which, anything goes, same as a practice day. Also, some teams got extensions.

Now, those don't apply here, but if you take the robot out of the bag for a community demo, it's reasonable to have it driveable. If, during that driving time, somebody happens to notice that the voltage is 00.00, and happens to read the rules and find that it should NOT be that, then it's a perfectly legitimate question. Savvy?


4939: Y'all are rookies this year, so maybe you missed a couple of things. If, in fact, your robot is not in the bag, and you don't have official permission via the demo rules (or, less likely, Robot Access Period--which doesn't apply to GTR West) or an official waiver from FIRST, you need to #1, get it in the bag as soon as possible, and #2, notify FIRST headquarters that you didn't bag for more than a week after the deadline. Otherwise, I assume you're asking because of something that you saw before bagging, or something that you saw during an allowed period, and you just happened to wait a bit before posting. The first post after the opening one has the best troubleshooting method. The inspectors at GTR West will also be able to help you.