"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Ayush Kapur]

"STOP- Its flashing!"- Programming captain

[BethMo]

My favorite from this season's tournaments:
"Your tribbles need to be inside your frame perimeter."

[MishraArtificer]

Originally Posted by John Retkowski

Quote Maria a junior

Maria: yeah I measured it. It's 1/2 of 3/4

Gain (a senior): *sigh*..... it doesn't work that way Maria....


We ended up putting 1/2 of 3/4 on one of our buttons. And then we threw it in the bucket that we offer people buttons out of at events. And then we forgot about it.

1/2 of 3/4...is 3/8.

3/4=6/8.

What?

[The Doctor]

Midway through the competition:

"Time to start programming the robot. Finally."

[adammiller3122]

Originally Posted by Amo10

"I could fit like 10 dead bodies in this" (the bag and tag bag)

The sad thing is that it is probably true!

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

We decided (jokingly of course) that both customary and SI units are garbage and invented our own measurement system all based on our largest 2" diameter pneumatic cylinder, which we named "Pneumasiah", and each type of unit was all called the same name: a Pneum

These units exchange to:
-1 Pneum (pressure) = 60 PSI (pressure the piston operates at)
-1 Pneum (length) = 24 3/8" (Measured stroke Pneumasiah)
-1 Pneum (time) = Time Pneumasiah takes to extend 1 Pneum(length) at 1 Pneum(pressure), not officially measured yet
-1 Pneum (mass) = Weight of Pneumasiah, not officially measured yet

Funny quote related:

"how fast does our robot accelerate?" "Oh, about 6 Pneums per Pneum squared"

I'm pretty sure we have one of those exact cylinders lying around (it's completely useless, of course, but at some point in the past someone figured that if we were going to get a free cylinder we might as well get a big one). We just call it the "BFC." If nothing else, it makes a good demonstration piece for preseason training.

[Shadowfl]

Student in charge of compressor and pneumatics :
"stop pressuring me"
"pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pneumatics"
"tanks for the air"

when told to start working on code:
"programmers, Line up "

using calipers : "its approximately this much"
(ok that one was me, don't worry I actually measured after that)

[adammiller3122]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

I'm pretty sure we have one of those exact cylinders lying around (it's completely useless, of course, but at some point in the past someone figured that if we were going to get a free cylinder we might as well get a big one). We just call it the "BFC." If nothing else, it makes a good demonstration piece for preseason training.

My team has one of those cylinders. My mentor couldn't think of a need for a cylinder for that year and we had a free one, so we got a HUGE cylinder. When it is fully out, it is taller than our tallest member!

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by adammiller3122

My team has one of those cylinders. My mentor couldn't think of a need for a cylinder for that year and we had a free one, so we got a HUGE cylinder. When it is fully out, it is taller than our tallest member!

That is how we got ours! In 2011 we were originally not going to use pneumatics, so as a joke our teacher got the 3 largest cylinders he could with the Bimba voucher. We thought he was crazy and the cylinders would never be used.

As luck would have it, our minibot deployment solution didn't work, so we used the 2nd longest of the 3 on the robot that year to push the minibot out. He wasn't crazy then!

[alexander.h]

The situation : I am just about to test the autonomous code that is guaranteed to do something.

The outcome : The robot, without bumpers, drives right into the wall, turns, and knocks over a shelf.

The reactions :

• The engineers and the electrical team : Oh no! I hope nothing's broken!
• The programmers (including me) : It worked!

[LittleRed]

When talking about picking up the ball at our Week 1 competition...

Mentor: "While the actuation of our arm may not be the fastest, we can pick up the ball lightning fast with no jiggling or finagling required!"

Since then, our arm has gotten faster, and the jiggling/finagling is still pretty nonexistent

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

That is how we got ours! In 2011 we were originally not going to use pneumatics, so as a joke our teacher got the 3 largest cylinders he could with the Bimba voucher. We thought he was crazy and the cylinders would never be used.

Ours dates from 2007, I think. It was briefly used in 2008 on a very large arm design, until it was realized that the amount of air required to actuate the thing was completely ridiculous.

[kellymc]

From this weekend's practice... "Oh that's how it works..."

from the programmer

[Cyan]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

Wasn't this thread started in 2006??

Yes, yes it was.

[CTbiker105]

When discussing what to say for alliance selection:

"Team 195 would like to invite team 254 to join our alliance."

"But sir they're not competing at this event."

"...team 195 would like to invite team 254 to join our alliance."