How old is your oldest robot

[kyle_hamblett]

Currently, the oldest robot that is fully intact is our 2014 robot. Our 2012 robot is sitting on the cart lacking turret code and mecanum wheels. We still have the frame for our 2010 robot, which we disassembled in 2014.

[mrmummert]

1610 robots in the following order and condition...
(also some information on former FRC team 616's robots)

2005...still intact, getting a C Rio and pnuematics redone.
2006...Still intact and running except no Autonomous.
2007...Taken apart and frame used for our current robot cart
(we decided to take it apart mainly because our 2011
robot was almost a carbon copy of it with a mini bot
added)
2008...RIP
2009...(no robot built that year)
2010...Taken apart. currently the frame and wheels are used
as a prototyping platform.
2011...still intact, currently not running.
2012...Upper section removed (shooter and ball pick up)
Lower drive section (frame, drive system and
electronics still intact. We kept that as its our only
8 wheel drive robot system.
2013...still intact, nearly running.
2014...still intact and running.
2015...mostly intact as of this writing, but due to be taken
apart (mostly because it was such a crappy robot and
we need some of the parts for a better built off season
robot.

Also...We are sorta related to nearby former team 616. Although 616
hasn't been around since 2006 we know where their former
robots are kept and plan on acquiring them in the future.

2001...in pieces.
2002...in pieces.
2003...almost completely intact, not running.
2004...still intact, not running.
2005...still intact, not running

[Sperkowsky]

Our 2012 robot was up and everything was mechanically working (No control system) early last year. We took it apart and kept the chassis in tact. We decided to take the chassis apart this year due to how much space it took up. We made it one of our "Freshman Challenges" to take it apart and they finished most of it today.

Its sad to see Sasha go even if I never did see him working. He was our best robot to date getting all the way up to quaterfinals at the NYC regional and he will be misssed.

Here is the last pic of him alive.

http://i.imgur.com/MGiHyrn.jpg?1

Now we are left with only our 2015 competiton bot which doesnt really work. We are building an offseason bot with the chassi of our 2014 robot in a few weeks and it is going to be much more polished then anything we have ever done.

[Chris Endres]

From what I remember, we have robots from 1996 to 2015 (some given to mentors). Our 1997 robot is in display at FIRST headquarters. We used our 2006 robot for demos up until 2013, we retired it due to it literally falling apart. Most of our robots still have electronics, including 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2011 (we are going to try and revive 2003). We are currently in a tough position, after losing all of our space in Motorola, we are able to store our old robots in an empty warehouse owned by one of our sponsors. Currently, our 2012, 2013, and 2014 (2012 is missing cRIO and 2013/2014 are RTR) are inside of our sipping crate, yes, a shipping crate, along with all of our other tools and possessions. We are running out of space, sharing a small wood shop with our local high school district's learning center doesn't allow us to keep anything bigger than a battery box and our mechanical/electrical tool chests inside the shop (let's just say it is quite a struggle to build a robot when you have to build out of a jam-packed crate).

http://imgur.com/NLZNSmN

http://imgur.com/9ll4k4o

http://imgur.com/HxL4xLU
(Person for scale)

[BJT]

2002 and 2003 are gone. Main frame and structure of 2004 survives. 2005-2015 are intact in fixable condition, last few years are pretty much running.

[fargus111111111]

Our 2000 bot is still intact and maybe running. It has sat in a cabinet for many many years. Our oldest regularly running robot is our t-shirt shooter that was built in 2008. All our robots from 2012 onward are active as well as a few others.

[Ari423]

Our shop is littered with the half-devoured carcasses of old robots. Most of them haven't been used in years so I have no idea if they actually work. Many of them are missing electronic or pneumatic parts, but we can supplement this by using our "briefcase" robot (robot in a box) to control them. There may be other robots around the shop that I haven't listed that are hiding away in the labyrinth that is our shop. There is also a small robot from before bumpers or safety lights that I don't know what year it was for (it was the year of the extending tape measure for those of you who remember that far back).

• 2000-2002: ???
• 2003: we have the control panel, but no robot
• 2004-2008: ???
• 2009: fully assembled, has all parts to my knowledge, hasn't been used in 5 years
• 2010: just a chassis stripped of all electronics and manipulators
• 2011: may be missing some electronics but otherwise fully assembled, will probably run using briefcase
• 2012: manipulator and chassis both work but they are detached from each other, needs briefcase to run, chassis has been repurposed as demo bot
• 2013: manipulator and chassis both work but they are detached from each other, chassis runs under own power but manipulator needs briefcase
• 2014: works as well as it did in competition (not very well)
• 2015: works well, has all parts

??? means it may be hiding somewhere, completely disassembled, or in parts I don't recognize.

[Brian Maher]

Before 2014, we completely dismantled our robots to reuse parts. However, in 2014, we realized the value of having old robots, especially for demonstrations and driver practice. Now we have our 2014 robot in (mostly) working condition as well as our 2015 robot.

[Aidan Cox]

I was hoping to hear that our 1992 robot was still around, but upon asking learned that it was in scraps by 1994.

Our oldest robot still around is the 1995 robot. The oldest robot of ours that could be made to work today would probably be our 2000 national finalist robot.

[Ryan_Todd]

1999 through 2002: completely scrapped, most identifiable components have since walked off.

2002: just an empty hull, no moving parts left. select components hung on wall as "NEVER AGAIN" reminders.

2003: scrapped with great personal prejudice, no identifiable components left.

2004: converted to chairbot, ran away with alumnus.

2005: currently in possession of alumnus-turned-head-mentor, he keeps it in pristine condition for demos.

2006: scrapped, all parts still identifiable in stock.

2007: mechanisms intact, electronics stripped.

2008: converted to chairbot (video here) by yours truly, still in my possession.

2009: mechanisms intact, electronics stripped.

2010: scrapped with great personal prejudice. select components hung on wall as "NEVER AGAIN" reminders.

2011: all systems intact, only missing cRIO. No idea why there's so much of this one left, because there are a few "NEVER AGAIN" opportunities here as well.

2012, 2013, 2014: fully functional, could use a tune-up.

2015: good to go for Kettering Kickoff.

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Do you still have the 2003 Ball Drive?*

That one is very cool. It was the topic of the earliest conversation I can recall having with Andy Baker. The team had it stashed behind the hockey wall in the back of their pit, so it wouldn't confuse the inspectors.
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*Scroll down to image "close right side.jpg"

Yes. The 2003 ball drive is up and functional. Surprisingly it can make 5 stacks without a can.

[hardcopi]

1982... wait... does our Hero 1 robot count? If it is FRC robot... 2015 mostly still works... when parts get in it will be fully functional for WMRI.

2013 is all there but needs new code and we want to switch to a Robo Rio... all the others are in various states. Even our practice bot from last year looks like we left it overnight in a bad neighborhood. No wheels, stripped to bare frame, arm off, etc.

[Abhishek R]

2008 still works for us. Oldest that could probably still be competition ready...probably 2009.

[Mark McLeod]

Our 2003 robot is still actively used, primarily as a testing/demonstration base for the past two FRC control system changes (2009 & 2015). We still have the complete original control system, too.

We have most other year's still operational in their original configurations:
2004, 2005, 2008 thru 2015. Most of the older robots all served in demonstrations for many years.

The regularly active robots are 2003 (testbed/demo), 2010 (rookie loaner, bring students to work days, SBPLI golf fundraisers), and 2012 (mostly throws candy during Homecoming parades or Safe Halloween, but also for the annual middle school science fair, and assisted living outreach).

A couple of years we just kept the unique manipulator: 2006 shooter, 2007 articulated arm.
The 2007 base permanently went to a rookie team to help them get started.

Our earliest robots had the electronics removed for later robots, but the mechanical shells are still around.

[EricH]

1197 has the shells of '11 and '12 but those would take some effort to get working. '13 has a few parts around but that one we just kind of didn't want to see again once we had TrogTOR ('14) running--which it still is. '15 should still be operational, we've got a postseason next weekend.


330 on the other hand... '04 and later, with some duplicates, are stored in one area. Though as I recall they are often scavenged for various parts (like control systems).