How old is your oldest robot

[BenjiSG]

I believe our 2013 robot is still sitting somewhere untouched, but our 2014 bot is the oldest one we have which is still in driving condition (and the only one other than our current robot and its test clone). We keep it around for outreach purposes, although last I checked our pneumatics need to be fixed for it to return to peak condition.

Repairing it during preseason this year (after we totaled a number of parts on the thing due to tough defense and a powerful shooter) actually made for a great project to get people engaged on the team and sharpen skills for build season.

[nickyflash]

We don't keep most of our robots. Most of the parts are recycled for the next year...

But one of the few ones that have stayed ever since was our very first robot, Bob. He's in our Awards Room, so we haven't operated the robot in YEARS. I'm sure it's still working though, underneath all the collected dust.

If you don't know of the story, the Fembots built Bob at Silicon Valley Regional back in 2001. The Fembots arrived with materials and the Kit of Parts and were able to build the robot with the help of several other teams -- and they built it in 6 hours!