When programming doesn't get enough time

[adciv]

There's a reason we're building two robots now. As programmers, we frequently find flaws mechanical didn't consider. Some require a moderate redesign. e.g. We sheared the rivets again, you need to make this more durable. If you think the programmers are being hard on the robot, you should see what Drive Team does to it...

[Ninjastahr]

Originally Posted by adciv

There's a reason we're building two robots now.

This is a great strategy, and my team was able to get a lot of programming done in build season before the real robot was even finished with just a practice drivetrain and a camera!

EDIT: But sometimes I still wished that the Mechanical people could just hurry up and finish the robot

[MamaSpoldi]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

Just wanted to put this here as it seems fitting:
http://xkcd.com/1425/

Perfect! This is exactly true.

Originally Posted by FrankJ

Every year I tell the programmers they get the robot first. They program it. Then we build it. They have yet to take me up on the offer so they get what they get.

This would be perfectly doable if you would just build a robot capable of exactly what the programmers wrote the code for. LOL