What do you do with a robot at the end of the season?

[jimv]

I think the oldest one we have is 2001, not sure how functional it is, but because it is a Champs wining bot we'll probably have it forever. The same goes for 2010. We have another one or two bots in our storage room, one being 2014 with various parts cannibalized, and another robot who's year and functionality I don't know. Our 2015 robot we still have, but in an accident involving a metal pillar the drive base was severely damaged so it's mostly just a donor for parts.. I'm not sure what's happening to 2016, but since it was a good year I assume we'll keep it for a little while at least.

[ZamericaZ]

We have our 2005 robot in near original condition, they had to reuse some of the electronics in 06 & 07 but were almost all put back afterwards except for the green shell. The 2009 robot is currently on display in the front lobby of our sponsor Magna. Our last 3 robots (14, 15, 16) have been some of our more successful ones so they are being kept in tact, at least until the freshman class of each year graduates then due to lack of space they will probably be scraped for parts unless another use is found for them. As for practice bots we will be using this years for programing practice and possibly driver training, and we have kept the drive train of 2015's as the powered takeoff is good teaching tool for new mechanical members.

This years competition robot still has 4 offseason competitions to drive at (MARC, IRI, Kettering Kickoff, & Bloomfield Girls competition) and thankfully it fits easily in a car so we'll be able to bring it to lots of outreach events, we did the same with the 2015 robot but due to the size it was difficult to transport).

[troy_dietz]

Originally Posted by ZamericaZ

We have our 2005 robot in near original condition...

That makes 2
I wonder what happened to 67's '05 robot. It's been in the HOF display, but I haven't seen anything after that.