What is the strangest issue with a robot you have ever seen?

[ollien]

Originally Posted by ShinyShips

At BattleCry@WPI this year we were in the finals (Thanks 166!) against 195, 2791, and 501. Finals match 2, everything was fine until about 30 seconds into the match when we drove over the rock wall. Comms and robot code dropped, comms came back, but we were stuck without robot code for the rest of the match which sadly led to our defeat. RSL was solid I believe. After the match, we checked our 5v rail and it was fine and once we power cycled the problem was resolved.

Needless to say, we replaced our rio for IRI.

Sounds like a combination of loose power cables on the Rio and on the radio. Seems a bit excessive to replace the Rio...

[ShinyShips]

Originally Posted by ollien

Sounds like a combination of loose power cables on the Rio and on the radio. Seems a bit excessive to replace the Rio...

It may have been loose cables, but that was the first thing I checked when we got back to the pit. They all seemed fine. When we asked the FTA if he had any idea what happened, he didn't know. Better safe than sorry, really no harm in putting in a fresh rio after a season of 120+ matches.