What is the most ghetto thing you've seen on a robot?

[otherguy]

In 2012 at Beantown Blitz one of our alliance partners had issues with chain popping off on their drive train during eliminations.

As a last ditch effort we got our bulkiest zip ties and made an awesome chain tensioner by wrapping one the around the chain loop. Then two more ties attaching the tensioner off to each side of the parallel plates of the drivetrain (to keep everything vertically and horizontally centered). It actually worked surprisingly well. I can't find event results or videos of finals. But I'm pretty sure we went through multiple matches and finals in that configuration.

Definitely one to keep in your back pocket.



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[Ceering]

2 years ago our non-FIRST robot was held together almost entirely by zip-ties.

[mikexcao]

I've seen a robot that bounced around so much they had to use duct tape to hold down the RoboRIO (which was secured sideways on one of the sides of the robot)

[Connor McBride]

we used zip ties on our 2015 robot to push around the pool noodles. Very effective I must say.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by otherguy

In 2012 at Beantown Blitz one of our alliance partners had issues with chain popping off on their drive train during eliminations.

As a last ditch effort we got our bulkiest zip ties and made an awesome chain tensioner by wrapping one the around the chain loop. Then two more ties attaching the tensioner off to each side of the parallel plates of the drivetrain (to keep everything vertically and horizontally centered). It actually worked surprisingly well. I can't find event results or videos of finals. But I'm pretty sure we went through multiple matches and finals in that configuration.

Definitely one to keep in your back pocket.

This is actually a very reliable fix by the way. It doesn't sound fantastic when it's running, but it will last many matches without replacement. It is easier on the zip tie if its just tensioning one side but works on both.

[Doomwyte]

For Recycle Rush, a team (I think it was 1510) decided that they needed to turn their bot into a defending robot for one match. Their solution: tape three totes on top of the robot. It was pretty funny to watch.

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by Doomwyte

For Recycle Rush

Originally Posted by Doomwyte

defending robot

but why

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Doomwyte

For Recycle Rush, a team (I think it was 1510) decided that they needed to turn their bot into a defending robot for one match. Their solution: tape three totes on top of the robot. It was pretty funny to watch.

Originally Posted by bobbysq

but why

Litter blocker?

[Daler99]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

I think our second robot counts

We designed both robots to be modular, so the shooter, intake, and cheval wedges can be swapped as part of withholding allowance. By postseason (we were registered at Beantown Blitz) we really wanted our second robot to be able to compete as well and this was the result:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ligerb...7667311431234/
Here you can see:
- stapled bumpers
- ziptie- and duct tape-based intake
- wooden shooter (needless to say it didn't last very long)
- PVC tube boulder blocker complete with transparent packing tape.
Thus the second robot was aptly renamed "Jankosaurus Rex"
Nevertheless our team had a lot of fun putting it together in just a few team meetings before Blitz

If I recall correctly, Jankosaurus Rex actually won the event.

[ThariqRidha]

Originally Posted by Doomwyte

For Recycle Rush, a team (I think it was 1510) decided that they needed to turn their bot into a defending robot for one match. Their solution: tape three totes on top of the robot. It was pretty funny to watch.

I don't recall 1510 ever doing that for Recycle Rush, but we definetely did something very similar and sketchy during Stronghold.

[BenDSterling]

I'm not event going to mention the most ghetto thing I have done to a robot...

[GavinL]

I came up with a very clever nickname for our robot. D.A.D, Duct-tape and Dreams. You can guess what it looked like.

[Cam_Team 2619]

Not really on our robot, but to aim our high goal shooter at our off-season event, Team 2619 put a piece of electrical tape on the spot on our laptop screen where the goal needed to be lined up with on our camera. "Vision tracking "

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by Cam_Team 2619

Not really on our robot, but to aim our high goal shooter at our off-season event, Team 2619 put a piece of electrical tape on the spot on our laptop screen where the goal needed to be lined up with on our camera. "Vision tracking "

We put an image overlay on SmartDashboard, and we used a screenshot of the laptop screen with TableViewer to try to get the correct values into our program. This screenshot also included the dashboard. Our driver then proceeded to score several consecutive perfect shots on the practice field.

He was aiming off of the still screenshot of SmartDashboard in MS Paint and didn't even notice until we thought that the camera froze.

[K-Dawg157]

In 2014 my team's robot (157 AZTECHS) made to eliminations for the first time in years. We were doing well, until one of the belts on our drive train snapped during a match.

We ended up using nuts, bolts, duct tape and zip ties to try to keep the belt together long enough to finish the competition...

It didn't work too well.