Did someone work on robot overnight?

[Levin571]

yeah, in 2000 we also got interviewed (by national geographic at the ny regional) so we were allowed to take out our robot from the pits but we also had to agree to make no repairs on it. So it happens probably more than people think

[Jay Lundy]

Yeah, that was funny. As soon as we started walking out of the dome with our robot sourrounded by thousands of other FIRST kids we knew someone was going to get the wrong idea. There wasn't much we could do about it at the time though.

[edomus]

I also saw a full robot walking into the courtyard marriot. I dont wana acuse anyone, but that robot looked like it had been in competition

[Bduggan04]

Originally Posted by edomus

I also saw a full robot walking into the courtyard marriot. I dont wana acuse anyone, but that robot looked like it had been in competition

The mariot was probably us, we had our practice robot and needed to get some of the identical spares off of it (Wheels) in case we needed them at the competition. Fortunately we didn't.

[JohnBoucher]

Busted.... Step away from the robot.

You guys were great on headline news. When I saw Dean holding the ball, and your robot grab at it, I thought..... This could get really ugly.....


It was a great spot... Congrats

[activemx]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Busted.... Step away from the robot.

You guys were great on headline news. When I saw Dean holding the ball, and your robot grab at it, I thought..... This could get really ugly.....


It was a great spot... Congrats

I still have yet to see the video did some one capture it?

[TD78]

Back in 2002 at the NYC Regional, we, along with two other teams (sorry guys, forgot your numbers) were on the morning show for CBS. I don't know how the robots were transported to and from the competition to the studio (I think FIRST had some part in it but I'm not sure). Anyways, it was really cold that morning and the demonstration was outside, so most people were more worried about staying warm than anything else (including working on that robot ).

[Arefin Bari]

speaking of overweight...

@ UCF regional... thursday @ 5:30 p.m. we went over to the inspection... checked our weight of the robot and found out that it came out to be 137... it was like rock falling on our heads that time... well we all went back to the pit... sat down and talked about where we can take the weight down.. we milled a lot down from the arm and took of the atwood motors... there goes our 7 pounds... and we were in the weight limit... i will never forget that evening in the pits...

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by mechman108

speaking of overweight...

@ UCF regional... thursday @ 5:30 p.m. we went over to the inspection... checked our weight of the robot and found out that it came out to be 137... it was like rock falling on our heads that time... well we all went back to the pit... sat down and talked about where we can take the weight down.. we milled a lot down from the arm and took of the atwood motors... there goes our 7 pounds... and we were in the weight limit... i will never forget that evening in the pits...

Yeah, I remember that night too. Arefin was in our pits every 5 minutes..."do you have a bolt that looks like this?" I held the flashlight while they reassembled it. Too bad "we'll fix it in software" doesn't work for weight problems. Which begs the eternal question, "which is heavier in code - ones or zeros?"

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Which begs the eternal question, "which is heavier in code - ones or zeros?"

They are of equal weight, since they are the same electron just with a different orientation. Nothing changes about the electron. ....Well.... I suppose you could argue that the tiny amount the electron gets zapped with to flip could add to it's mass....