If you could do this game over

[Billfred]

1) I wouldn't have crashed the robot when test-driving it.
2) I would've stood up for myself more.
3) I wouldn't have let the robot tackle me on the last build night.
4) I'd have said that this arm would never hold onto a 2X ball.

But hindsight's 20/20, right?

[henryBsick]

Robot designs-
Hang from floor
goal grabber
thats it...

Helped more in build
decide between the things I do around robot time
And most of all try to have taught some more newbs. I got a few this year, but the more the better. .

[abeD]

If i could do it over i would have set aside more time for doing schoolwork.

[Yan Wang]

I can't change this year but next year I will work harder to convince everyone from the start that smaller points (ie. 5pt balls, herding, capping) is more important than the large points (ie. hanging), which I failed at this year. But hey, it stilled turned out well

[JoeXIII'007]

I would love a smaller, faster, lighter robot that could go up the small stairs and
hang faster than our current one. The bot would also have a scoop at the front for easy ball moving, and (I don't know if this is legal) a stick to keep the ball release from activating for more time to get a mobile goal underneath for quick points or to prevent the opponets balls from releasing. =)

Crazy idea: a snake bot that would crawl up the 10 foot bar and the coil at the top.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Well, I would probably start the program for the bot a little before the bus ride to new jersey

[sanddrag]

#25 chain for drive, plastic roller chain and sprockets instead of rubber timing belt and pulleys for lifting arm, bigger reduction on lifting arm, omni wheels, rollers for pushing balls.

[aaronbr28040]

I would have spent more time on mechanisms, made the frame lighter to begin with. Would have made sure that all of the connecting links for the chain werent hitting on anything when I replaced them. Learned more about CAD, loosened up some, and had even more fun.
-Aaron
But none of this matters......unless we apply it to next year. One of our mentors came up with the idea of having everyone write down anything that we learned, solutions to any problems we had, and tips for building the robot. This way we have hard copy and everything that is learned one year is not lost the next as we are only a two year school.