Getting attached to your robot

[Jherbie53]

I know other teams name there robot, just like us, but I'm wondering do you get attached to it. Like team 85 and BOB. It does not matter what time of year it is or what you are doing or planning on doing, he is BOB and thats his name. Some teams change it year after year so you might not get as attached to it, but BOB has almost always been his name with us.

As for how attached I am with him, I'm like the others on my team, but not everyone is the same. You build him in January and he's BOB until he becomes "old" BOB the next year. We don't have a lot of room so sometime after nationals we would take apart "old" BOB and reuse what we could. As for the "current" BOB, he becomes our demonstration tool for our demos for schools and sponsors after nationals. Then in the fall we take him to the Kettering Kickoff, or another off season event, for one last competition. Oh, I almost forgot, BOB's graduation tour happens in May and June for any of our seniors that want him to come to their open houses. Which when I graduated was a lot, sometimes 3 or 4 different places in one day.

BOB, he is not just a machine that we all work on as a team, he is apart of the team. At least thats how I feel.

So, has anyone else ever had an attachment to your robot. Always calling it by name. Not letting anyone hack off something thats unique or dismantling the robot because it was on your first or last year on the team. Getting mad at a competition when someone tips or disables it. Any stories about feelings that your robot has given you are welcomed.