2006 Robot: Mash it or Stash it?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

Our team still has every robot since 2000 more or less intact in storage in our room. Most work to some extent or another.

The problem we have is that the FIRST controller keeps changing and the old robots are getting obsolete so we cant fix them or get new parts. I understand that the 2007 control system will be incompatible with the old ones so all the old robots will be obsolete for field use.

Old machines are great teaching tools. Some of ours look like they fought in wars but each has a legacy of great memories to share with the new team members.

WC

That must be one scary room...

[Koko Ed]

For now we have all of our robots all the way back to '93 (though it has been stripped down mostly). The '92 robot is in the possession of FIRST. I don't know where we are going to store our old robots but I would certainly hope we try our best to keep them. You can learn alot from them.

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

That must be one scary room...

Take a look at the NJN program on us and they show it

http://www.raiderrobotix.org/media.htm

[Conor Ryan]

Don't destroy your robot, donate it to a good cause:

• Give it to a pre-rookie team
• Offer it to rookie teams so they have something to use at demos
• Put parts of it up on CD-Swap (controllers, sensors, motors) people are always looking for something. Maybe you can make money off it, maybe they'll pay for shipping.
• Use it as a test chassis for future ideas
• Rework it to do something cooler
• Put it in a display case
• Find someone on the team that will give it a good home (and easy access for future use)

1403 is bringing our robot to Ramp Riot! After that, we'll stash it.

[Crazy Ivan]

I think we're just going to put ours in to storage for a while. If it weren't for all the cool features on the robot like the Mecanum drive and the shooter, I think we would have recycled it.(RiverRage really did a number on it)

As for our 2005 robot, we still work on programing with it. It's a sturdy bot I think we'll be testing on for quite a while. All we have left of our older robots are about 3 different arms hanging around in a closet.

[Barry Bonzack]

here are a few threads on what other teams do with old robots
Do robots go to heaven?
What to do with old robots
What do you do with old robots?

I am going to stick with my old suggestion from 2004. If you have a robot you don't need any more, use it for demos, or let a rookie team borrow it to learn wiring, programming, and demo around their school.

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

here are a few threads on what other teams do with old robots
Do robots go to heaven?
What to do with old robots
What do you do with old robots?

I am going to stick with my old suggestion from 2004. If you have a robot you don't need any more, use it for demos, or let a rookie team borrow it to learn wiring, programming, and demo around their school.

Also don't forget about this thread. It has some good opinions in it, as well.

[slickguy2007]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

That must be one scary room...

I was in there the other day with Big Mike while we were getting the trophies. That room was a flashback for me to all the competitions I've seen them compete in. Yes, it was scary.