2007 Davis Sacramento Regional

[Alekat]

Hehe, I forget which team it was, but at the beginning of the day they had all their electronics all sitting on the work bench instead of in the robot where it usually is. They were trying to bolt down their electronics panel later in the day and one of the students stripped the bolt end off.

It seemed like they had been through a lot of stress, and they didn't have any more of the bolt they needed. I walked up (still in my volunteer shirt) and asked them calmly if I could take the broken bolt. Then I walked over to my old pit (701 alumni here) right next door and rummaged through one of the bolt boxes until I found a couple of similar size. I handed them off and they seemed a little shocked.

You'd be suprised how many teams aren't aware of the comradare in the pits, especially rookie teams. I see lots of signs up in the pits, I think it would be great if teams started advertising their willingness to help other teams in a more concrete way. And it looks good for the judges eh?