When Did You Finish Your Robot

[IndySam]

Our robot will be finished after IRI.


But seriously

This is the first year that I have been on the team that we have shipped a robot that does every function well and doesn't need major work on Thursday. I am really pleased with the team this year.

Some auton work and a little tweaking and we are good-to-go with a minor weight problem

[DayZiro]

We had our robot controlled by the joysticks after only two weeks of getting it, not bad for a first-year team. We were able to spend the next 4 weeks adding a lifting arm, testing out a front U-shaped arm, rewriring, and changing the code.

We had something that we were proud of by Feb. 16 so we could test it out in a skirmish we held against some other local teams.

[boonski]

Team 1535's robot was finished but after we weighed Sir Jimmy (our robot), he was 4 lbs overweight... SO we are but we are not finished at the same time? If that makes any sense...

[sporno]

finished is a a very interpretable term. My team was able to ship a working machine that only needs a few things to get replaced ( there was a bad solenoid) , but is the robot really ever done? Like hey, lets try this program , or hey lets try this gear.

I belive that the robot is never done that it just evolves less rapidly

[ZakuAce]

Originally Posted by sporno

finished is a a very interpretable term. My team was able to ship a working machine that only needs a few things to get replaced ( there was a bad solenoid) , but is the robot really ever done? Like hey, lets try this program , or hey lets try this gear.

I belive that the robot is never done that it just evolves less rapidly

Agreed. There is always room for improvements!