Battery Terminal problems

[Zack Briggs]

So we were at the Oregon regional this weekend, and we had an awesome time. We have a great robot, but we have a few issues we are working on solving before Seattle. One of the worst problems we have at the moment is the failure of our battery terminals. Our battery is situated on our robot (a shooting robot.) in a place where a lot of stress is put on the connectors from the battery to the robot. Although it did not happen often, a few times during the tournament our battery connections came loose and we ended up losing a match in the semifinals because of it. (My sincerest apologies to teams 1359 and 2122, I take full blame for that.) Anyway, if anyone has any advice on making the terminal connections stronger, from lengthening the wires to changing the size of heat shrink or anything else it would be greatly appreciated.