surefire ways to break you robot

[laultima]

Originally Posted by m3ch4num470r

*Pull out the programming cable while downloading. Assure your head programmer that you saw the program state light turn green (happened to us at Chesapeake)

Ergh, happened to us 30 minutes before shipping. We where finally loading the final drivers code for our first full test and someone turned off the robot while the code was still loading, and no one could remember how to hard-reset the RC.

Ramming the most delicate part of the robot into the lane divider in a completely unnecessary defensive move (we where trying to prevent a set with about 3 seconds left to go, half a field away from the overpass).

[Herodotus]

I can think of many surefire ways to break a robot.

Drive it behind a Boeing 747 that is taking off.
Shoot it.
Blow it up.
Push it out of an aircraft without a parachute.
Put it in front of a semi.
Throw it off a building.
Fire it from a trebuchet.
Fire it from a canon.
Fire it from a canon that is being thrown by a trebuchet.
Put it near a very large tesla coil.
The dog ate my robot.
Set fire to it, can't get much more surefire then that.
Use too many puns.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

I can think of many surefire ways to break a robot.

Fire it from a canon.

Yeah, them prelates can be darn tough on robots.