surefire ways to break you robot

[hopkins]

let some little kids drive it during a demonstration to your sponsor in a room full of huge pillars and take your hand off the disable switch for just a second

[Lions for First]

let a freshmen anywhere near the robot at anytime (unless enclosed in a lexan box)

[Seth Mallory]

Originally Posted by Lions for First

let a freshmen anywhere near the robot at anytime (unless enclosed in a lexan box)

How do you keep the freshmen in the lexan box?

[Bsteckler]

Duct tape

Also some Minion (TM) brand tranquilizers

[qwertyuiop[]\]

"Lets take the robot to the party at the Lanctots"

"Who tried to turn the trackball into a hamster ball?"

toolchests at the top of ramps

[Seat Ninja]

Well doesn't break the robot, it just screws up the match.

Don't put a guard around the on/off switch because you assume that there's no way in heck another robot will hit the itty bitty red button during a match.

yes... it did happen

[FatBabyJezus]

1. Take hammer.
2. Slam hammer down on bot.
3. Bot breaks.
4. All FIRST teams are happy...except yourse =PPPPP
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1. Take chainsaw.
2. repeat as same for hammer.
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1. Take flamethrower.
2. Turn on flamethrower and aim at bot.
3. Dispose of destroyed bot.
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1. Take bot to empire state building.
2. Drop bot.
3. walk away whistling.
=]

[jphuard]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

"Lets take the robot to the party at the Lanctots"

Lol, bringing the robot to the noob twins' house is definitely a good choice.

[crake]

Drive it into a table holding a bowl of salsa. Thank goodness for industrial PCB washing machines!

[Azure Kite]

Drive headfirst into a table.

Watch as the table falls and SMASHES the motherboards!

So...how much money do we have left?

[phencer42]

Saying "I wish we could take a break now."

[Mr_I]

True story:
1. Take your bot to a potential sponsor, who's having an open house for their employee's children
2. Show all the kidlings all about your robot, the operator interface, etc.
3. Have one of the darlings fiddle with the Autonomous Mode switch, without your knowledge.
4. Turn your robot on. It now follows the "Drive Fast" instruction, waiting for the IR "Turn Left" command.
5. Since you weren't prepared for Autonomous, you don't have the IR beacon ready. Robot now drives at full speed into a steel support column.

[Mikesername]

While test driving the robot in the cafeteria with a bunch of non-FIRST people watching, try to show off and do doughnuts.

...without the battery securely attatched.


I did this, and the battery went flying off of the robot like I didn't think possible. It was funny in a "oh my God the battery just flew" sort of way.

[ZakuAce]

Driving your 2008 robot around in the gym with a trackball and your arm fully extended to 10+ feet. Then your mentor decides to make a sharp left turn. WHAM! It tips over. Luckily the only thing damaged was the radio antenna, but a less beefy arm would have been destroyed. And right before the ship date.

[Uberbots]

letting hybrid run without the autonomous switch in your hand. (we have many shards of fiberglass on our field for this reason)

programming with the autonomous switch enabled (owie)

overconfidence