What Happens When Metal Gets Into A Jaguar (SMOKE!!!!)

[Lancer Robotics]

Metal is not the only source of smoke and fire in a jaguar. At Wisconsin we had some serious weight loss isues. We covered the electronics (or so we thought) with a shirt before we drilled. Well to make a long story short come Saturday and a quick check of systems on the practice field revealed one side could not reverse, "oh that darn Jag needs replacing". As I walked back to the pit area I turned to say something to the team just in time to see smoke billowing from our robot. It would have made a hollywood director proud.

Then as I rushed to cut power there was flame inside the jag. Not bad, smoke fire and flame. We changed the jaguar and no problems. We kept the scorch marks kind of like a badge of honor. We figured if the White House could why not our robot.

Moral of the story? Smoke happens, if you cannot laugh about it robotics may not be for you.