What every mentor is thinking right now is...

[jwfoss]

Time to iterate, more.

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by jwfoss

Time to iterate, more.

QFT. We fabricated new intake plates that gave us better performance, but literally redesigned an hour after assembly to add support for another mechanism. Iteration is love, iteration is life.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Thinking I need a day or two without robots. Then to iterate and practice like crazy with our practice robot.

[Ryan_Todd]

SO glad we ditched that 10-wheel design...

[Andrew Schreiber]

"It's a hardware problem"

Payback for YEARS of "it's a software problem"

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

"It's a hardware problem"

Payback for YEARS of "it's a software problem"

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andrew Schreiber again"

[MrRoboSteve]

It is going to be rough. We spent most of the morning at week 0 securely fastening stuff that fell off of our bot.

There were several robots that never made it to the field.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

"It's a hardware problem"

Payback for YEARS of "it's a software problem"

Robot not fully plugged in was a programming issue.
I called out our MORT programming captain for that as CSA in our own hosted district event.
Yes I was a programming mentor then as well.

Surely the software should be able to communicate to other robots to plug our battery back in

When hardware and electrical can't figure out how to do something in design eventually it's a software problem

Last in - first out on the blame train.

[Brian C]

Tuesday Night and 'bot in a bag can't come fast enough!

My feeling is the game this year will see a majority of teams underestimating the wear and tear that will be placed on their machines. I predict seeing many robots laying dormant on the field at various times during the matches.