Things you only do ONCE!

[theawesome1730]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Versas are amazing for about one match. They are the closest thing to a cleat you can use. After that they wear down extremely fast. They also don't have much if any lateral traction since the grooves only face one way.

We switched our drive wheels out a lot to keep traction throughout events.

We've run the same versa's all season with very little wear. It's 8 wheel drop.

[MStump]

106: Get everything ready for your first match and forget to plug in the shooter.

[Iaquinto.Joe]

57. Leave the shooter motor unplugged before a match.

[Eagleeyedan]

Originally Posted by Iaquinto.Joe

57. Leave the shooter motor unplugged before a match.

This killed us in a match but it truly was only done once.

[Eagleeyedan]

61. Spill a soda on the CRIO
62. Pull the pin on a fire extinguisher and try to put it back in (this happened to us and the extinguisher blasted a bystander)
63. Use a file while holding the object (unless you need a nerd manicure)
64. Pop a hard candy in your mouth just as judges are walking up
65. Manually cut a part with the CNC machine
66. Try to save time by putting the tap in a power drill

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

66. Try to save time by putting the tap in a power drill

Who ever thought this would work?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Who ever thought this would work?

Believe it or not, you CAN use a tap with a vertical mill or a drill. However, the caveat to this is that it has to be a tap designed to be used in a mill/drill, and you have to go slowly in terms of RPM and a little faster than normal in terms of going-into-material speed.

[Gregor]

Running the wrong auto mode (luckily this was just shoot and don't go to bridge when we were supposed to go to bridge, and not going to bridge when we weren't supposed to).

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Who ever thought this would work?

Me (with a lathe too!)

[Mgjohnson]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

66. Try to save time by putting the tap in a power drill

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Who ever thought this would work?

It works. We did this while building our arm, but we used a mill.

[Tommy F.]

67. Neglect to load game pieces into a robot before a match for autonomous.
68. Test new motors before making sure the potentiometer is set, causing your mechanism to run full speed into a hard stop, crushing the gears inside the gearboxes...
69. Testing to see if your robot can climb to level 3 when you've already been told it cannot...

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

10. Mount your bumpers upside down. (except teams 11, 111, 1111)

This is where you find a really good use for blue/red and white duct tape. Especially when you're queuing for a match.

[bgg]

70. Forget to turn the robot on for a match. . . It's now #1 on the prematch checklist.

[Jeffy]

70. Touch the sawstop with anything just to see if it works.
71. Try to put something on the grinder/ belt sander while holding it in your hands.
72. use one rivet to attach tread to a wheel.

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

65. Manually cut a part with the CNC machine

Hmm why not?

I use the jog wheel/MIDI to run the machine for basic facing/cutting/drilling operations. Though for anything more then one or two holes I just type of a can cycle script.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

WOW! I didn't think this was going to grow so big. I may have to limit this to a thread that just talks about robot, then another that talks about wiring, and another about mechanical so we can all filter through everything. Thanks for the input so far and keep it up.

[kghaemi96]

211. Forget to turn the robot on before a match starts

212. Break 2 drill bits in 1 day

213. Get attacked by killer treading

214. Try to defend against 2485's Sun Tzu. <3 (over 50 penalties called, I didnt realize they were touching us)