What are your highlights of the build season so far?

[LightWaves1636]

Originally Posted by Mr. Freeman

We found the bug in our drivetrain code. We are using tank treads and some code was written to make them both drive while using only one joystick.
Turns out it was a ">" instead of "<" type-error.

don't you love the simple mistakes?lol

[David Hoff]

My hilight of the season so far came tonight as we started to pack up and leave. Out of nowhere an impromptu melee started with the balls. We had younger students, older students, and mentors just going at it and trying to hit anyone they could. That's why I never leave a robotics meeting early because you never know what might happen.

[cire]

Finaly finishing machining/assembling our drivetrain, knowing that it is "complete". Tomaro the highlight will be seeing it be able to drive or not, if it does then that is our highlight of the season. If it doesnt, then it is lots of headache. The best thing is that I know we will have to take it apart again very soon because it weighs 50 pounds (by itself). Time for some weight reduction

[dude__hi]

building the frame and chassis of the robot without having Dr. Cameron telling us to do it over and change this and that...

oh...a few weeks before build season we built an air cannon and loaded a pcv pipe with a cone on it and accidently shot a perfectly circular hole into a ceiling tile..

[ICE MAN]

Originally Posted by BHS_STopping

Obviously, the FIRST Competition isn't all about robots. It's actually got a lot to do with making new friends and just having a great time with your team (Or even enjoying a few funny moments). So, I was just wondering if anyone here would like to share some experiences (Good or bad, overly serious or extremely hysterical) that your team has encountered during this year's build season.

this year it would have to be when we started to test our pro-type shooter. so we were in the hall and shooting the poof ball about 25-30 feet. so we were probably doing this for about 30 minutes when two of our trusty janitors showed up. so we started shooting the poof ball again. then the janitors started to kick the balls back to us in soccer form. at one point they almost hit our principle. needless to say they vanished and we stopped after that. this so far has been the funniest yet. its not that funny but i guess you just had to be there.

[mikeday51]

I'd say one of the highlights so far was when we coaxed one of the girls into the path of our shooter (we told her it was off) only to hit her with 16 shots in less than two seconds. She then chased me with a hammer but it was worth it...

[Rick TYler]

That's easy. We work in the school's woodshop. Above each workstation is a sign saying "STATION 3" (or 1, 2, or 6 -- you get the point). With the very first shot from the prototype shooter that my son built we hit the "STATION 4" sign with pinpoint accuracy and knocked it from the wires holding it up. The sign was up high and across the lab -- outside of the range we thought possible with our primitive plywood prototype. Much laughter and a fair amount of giddiness ensued.

[Marissa Leach]

I would have to say being a rookie team that we have had alot of highlights this season already. But one of the funniest ones was yesterday when our mentor asked whether we had any questions. WE pretty much stared blankly at her. Then she forced us all to right down any questions we had (making the slightly fatal mistake of saying that there were no dumb questions...) and one girl asked which came first, the chicken or the egg. So we had this big discussion, and my sister and I both have always had a different view on it. So we were sitting there debating and even continued our conversation at home.

oh, and also being promised by our other mentor that he would wear a pink tux at the competition...

=M

[scottmso]

Me: I'm looking for a jumper. (for our CMUcam board)
Teacher (experienced former electrical engineer): You trying to start a car?

I had to explain to him what I meant by jumper...