Old Robots?

[sanddrag]

2001, I believe it needs electronics and a new axle for the arm
2002, needs electronics and drill motor.
2003, needs the arms put back on, still have them, and intact, but it is a fully functional drive base
2004, needs electronics and sprockets and chain put back on the arm
2005, I think it is good to go
2006a, fully functional. Needs some backlash taken out of the azimuth control
2006b, needs shooter or ground pickup, basket, drive motors wired, chains, and some other electronics
2006c, not much left. Frame and wheels.

But, we still have all of them. We are quickly running out of room though

[Ken Leedle]

We keep our rookie robot intact due to our mentors' sentiments.
The 2002, 2003, and 2004 robots were all dismantled this year by eager recruits to learn a little about how they worked (or didn't)
Last years robot is in full working condition, during the off season we added closed loop positioning of the forklift.
This years robot will not be dismantled either, because it was our most successful robot to date (we were seeded in the top 10 at WI).
We are planning to demo the robots for the incoming freshman classes to build interest in our program. One idea we had was to have the 2005 bot dunk poof balls at basketball games and the other to shoot baskets (it works surprisingly well) to show off for the sports crowds and convince them to buy lots of raffle tickets...
We are also planning to add the video camera to this years bot because we didn't get to it during the season.

[d.courtney]

eBay
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[Joe J.]

2000 (465) Disassembled
2001 (465) Disassembled
2002 (862) Forklifts and hook removed, sometimes used for joy riding in the school hallways
2003 (862) Disassembled (not that sad of a loss)
2004 (862) Needs a new drive shaft and it should work, now it sits in a corner at our school and we look at it to make ourselves feel better about current robots
2005 (862) Fully operational used for demos , sitting at our school
2006 (862) Worked last time we saw it, In a bright orange box somewhere

[LightWaves1636]

Well with our 2005 bot, we keep it together for our sponsers because it was their money we used to build it plus it helps to show rookies and potential rookies how each system or mechanism works.

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by YonZ

Veteran teams who have at least one post competition robot, what do you do with those old ones once they finish the FIRST season?


We've never been to an offseason event, so once competition is done theyre totally retired.
We didn't keep our rookie bot and scrapped one other for room (a sad loss). The rest we keep in our closet and use them for demos and such. We are thinking of having a new members project be to better the robots (fix up messy wiring jobs etc).

Yeah I usually go back to my old high school and help with minor projects with the robot (maintenance, OI - RC troubleshooting, adaptation of parts from a new year build season to an older year robot, etc.... - This only happens on a as needed basis since the robots are not used all that often. =( too bad no one has thought of having FIRST the Classics off season competition where one game from the past is played and any robot may compete. I bet that would get some of these robots dusted and lubbed up pretty quickly) their rookie year robot has been retired indefinitely and when ever the thought to using the robot for public relations and such crosses anyones mind a quick NO gets voiced =) - Yep shes just that special. the 2002 robot which is currently on loan for another team (which is a rookie a team) so that they may see how a robot is built, wired and should work. the 2003 robot works but is currently been placed out of service due to some parts being needed to be duplicated and be used as a tentative idea for a 2004 robot. 2004 & 2005 & 2006 Robots is in great condition and is actively playing the roll of driver tryouts, public relations and other fun things. And when the girls aren't being used they are situated in such a way that when you enter robotics HQ they look as if they are guards at the door just waiting to search someone. =) - BTW i refuse to mention which team this is only b/c its a secret =)

[Joe Matt]

The 384 Hall-of-Fame is in our building space against the wall. You can see it in many of our pictures.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by d.courtney

eBay

Thats one way to get the Technology out the world.

174 breaks them down after they become three years old. However, In honor of the greatest Robot we ever built back in 01', we took the big orange gripper and mounted it on the wall like Deer Antlers. It looks pretty sweet.

[Katlyn_Butzin]

we use ours to do emos during the new season!! well i g2g ttyl byees

[Tytus Gerrish]

the robots that preform well last much longer than the ones that don't. our 2005 robot is functioning just as well as the day it started competing last year. its actually in my living room right now because we demo'd it at an FLL competition this weekend. robots that haven't preformed as well get disassembled IN sort of a gradient the worse t5hey are the more pieces they are in. until you get to the ones that dint preform at all they are completely in tact kinda of taking up space. out 2002 robot is in one piece in out shop kind of on display. our 2003 robot the one that's 10.5' wide was striped down ans is now a shelf that holds our trophy's in the shop. the 2004 robot is striped of a drive chain a controller and any wires. but is still essentially in one piece.

[Taylor_Ratliff]

2001 - needs to be wired, no idea what happened to the wiring
2002 - fully functional
2003 - needs some minor wiring, used as our primary display bot
2004 - ugh, we couldnt get half the stuff on this bot to work at the competition, it needs alot
2005 - 704 didnt participate in FIRST
2006 - In Fedex's hands - somewhere.


We have all of the bots on display in our lab, sometimes we display one of them in the library.

[Bemis]

We took our 2003 robot and equiped it with a t-shirt cannon, which we use at school events and took with us to the 2005 ramp riot off season event. Our '04 and '05 bots are dismantled, I believe.

[Kyle A]

Our 2005 bot is currently in the rebuild state. The electronics on it were like a rats nest and we desided to fix it. We are also talking about modifing it to work for this years game. We were thinking of leting rookies from our team and other drive it at any off season competitions we go to. All the robots prior to 2003 have been dismantled, exept i belive one of them is in a museum somewhere, at least thats what our one mentor said, not sure on what year it is though.

[Natchez]

The Robonauts now have a "plan" for old 'bots. We keep two robots fully functional; Chainzilla (2005) & Magnum (2006) will be dancing until the 2007 robot comes online, then Chainzilla will be retired most probably to help new teams. For example, Immobilus (2003) and Telescorpio (2004) both went to Louisiana and Mississippi for rookie Katrina Teams. Telescorpio was our first crab-drive thus had substantial sentimental value but reports are that Telescorpio loves her new home ... PRICELESS. I hope someday that FIRST enacts a rule that allows rookie teams the use of manufactured parts from a donated robot; maybe the rule should include a weight limit ... how about 40 lbs.

Although only time will tell, we may have to hold onto Magnum for several years because, like most of the other shooters around the country, it is a real crowd pleaser. Since Magnum is already gymnasium compatible with its no-scrub crab drive, we don't believe it will be to difficult to make it a half-court-shooting robot. With a few programming mods, we eventually hope to just have to place the green light directly below the goal on a 3 foot stand and start shooting 3 pointers. CHALLENGE: A dozen Krispy Kreamers to the first team to make a three-pointer during a break at an NBA game.

Have a nice Easter,
Lucien

[anna~marie]

Our old robots are used for drivers practice and 'fix-it' practice.
We warm up our skills by fixing old ones and if we need another robot to practice driving with - say defense or the practice bot is in repair - we use the old ones.
Pat summed up our old robots pretty good here
However for the community we have CASEY