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Our weight at Boston. Cutting close, I think so.
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14-03-2009 22:20
amariealbrecht
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wow...haha...that is the most stressful time at competition...
our team had to shave down like a pound or so and when we went back to re - weigh our robot...the judge that weighed us before did so again and this time he stepped on the side...long story short he thought it was funny and after we all recovered from our heart attack..we laughed too
good luck guys!
15-03-2009 09:01
GBIT
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Haha thats awesome yea our robot was 112.7 but then we added our deadweight , a McMaster Carr catalogue, to our robot and now it is 119.9 haha 
15-03-2009 10:07
IKE
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I put a whitepaper up called Weight Watchers for Robots. Talksabout some good substitutions for you guys flirting with being legal.
15-03-2009 18:06
hurtzmyhead
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Originally Posted by amariealbrecht
wow...haha...that is the most stressful time at competition...
our team had to shave down like a pound or so and when we went back to re - weigh our robot...the judge that weighed us before did so again and this time he stepped on the side...long story short he thought it was funny and after we all recovered from our heart attack..we laughed too good luck guys! |
15-03-2009 18:38
smurfgirl
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Cutting it close... waiting for that number is one of the scariest moments at a regional.
15-03-2009 19:37
Jared Russell
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Originally Posted by smurfgirl
Cutting it close... waiting for that number is one of the scariest moments at a regional.
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15-03-2009 19:41
EricH
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Originally Posted by Jared341
Especially when you forget to take the battery off first
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Admittedly, their entire superstructure was PVC and pegboard backing.
15-03-2009 19:42
sgreco
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Wait...hang on a sec...at Boston?...and you're sure that's not 2079's bot? 
15-03-2009 20:08
Faith
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My dad's team's robot (2104) weighed in at 94lbs this year.
With the battery.
19-03-2009 17:50
RMiller
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Originally Posted by EricH
Doesn't phase some teams. I had a team at L.A. accidentally weigh with the battery and they still passed...
Admittedly, their entire superstructure was PVC and pegboard backing. |
19-03-2009 21:18
DonRotolo
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Originally Posted by GBIT
then we added our deadweight , a McMaster Carr catalogue
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19-03-2009 22:24
Graham Donaldson
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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
That paper catalog is as valuable as gold and as rare as a snowman in San Juan. Treat it better!
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Hooray for solid brass bars! We've been able to put it on our bot for two years running now...with NO cheesehole-ing. Hallelujah for weight budgets!
19-03-2009 22:54
Jeff Pahl
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It's good to be close, especially this year. Just don't do what my team did during re-inspection at WI, and leave the 25' practice field tether cable hanging on the side of the robot. They spent a few minutes trying to figure out how they went from 120.0 to 120.5.
And then there was the team we had at re-inspect that went from 119.someting to overweight and we couldn't figure out why until we realized there was a roll of duct tape stuck to the bottom of the robot...
19-03-2009 23:08
GBIT
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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
That paper catalog is as valuable as gold and as rare as a snowman in San Juan. Treat it better!
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