Man, that’s a worst case scenario! I wish there was something I could help with.
Save your BOMs. In the post-mortem of the accident, depending on the insurance involved the teams should be able to get reimbursed. At least that way you can rebuild for an offseason & demo bot. Frisbee bots are probably the only thing cooler for demos than ball-shooting bots.
Wishing you best of luck…so sorry this happened. Glad everyone was ok
How are these teams doing right now?
Word on the street is both of these teams had operational robots by the end of the day today! FIRST has allowed them their practice robot and any spare parts they have on hand in order to compete this weekend. I even heard that 1592 shot discs, has a working auto mode and even played a match today!
A tip of the hat to FIRST for being really accomodating, and a tip of the hat to 1592 and 801 for working hard today!
-Nick
From what I’ve dug up, both teams passed inspection and were on the field today. I know HQ game them no ceiling for the holding allowance so I assume the practice bot that is split between the teams might be a full replacement for one of the teams (presumably 1592) and 801 is probably using a simple chassis with the 125 shooter mentioned here, or something else entirely. I assume there are a lot of people who put a lot of work into these two robots today and they are way too tired to come on Chief Delphi and give a full update, but I do hope someone lets us know.
There are also some pictures of the whole damage around here somewhere, and they looked pretty brutal.
Glad to hear they were able to get some stuff together to compete!
I would expect RoboShow Orlando to at least touch on this in their 17 minute recap tonight, hopefully we’ll get some good details from them.
Both robots now bear a striking resemblance to their original selves. I am amazed by what they were able to do today.
They split up the practice robot, 1592 got the drive train and 801 the shooter. 801 used the drive train they frantically constructed last night and 1592 used a refurbished shooter from one of the original bots I believe. Both have passed inspection and driven on the field
Everyone in the pits and the stands cheered when the first of them (1592) went out to a practice match, it was awesome to see them driving around and operational, really goes to show what the FIRST community can do.
I am happy to hear this. If there anything their teams would need when they make the trip to the alamo city im sure we can find a way to help them. Just let me know by pming me. We are all here to help them.
Things are looking good for 1592 and 801! We took apart the demolished robots and salvaged what could be used, made a new chassis for 801 and used the chassis from our joint practice bot for 1592, put the shooter from the practice bot onto 801’s new chassis, and salvaged the shooter from 1592’s old bot to use on the new one, added parts and pieces from various donations (THANK YOU!) and there you have it. Two new bots ready to go! Easy! (Let’s not do this again…)
Could somebody take a picture of the two new robots sometime tomorrow and post them here in this thread.
I’d be nice to see the final salvaged results.
Go to 15:00 you can see 801’s chassis
I was wondering what kind of vehicle rear ended you?
I believe it was a Ford Ranger.
1592/801 Progress at the end of the day today:
1592’s bot is nearly competition ready, just needs a few tweaks and sensors to be calibrated/installed.
801’s bot is coming together quite rapidly. This robot started from nothing at 10am this morning and at 8pm, this is what it looked like.
Both came out of the pits and linked to the field. Both will be competing tomorrow.
What is the verdict? How did Thursday work out? I contacted the local Fox affiliate with the info and links to posts as of 1000 yesterday. Gave them the idea to approach this as Gracious Professionalism in action.
Good Luck in Orlando to all the teams.
Greetings from snowy, Falls Village Ct. Home of 716 the Hous C Teks!
It always makes me proud of our kids and what they can do when I hear a story like this. I’m sure there was a lot of help and chipping-in by gracious professionals, but this has got to make these two teams feel really good about themselves and their abilities.
Good luck in the competition, everyone!
Dr. Bob
Chairman’s Award is not about building the robot. Every team builds a robot.
Very sad to hears this happened to these two teams. Glad to hear that no one was hurt.
After what happened. 1592 picking 801 for eliminations as the 7th alliance seed captain is going to end up being the story of the year in FIRST robotics. This is great story and I hope it can become a story book ending for the two teams. Good luck in eliminations and be proud of the fact that both teams came together to inspire the FIRST world.
Wow, so sorry to hear about what happened and I am SO GLAD that no one was hurt!
What a way for the FIRST community to come together in a time of need - its one of the best things I love about our kids and the community as a whole. It warms my heart.