It always seems like there’s chaos in the pits at comp. What are some of the niche/general things (gearboxes, motors, mental stability, etc) your team seems to never have in the pits? This can pertain to this year’s game specifically with the shortage of supplies or anything in general.
Wood screws is the #1 item we get asked for without fail.
Our team always seems to need a hot glue gun or USB tether.
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Backup parts for anything extending beyond the frame perimeter.
2” blue, 2” red, and 1” white gaffers tape to repair bumpers/bumper numbers.
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More time.
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I was typing that to…
Batteries
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Space
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Needed more time to beat him to it.
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Water.
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Trash cans with spare bags.
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That one allen key that I SWEAR was right here!
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Not from a team perspective but, USB Hubs with an ethernet port are always asked for at every comp.
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Red and blue dry-erase markers
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At our week 1 event, I had the forethought to ask our hotel for an extra trash bag, and they gave me one gratis. I do not know why we focus so long and hard on all the robot pieces but always forget the simple things. Drywall screws, dry erase markers, gaff tape, trash bags those are ours. Oh, and #8, #10, or 1/4 20 bolts and nuts, whichever we brought too many with us to the last event.
Edit: I just found this on Amazon. I have no idea how good they are, but it sort of looks like a good idea.
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Ranking points
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White paint
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Energy drinks
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trash cans. someone already beat me to it but theyre always so far away. I shamelessly always move a trash can relatively close to our pit at every event.
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A functioning robot, ours always seems to be broken.
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I’m pretty sure this is niche but I’ve found that our team always seems to need our robot when the announcer says that we need to queue.
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