Robot First Aid

A huge thank you to FTC team 19250 for their help at the GLBR qualifier on Nov 8!

On the night before the competition, a critical 3D printed part of our robot (the elbow of our artifact lift arm) snapped. We tried to fix it with a hot air rework station, but the part remained too brittle for competition use. We did not sleep well Friday night!

As we arrived at the Pits in the morning, one of their team members (Liam) approached us to let us know of the Robot Rescue service team 19250 had set up. He showed us to their table, and they printed a new lift arm for us before the competition started. That  diplomatic act of kindness had a hugely positive influence on the trajectory of our day.

Furthermore, later, when the servo operating our sorter broke, their team helped us to troubleshoot and reprogram it from servo mode to continuous rotation mode.

The two acts of kindness were a huge help to our tiny team, which was 2 hours away from home and without our normal team tools & resources. Their team is an inspiration to us!