This is my second year participating in the Vex Robotics Competition, and all of my team’s robots haven’t been very good. I was wondering if anyone had any good tips that have helped them make robots with better build quality?

First of all, a good understanding of friction and momentum goes a long way. Also try and teach them the core basics such as gear ratios. Also, if your teams put in lots of time and care thats what ultimately will make them better.

Brace everything Nothing should be cantelivered or supported by less than 2 points.

If you aren’t already, use nylocks. Where not possible, use green loctite

I’m gonna elaborate a bit more because I was a bit quick with it. If you’re mainly using keps nuts or normal nuts, use nylock nuts wherever possible. They stop the bolts from coming loose due to vibrations and shock. For motors, brains, standoffs, that sort of thing, use Loctite 290 (don’t use any …

Read this: [image] What makes something good build quality? VEX V5 General Discussion First, to specifically answer your question. Good build quality is when the bot operates at the limits of the materials & design NOT the quality of assembly, the motor power is put to us…

My team has improved our robot builds by experimenting with multiple designs, and figuring out what was not efficient enough about our robot, and what was. We ended up keeping some components, and changing some. If you are thinking about adding/removing sub-systems (components), it helps to make a …

[image] 1469E: My team has improved our robot builds by experimenting with multiple designs, and figuring out what was not efficient enough about our robot, and what was. We ended up keeping some components, and changing some. If you are thinking about adding/removing sub-systems (components), i…

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How to Improve Build Quality?

VEX V5 Robotics Competition VRC

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