Robot Building Tips Request2.0

VEX V5 General Discussion General Forum
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i would like to start a new fourm that everyone can post some tips on building a bot, or just pointing out mistakes and how to fix them, here are some of my tips

  1. You don’t need a finished robot to practice driving. You don’t need a field, either. A simple, game-independent driving practice is laying out a tape square on the floor
  2. put bearing blocks on both sides while putting a axle or motor.
  3. Always have at least 2 more sets of batteries charging.
  4. Go to vex forums. It’s a wonderful place.
  5. tighten bolts straigh away
  6. never go with something easy, hard work pays
  7. help your teammates out
  8. Read and research, it is amazing the number of great ideas out there.
  9. think befure you cut anything including your hand.
  10. robotics is supposed to be fun!

ps - keep this fourm alive

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I disagree with 6, sometimes something easy turns out to be the best.

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For this competition, the simpler the design the better, but for future seasons, you never know

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The more complex a mechanism, the more friction it has, and the heaver it will be.

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i have to agree with you for this

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101 Things I wish I’d Known Before My First VEX Tournament. The first draft of this dates back to a thread on the Chief Delphi forum before VRC existed, and has been edited, added to, and reworded constantly for about 10 years.

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Biggest thing we follow is:
When adjusting to allow for a part to be added, screw the part in before attaching the moved piece.

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Simplicity is key. Simpler things mean less to go wrong, less to trouble shoot, the list goes on and on. There’s nothing wrong with complex mechanisms, they’re great, just make sure there isn’t a simpler way to do it. Many times a simpler, well practiced, robot can beat a complex robot with little to no driving experience. Whatever it is you choose to do, be great at it, no matter how small. If you decide to build a robot that pushes stars under the fence, go with something simple and practice the heck out of it until you’re ready to make improvements based off of observations. You don’t have to do it all, just be really good at one thing and you’ll go far.