Conrad Qualifier Post Mortem - Long Term

By Ethan

What could have gone better?

This is a document for analyzing what we can do better, not just what went wrong at the Conrad qualifier. The format of this will be in issue > solution format.

Prep

• Lack of tools and parts
  • Pack tools the week before - involves better organization overall
  • Bring failsafes & extra parts - prevents costly errors
• Little presentation practice
  • Cut down powerpoint - optimally 8 minutes
  • More practice - seamless transition
  • Order - we need to tell a story
• Journal prep
  • Same issue - we need to organize the journal to tell a story
  • Lack of images - backdate images in blog posts
  • Lack of diagrams - explanatory
  • Lack of continuity - link posts together to show how components of team have changed
  • Need to write real control award

Programming

• Autonomous
  • No autonomous - need to have functional autonomous
• TeleOp
  • Robot easily breaks - need to create presets to prevent

Build

• Lift
  • Lift linear slide broke - need to redesign with new linear slides
• Intake
  • Intake did not actually move - need to reattach motors

Other

• Presentation
  • Map slides to articles in journal
  • Review judging rubrics