The robot passed every test. We had written one.
A successful trial means little until the test covers the conditions the robot will face. Try a different starting position, a lower battery reading and a second operator. Keep the results together.
The spare part became the main part.
When a temporary fix works, add it to the drawing and parts list. Undocumented improvements vanish when a different person rebuilds the mechanism.
Autonomous mode: very confident about the wrong direction.
Write down the expected starting orientation and coordinate convention before tuning a movement routine. First check the assumptions, then change the numbers.
Our best tool was the notebook we finally opened.
Good workshop humor includes everyone. Keep jokes about shared engineering surprises rather than another person’s ability, appearance or mistake. These lines are newly written for this site; they are not recovered posts from the former team.