Labeling

Labelling your robot’s parts can help with troubleshooting, imagery, and clarifies possible mistakes made by other members on the team.

What the Stormbots have learned when it comes to labeling…

• Once each motor and controller has been mounted, our team goes through process of dedicating a spreadsheet of what each motor does, where it’s located, it’s model, and a PDH port slot. This creates the groundwork for Controls (the electrical subteam), to plan out where each one should go.

• Before Controls receives time on the robot, we go through the process of creating labels for others to see which motor is which (demonstrated on the photo). “M” stands for motor, and the number is distributed by our other subteam. 

• To further improve organization, and quick troubleshooting, more labels are creating for the PDH ports, which indicate which motor is plugged into it (or other components) and another is wrapped around the wire in case it’s unplugged.

• Shrink wrap labels (which go over the wire), have been found to ensure the albel won’t fall off, but normal tape work’s as well.

• We abbreviate other components to fit on tiny labels, and to further simplify it, we provide a key on the actual robot. Examples: 

  • RoboRio: RR

  • MitoCANdria: Mito

  • Radio: R

  • OrangePi: OP

  • Grapple: G

  • Motors: M

  • Radio Signal Light: RSL

  • Camera: C