How old is a robot?

I have a strange question for you guys. Seal Of Approval is approaching it’s 12th event, and I’ve stumbled upon a dilemma. Do you measure a robot’s age by when it’s parts were bought (unlikely), when it was completed or by when it first saw combat? This really is a weird question (I warned you) but one that someone had to ask eventually.

If I don’t get an answer, how am I suppose to know when to 3D print a birthday hat for my boi.

i usually go by when it was finished. since some bots dont see action till way later.

or some do when the cad is done, if the bot never saw the light of day

Next question:
Would you measure the age in years, events or fights?

Years for birthday parties, events for everything else.

The problem now is; if your robot gets really damaged at an event, or you have a complete design overhaul, in which you replace all the parts in your robot, would you still have the same age counter?

True, I’m on my 3rd version. Still, I’m counting since completion of the first version 3 days before Rock and Robots 9.

I think to avoid a “Trigger’s broom” scenario, I’d say your robot has to have at least one major component stay the same to call it the same robot, or at least to say it’s X years old.

For example, Weapon of Choice has had several new chassis, esc’s and fronts over the years, and of course different weapon modules. But, it’s still kept the same chain drive and motors since I built it, as well as the (slightly burnt out but still kinda working) lights for the front, so I’m perfectly happy calling it the same robot I built nearly 8 years ago.


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