-DON'T trust the RF system- You won't get any time to test your code on it. Plus, it may not be used during the competition if it messes up.
-DON'T rely on the gyro- It suffers from massive amounts of drifting. Changing your threads will also mess up the gyro.
-DON'T assume that you can add a thread and everything will still work.
-Start EARLY. Even if you do, you'll feel the impending doom of impounding.
-Threading messes up on the happy board. It gets harder and harder to change everything when the OS is upgraded.
-More motors = better stronger robot. Teams with more power generally make it farther through the rounds.
-IR is better than visible light LEDs. It's less susceptible to changes when the competition gets moved from lab to 26-100.
-Brace Brace BRACE EVERYTHING!!
-Be OCD about your motor placement and gear train & make sure everything runs smoothly and that the resistance on both sides is even- This will save you time when writing drive straight. -Even 3 motors/wheel can run smoothly.
-In general, SIMPLE robots PERFORM better. BUT, many times simple is BORING, and fancy things are FUN.
-Keep track of your robot during competition and protect it so it doesn't get stepped on.
-If we were to do it again, we would....turn using shaft encoders.

-Make a checklist of things to check on your robot each time before it competes, AND follow through with the it.
-Our checklist:
       (1) Make sure the sensors were all plugged into the happyboard
       (2) Make sure the bump sensors are not coming loose
       (3) Make sure the rubber bands in the tires are not slipping out.
-Lesson learned: follow your checklist AND hot glue your rubber bands into your tires. Our tires "exploded" during final competition, which was a major drawback for us.