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The Robot Team’s Institutional Memory

malfunctionz.org ↗ · Learning & Exams · score 79.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

Malfunctionz is the handbook, build log, and season-by-season archive for FIRST Team 9668’s West Robotics program in Knoxville.

Why it surfaced

Its central promise is unusually good: “A robot is temporary. What the team learns can compound for years.” The site organizes safety, CAD, fabrication, programming, design decisions, outreach, competitions, and student history into a record meant to keep each new team from starting at zero.

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