The first two pictures are taken in the pits area. It is the first day of competition, making sure
everything connects.
The picture below is a set up of the field.Carlin's teams robot is the blue one on the
far side of the field.
The picture below is what you see quite oftenon the field. (Carlin's team have on the yellow shirts.)
Sometimes you don't have much time between matches
Sometimes you don't have much time between matches
and you work on fixing your robot and hope it runs again
by the next match. In this picture they were next up. They
had to repair a chain. Other teams really pitch in to help wherever!
The first Saturday in January the Robotics Team learn what their game is. This year their game is soccer. Heads get together as they begin to plan the robot. All the guidelines have to be studied. An overweight, oversized robot can be disqualified from participating. No one wants to spend weeks building a robot that can't participate!
The kids get to work designing, building, programming, electrical, etc.... They are at school until 7p.m. every day and all day on Saturdays. This year Wayne got involved with the team and he would go in at 4 and spend the evening down there.
I'll post a few (of the many) pictures getting ready and participating in the competition this last weekend. This weekend will be their second competition.
2 comments:
Sounds too deep for l'il old me! Looks like he had a great time, doing what he loves!
I just became aware of this event, I think it was an article in our local telephone Co-op quarterly publication. What a great opportunity for the kids. Jerry Kavaloski
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