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- paleck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16There is both a controlled period and a fully autonomous period in each match.
- Evilstanley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Robots are awesome - this is one constant that will always remain true.
- 1021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Hah, I used to do this in High School too! How exciting, the field has grown dramatically in size when compared to just a few years ago. Great to see the interest in Engineering and Sciences since it is primarily low-balled in the preliminary education system in this country.
- TJ09, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wow. This is on digg. For some reason, I never expected that.
And too bad my team (230) isn't going, but I will be glued to my laptop watching the webcast Friday+Saturday. - 1021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Saigat
Both, there are autonomous periods in the competition game as well as radio controlled.
Sorry for the dupe answer, beat by a minute. By the way, for those who are interested, they've been doing autonomous periods for a while now, I did the coding for my team's about 3 years ago. - Salgat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Is this a robot competition, or a remote-controlled machine competition? Because there is in fact a distinct difference between the two.
- krolls, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am sorry your experience with FIRST turned you off. FIRST is an amazing program- when done right... but it can suck horribly if a team is not managed correctly.
When I was in High School my team (or well at least the students on the team) made it a priority to have the team made up of normal easy going kids. We could achive this by making communication and coperation a priority.... AKA the weird ass D&D Dungeon Master with no social skills would never make it past the first week because he simply could not communicate well enough with the other team members.
Students should always build the robot in my opinion... its better to have a student robot that does not do well than a engineer designed and built robot that wins every match. - TROGDOR42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'd be nothing without FIRST. Except for the part where I would get better grades. FIRST took over my life.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Team 1114 Represent!!! Going all the way :P
- zachriggle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4WOOT FOR TEAM 1940... That lost at our regionals... :'(.
- dulcimer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3FIRST is certainly a great opportunity for students, but I gotta say, those competitions have to be the biggest collection of socially awkward high school students on earth. It's the only place where you are revered for riding around in Segway, not called a tool.
- penguain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3My team 1997 won the kansas city regional and we'll be there
- h3ndrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is where I was first exposed to 3d Studio Max
- miketwalker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This was definitely the coolest thing I got to do in high school, and I'm saying that now still in college as an Aerospace Engineer! Everyone should check it out (young and old alike) if you can, you won't be disappointed, this stuff is amazing!
- lordcalvin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3good job, my team, 1777 attended the KC regionals as well, we lost in the first round of the finals though... =(
is 1997 stag robotics? i remeber Stag and railer robotics won, and i can't remeber the other team sorry if it's you... - willzzz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Team 503 (Frog Force) will be there in Atlanta after winning the GLR!
http://www.intiernovi503.com - conorryan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm sorry you had an unfortunate time in the one year you participated. And yes, I had the same problem you had with FIRST with adults not letting the kids build it, but things changed, 1403 used to be one of the "engineered teams" where the engineers did all of the work and cut the students out, but the team changed that this year and the students built it. You don't know what FIRST is until you take a team through the process the way it was meant to be. FIRST does have a problem with certain teams where engineers do the work and the students aren't properly mentored. However, you can't argue that there is a better program at getting people exposed to Engineering.
- 1021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/first.php
since it's a lot easier to click than copy and paste the wrong link given in the story description. - Mastertoast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Team 1502 will be one of the many teams representing Michigan!
- lyncas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4 , A rookie team from Austin, Texas, (2158 AusTIN CANS) will be attending Championship 2007 after winning the Rookie All-Star award at Lone Star Regional March 31st, 2007. Check out the team's website and youtube video,
http://www.andersonrobotics.com/test/ - nitemarerevenge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2696 has been a team for 7 years and this is our first chance at going to nationals after winning the San Diego Regional- in order to do it, we had to raise 20k in two weeks- we got 15.
team696.com - acidkore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One year they scheduled the Nationals at Epcot on the same weekend as Gay Day. Finals were promptly moved to Atlanta. Whoops.
- darkfate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Team 177 will be there! http://bobcatrobotics.org/
- validius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm from Team 1549. Nationals at Atlanta were a blast last year!! They should be every bit as good this year.
- nesdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lightning Robotics, Team #862 represent! See you all there!
- terra42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2willzzz, are you from 503?
i'm from 201, and i'm friends with jon dietrich from your team. i was rooting for you guys the whole time @ the GL regional, i was so happy when you won!
great job, and good luck at nationals! - DrDabbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm from the original Team 146, Manchester West High School. Blue Lightning REPRESENT! :-P
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wildstang, team 111 will be there! Team 111 represent!
Tye dye or die trying. :)
Man, FIRST is great. I'm hoping to get my nephew into Lego League, I think he'll like it. - terra42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i am so mad i didn't get involved in robotics earlier
i'm a senior in high school and this was my first year
it was awesome though! (even though we didn't win anything and we aren't going to nationals)
team 201!
go FEDS! - eliteeggnog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Team 1523 from Jupiter, FL, MARS Robotics will be attending the event after winning the Engineering Inspiration award at the Florida Regionals.
~James C. Web Design Team 1523
www.marsbot.org - CompIsMyRx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Team 111 has the support of team 2115.
Motorola FTW. - Logan, on 10/13/2007, -0/+2Team 2192! 14th seeded at the PNW Regional! Not so great, but hey. We're a rookie team.
- eastbeast314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Team 486 alum here - and now that I'm not part of the team anymore I can say that we've always hated you guys ;)
- Xanium4332, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1WOW, I'm competing in this!!!
I'm in a team with 5 others from the U.K. We're entering the F.L.L. for the first time.
Bit of a useless post, but I just can't believe this has hit the front page! - michaeljh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hey, spot a white guy with glasses wearing a pink shirt (because the team is) and you just found this poor digg user. By hey, ya dude, 1.5 days left, flight leaves at 3:30ish Wednesday afternoon!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The TechTigers [FRC team 1251] will be there! Check out our team blog for team updates! [www.techtigers.blogspot.com]
- clharlem149, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bronx Science TEAM 1155 and 2265 SciBorgs and Fe^26 Maidens!!!!! Some of the greatest people in the world are on those teams xD an article on the SciBorgs web site about the NYC Regional victory...
http://www.bxsciborgs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=39 - TROGDOR42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We leave for Atlanta tomorrow night. I can't wait!
/Missing school is a plus
//Too much dignity to mention that team number is 178.
///Wait...
////whatever. - xpl911, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Team 1515, MorTorq, will be at the Nationals! We are competing in the Galileo Division and hope to make our presence known. We were finalists at the Colorado Regional. Stop by our booth, we would love to paint your faces orange and give you orange beads!
Check out our site at www.bhrobotics.com
We hope to see everyone in Atlanta! - TannerLD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I will be in Atlanta from team #1261!
- michaeljh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1TEAM 696 REPRESENT!
*watches our wheel fall off*
"yup, Inventor's up to date" - compgeek275, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know the captain of 1403 and it was his and his team members' mission this year to make a change in the program. They ended up with an amazing robot built by students and in an alliance with us (75) at the Trenton Regional, and we're both going to be at nationals. I was fortunate to join a well-run team (although a bit late, being a senior already), have done a majority of the programming work for our robot, and have seen the same in almost every team I've met this year. If there's anyone else out there who feels that FIRST is an engineers' program, not a students', I hope you tune into the broadcast next weekend, or better yet, see it in person. Regionals take place around the country and are open to the public, nationals are in Atlanta, GA. Come cheer us on and get involved!
- Soccrmastr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Team 1230 Bronx New York, won 2005 regionals, rookie of the year, 2007 nyc team spirit award. Woohoo will be at atlanta, we qualify ;)
- metricoclock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1team 494 mentor represent WOOO!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I will be in next competition.
- TechNinja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was a Referee at the Philadelphia regional, also I am a former member of team 104, and help mentor them as well as team 1640
- eastbeast314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Autodesk deserves to be commended for that. My life would have been very different if we hadn't had access to 3ds in high school.
- IllicitAgency, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was on team 1977 last year. was alot of fun and actually helped me get my ***** together....great program all high schools need it.
1977 Represent! - kingdesmond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hey, team 2272 will be representing Thousand Oaks, CA. See you all there!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdesmond/sets/72157594582478713/ - penguain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yea thats us... i remember 1777 your bot was good tooo
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