ABC news Video

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Posted by Tim Allen at 04/12/2001 8:11 PM EST


Student on team #57, Leopards, from Booker T Washington/HSEP and ExxonMobil, KBR, Powell Electric, Hydraquip.



here is a link to a video about the Nationals. Includes him balancing on the ramp.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/MP/DailyNews/010409robots_video_mp/video_window_high.html

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Posted by Scott England at 04/12/2001 8:40 PM EST


Student on team #401, The Hokie G.U.A.R.D, from Virginia Tech/MCPS and Virginia Tech/VBEP.


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Posted by Tim Allen on 04/12/2001 8:11 PM EST:



Thanks for posting that, great clip.
"We don't want to be measured against a science fair, we want to be measured against the Olympics or NCAA"

also, to throw in another little comment, does anybody know exactly how many teams are significantly supported by universities? I just think it'd be interesting to see a list of all FIRST teams associated with colleges *it helps us generate more support from the college, when we can start telling them how many other colleges sponsor teams*
The VCU regional was cool in that way, teams there sponsored by
VCU, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Temple, Penn State, Georgia Tech Youngstown state, I believe UVA and William and Mary and probably more that I didn't notice. Anyway, back to the life of an engineering student (6 more hours of studying to go)
Scott

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Posted by Deej- T190 at 04/12/2001 10:33 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


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Posted by Scott England on 04/12/2001 8:40 PM EST:



T-190 has been sponsered by WPI for ten years now(the main and only sponsor, till this year, we got 5 grand donation from Computer associates, but WPI is the only financial backing other than that) ...and they (brass of wpi) are darn proud of it.....

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Posted by Matt Reiland at 04/13/2001 10:51 AM EST


Engineer on team #226 from Troy, Troy Athens and General Motors CRW.


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Posted by Scott England on 04/12/2001 8:40 PM EST:



I couldn't let my college not be recognized

I don't know the number but:
Westside Boiler Invasion is from Purdue

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Posted by Jessica Boucher at 04/13/2001 9:42 AM EST


Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.


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Posted by Tim Allen on 04/12/2001 8:11 PM EST:



I have to say, thats one of the better clips about FIRST that Ive seen.

Im also surprised that 419 hasnt gone nuts yet with the clip of their spinning robot ;) The video isnt that hard to download!!!

This year the ABC crews were a dream to work with, as compared to last year when they were leaving their tripods all over the place and kept wandering off ;) Great job!

-Jessica B, #237