Dual in the Desert 2008- Mesa, Arizona

[Weightmn]

Team 2380 would like to let everyone know that our team will host a Dual in the Desert at Desert Ridge High School the Saturday before ship date. We are located in Mesa, AZ.

We invite you to come out to test your robots and have some fun.
The time is roughly 1:00-8:00pm.

If anyone would be interested in helping out please contact me. We can use some extra help to be sure- thanks.

We will post more on the event soon. If you think you will attend, please let us know as we would like to try and keep a tally of who all is coming.

[ElfMaster]

Thanks! 1212 will try and make it - we say that every year and most of the time we never can. I like how this one is later in the day though! So hopefully we can make it!

[mormannoob]

Team 498 is interested in going

[MrForbes]

We're interested in going, but some things have to happen...including setting up a school field trip...so we're a "maybe" right now. I'll see what it will take to get things set up.

[Weightmn]

Cool, we are looking forward to all of you coming! :)

Please keep us in the loop if you can make it.

Would love to hear from more teams.

[falconmaster]

We are planning on coming!

[Weightmn]

Hi everyone,

On our website we have added more info on the Duel. We have added a sign up form to let us know who is attending as well as a place to sign up if you would like to lend a hand with the Duel.

We have added this information to keep everyone updated on the info for the Duel as well as to help us plan for how many teams/people etc.
We would appreciate if you could drop by our website and sign up.

Thanks for helping to make this a great time!
http://www.jagrobotics.org

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks!

[Weightmn]

Due to scheduling of the building we will have to have the DUEL start around 2pm and go until about 6:00 or 7:00pm.
We cannot get in to set up before 1pm.

Please make notes of the times.

[Pooka449]

Sorry to be nitpicky, but do you mean a 'Duel in the Desert'? Or is Dual an acronym?

[Weightmn]

Sorry all for the brain cramp on the spelling.

Yes someone was being nitpickly and they are right.
Sorry I guess I've pulled too many all nighters trying to get our new team up and running.

I'll correct it where I can.

Diane

[mormannoob]

it seems as if ur "sign up sheet" isnt working
team 498 from glendale az is intrested in going

[Weightmn]

Thanks for the heads up 498 about our form. I got it fixed.
If you would have another look, we would appreciate your efforts.

Take care.

[roboknightsofni]

team 2449 is interested in this.

[Weightmn]

Cool. ;)

Team 2449 and any others who are interested please swing by our site and fill out the form that is for the Duel. It allows us to better plan for how many may attend.

Thanks!

[roboknightsofni]

Team 2449 will also be happy to PROVIDE any needed equipment or help in any other way

[roboknightsofni]

we will also provide monkey bars, if you need them

[Ziaholic]

we will also provide monkey bars, if you need them

What my esteemed colleague really means here is that we have 1/2 of an overpass assembly that we could bring. It's a complete overpass for either a blue or a red finish line (but not both). We built it to practice track-ball removal, hurdling, and placement.

[kaisest]

Big thank you to Jag Robotics for hosting the duel!

Pretty awesome day and some sick robots

[MrForbes]

Sick in a good way, if you're talking about 39's shooter!

too bad we had to leave early...

[falconmaster]

Thanks For hosting. It was great being able to work out some bugs. (code) Number 39 had a great shooter!

[falconmaster]

Here is some of our video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhguTwrSUME

[Weightmn]

Thanks to everyone who came out! Yes, it was a good day. It is always cool to see a preview of everyone’s robots before Arizona.

I didn't get to see as much as I wanted to.. being chained to the food table serving, but I liked all the bots I did get to see...great job everyone! :)

Thanks to our sister teams team 1013 for the carpet and team 39 for one of the overpasses and the permieter.

[Donut]

Thank you for hosting 2380! This was a great event and it's good to see alot of teams taking advantage of the time to meet everyone before the regional and see an actual field. With a nice mix of rookies and veterans I think this gave a taste of what to expect at AZ this year (though of course everyone will be fully working and have a bit more driving time under their belts by then).

I have somewhere around 80 pictures from the event, they should be up hopefully well before the regional.

[Ziaholic]

Many thanks to Team 2380 for hosting. Team 2449 appreciated the opportunity to practice, troubleshoot, and feed our faces!

There were plenty of great bots and Teams at the event. We are looking forward to seeing most/all of you again at the AZ regionals.

[Weightmn]

A team left a battery charger and battery on the stage at the Duel yesterday. Contact us if it is yours. There are no team numbers on it.

We can arrange for your to get it, or we can bring it to Arizona.

[kaisest]

Team 498 has a bunch of footage from the duel in our vid here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=64401)

Thanks again for hosting the duel

[Weightmn]

Cool footage, I love the ending! :D

[Cactus_Robotics]

Yes thank you so much for hosting we had a awesome time, can't wait to see everyone in 16 days!
Thanks for the kudos on the video I had to add that in...

[Frank Neuperger]

Great event!!

The team changed the mechnaical design and software in a couple areas as a result of the testing.

Some more Duel video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTjw0u3NKIc


Video of Team 39 bot.

The video is on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdulU2tJU9E

And a higher quality version is at:
http://www.hhsrobotics.org/uploads/Team%2039%20Movie2008.wmv