Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Team 1477: Texas Torque had a wonderful time at the inaugural Texas Robot Round-Up. I would like to thank Team 118: The Robonauts for choosing us to join their alliance. We have been alliance partners thrice this year and had a blast all three times. I would also like to thank Team 653: NOSIDE for being a great third partner this past weekend. We need to pitch in and get y'all some more batteries.

Teams 624, 148, and 3481 were a strong #1 alliance. Playing against such good teams makes winning that much more special. 148 had some communication or cRIO problems in the second match of the finals. It is especially frustrating to have that happen in the last match when your robot has performed flawlessly the rest of the competition.

Thank you to everyone who helped with the event. We tried to host something similar in the summer of 2009. It takes an incredible amount of effort and many people volunteering their time.

TRR was very well run; I can't think of any changes except more teams. If all of us that were involved this year share our experiences with other teams at the 2012 regionals, I wouldn't be surprised if attendance doubles. You can definitely count us in if there is a second Texas Robot Round-Up next summer.

Scott Rippetoe
Team 1477: Texas Torque

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

As one of the queuers for TRR, I'd like to thank all of the teams for a smooth and respectful ride through qualifications and eliminations. It was a pleasure to work with Koko Ed to get a sound system in place.

We're sorry if we caught any teams off guard with the in-gym queuing for eliminations. I know that didn't happen at Alamo this year, but it was common practice for regionals I had been to in the past (NJ, NYC, Baltimore) and the Championship. We figured it would be the best way to keep eliminations moving.

For anyone who didn't get a chance to talk with Ed, you missed a once-in-a-long-while opportunity to talk with a man I consider one of the best mentors in FIRST. I had come to that conclusion based on reputation and word of mouth. Having worked with him in a stressful situation for a day, I've got to say he lived up to everything people have said about him. It was truly a pleasure.

Here's hoping for an awesome TRR 2 next year.

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Team 1429 had a great time in Austin this past weekend. Congratulations to all the winners. Team 1477, for the skills challenge, although the Robonauts would have given you guys a run for your money if they had their mini-bot on their robot during their run. Team 624 Kryptonite, for having the number one seed. And teams 118, 1477 and 653 for having a monster alliance that was unstoppable.

I would also like to give thanks to all the volunteers that came and made this a huge success. This includes Patrick F. and Jess J. for all their work that lead up to this event and made it possible for the teams to compete in an offseason event for the first time ever in Texas.

Personally, I would like to thank And Baker for making the trip down to Texas. I know that he brought the field down early and helped set it up for us. He also provided a booth that featured some really neat new items that will be available for us next year. It's always an honor to have a Woodie Flowers winner at your event.

This has been a long time in coming, and we are looking forward to attending again next year.

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

FIRST Team 1296 had a great time at the roundup! it was very well run and a lot of fun. We'll be back next year!!

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Is it time to start another Robot Round-up thread ?

I've heard rumors that the event is planned for Saturday July 28th, 2012

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Glad to see your excited for information on TRR 2012! I'm finalizing a few registration details and then will be posting a new thread before the weekend. :) We've handed out "Save the Date" fliers at all Texas Regionals and will be doing the same at Championships. Stay tuned for official announcements! :)

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Jess, would you be willing to post one of the fliers here in this thread or in the new thread that you create? It would help us help you.

Jane

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Absolutely. I will do my best to get the new thread up tomorrow (on my "day off") once I have the registration forms and other details ready to make public. I will be sure to post the flier then. It would be great to have it get out to teams who didn't attend a Texas Regional and won't be at Championships.

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

I'm thinking we could have them available at our SMART Camps. The campers would be soooooo excited.

Jane

Re: Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!
 

Just in case you missed it, I started a new 2012 Texas Robot Roundup thread yesterday (and sent emails out to all Texas teams), complete with general event and registration details. Visit www.robotroundup.org to stay up to date on TRR plans, get your team registered, and/or register to volunteer!


I attached the flier in the new thread. However, the present flier caters more to teams. We will be developing a flier more appropriate for the general public shortly!