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Re: Robots in hometown parades

We (33) participated in a Rochester Chhristmas Parade last fall (erm... winter? it was freezing outside) along with teams 1, 201, and 245 (Juggernauts, FEDS, and Adambots respectively).

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36014

We borrowed a truck from Chrysler, and decorated it. The parade required all floats to follow a "candy land" theme for the parade, hence the candy. We used our 2007 robot, 201 and 245 (on the other side of the honeycomb wall) used their 2009 robots and exchanged balls between them. The robot in the picture is limp because it is turned off, but it waved the FIRST tube around well once we turned it on (we also tried to get it to throw a tube, but the tube just fell).

We won First Place in the high school/college category.
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