Team 25 spent the last two days "playing with" machine our and working on the autonomous mode. Unlike the past few years, this year's machine has presented us with some "operational challenges" and we will be doing some correction of them in the pits at Annapolis.
Anyway, we started our practice this morning with no snow and left with 6 inches on the ground. The shipping arrangements were made for pickup on noon on Tuesday and for now the machine is in the back of Big Mike's (Mr. Volcano) vehicle to be delivered to BMS early Tuesday morning for crating and pickup.
That is if the 3 ft of snow they are talking about allows us out on the roads. We are already up to about a foot already and NJ has declared a state of emergency.
1089 is in a similar fix and they finished crating tonight. It may not be possible for the team to reach the shop tomorrow but we are going to try. Many of the kids live within a mile of the shop and have promised to walk there if necessary (you know uphill, in the snow with bare feet...)
The "out of hands" provision in the past has allowed neighboring teams to swap robot crates until pickup. Under these extraordinary conditions I am sure FIRST will use common sense and allow some leniency.
Hey, does anybody know if Wissahickon got a replacement drill?
WC
