[James3245]

Thanks Joe. It has been a great event. We'll be there again all day today. It is fantastic exposure for FIRST. We get hundreds of people watching every demo match. After the match they get a close up with robots and talk to students. Then they move on to other things at the convention and several hundred new bystanders are there for the next match 20 minutes later. By the end of today, day 3 of the convention, tens of thousands of people will have seen FRC robots in action up close on a competition field.


Thank you to Richard Anderson our regional director for making this happen - great exposure for FIRST and lots of fun for local teams.

987's Clint has been a great FTA for the event, quick to accommodate what is an atypical event for FRC teams and field system.

As for truss: we don't have one and it doesn't matter. We are simply running demo matches with no scoring, no penalties, no seeding...just fun. In fact today, we hope to put both our 2012 and 2013 bots on the field and shoot some basketballs and frisbees through the high goal while other robots are working with this year's game pieces. Should be a good laugh for the teams and fascinating for the bystanders.

The vast majority of those watching are seeing FRC for the first time ever and of course have no idea about this year's game. They are focused on the robots and how they move and what they can do.