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Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Toronto
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Team 610 had a great time in Hawaii. First off I would like to say a big mahalo to Glenn and all of team 359 for your help with the logistics of getting our team and robot to Hawaii. Also, lending us 6 of your batteries was a huge help as well.
We really enjoyed the level of competition, especially the fact that playing with so many great stacking robots allowed us to focus on what our robot was designed for: stealing and capping bins.
We had such a great time working with our Aussie brothers 3132, and their stacking machine really carried the alliance. Also, 3721 was an absolute steal for a second pick. The fact that they could stack and cap on their own helped so much, and it was nice to have three robots working together in the finals.
The only negative experience we had was not being allowed to use our time out. When the arms first broke, we raced back to the pits to try and repair them, and asked the officials for a time out. We also repeatedly had our drive team try and submit the coupon. Every time we were told that we couldn't call a time out when the field was in a time out. Which led me to ask what the purpose of a time out was if we weren't allowed to use it. I never got a straight answer.
Anyway, that frustration aside, we had a great time, learned a lot, and couldn't think of a more worthy opponent to trade broken robot parts with.