[Steven Smith]

FRC3005, The RoboChargers, are ecstatic that we will finally be able to bring our students to the World Championships, and we are hopeful the event inspires them to continue to push the the team forward. Our message to our students has been that the great teams we admire are not lucky, they are consistent and process driven. This year, our students were able to deliver a simple but effective robot, a practice bot, a lot of driver practice, and enough knowledge to keep it running throughout qualification matches.

We are humbled to have ended up high enough in the rankings to be both considered for picking and able to pick teams we have admired for years. We were thrilled to work with FRC624, CRyptonite, as they dialed in their shooter prior to elims and led us to a 161 point score, as well as 3679, rattlers, whose aggressive defense helped give us an edge in a nail-biting semifinals series.

Congratulations to the winning alliance of 148, 231, and 5726, as well as a host of other friends at the event. We look forward to seeing many of you at Dallas, as well as the Champs in April.