[frcguy]

We send several students to the kickoff at San Jose State, and we got together with 4904 (another local team) to watch the video. The students that went to the kickoff then joined us after having picked up the KOP. We then watched the reveal a few times, then split into groups to read the manual. We then went back to our school to go over the manual again.

The next day we taped out the dimensions of a whole field on the floor in our main building, and set up mock field elements. We than went through simulated matches with students and mentors pretended to be robots until lunchtime to get a feel for the game play. We then all met together, went through the manual, and then identified several different concepts we could pursue. We split up in to groups about concepts we cared about, developed a presentation, and then each group presented to the team. We all voted, and chose the low goal/ball resupply/breacher concept.

The next week was spent building defenses and a partial castle, building the AM14U3, and prototyping, both physically and in CAD.

I'll upload some photos of the whole process when I get home.