[sanddrag]

In 2002 we worked until 7 AM before the scrimmage and then went, played once and fatally broke the drive system. In 2003, we worked until 2AM before the scrimmage, then went, played two good matches, won one, lost the other, then went back to school because we had to tear down the whole robot for lightening and replacing a bunch of parts.

This year, we are at Beach Cities right now (Friday Night), we will be tearing down the robot tomorrow morning to lighten, once lightened (by lunch), we will reassemble (after lunch), add finishing touches, and do a little programming testing. Once we get some code that works (around 4:30 hopefully), we will spend about an hour buffing and polishing all the aluminum to a mirror finish. We already spent four hours buffing and polishing previously on the frame so it should be quick for the rest of the stuff. We might not do a full four step (mirror finish) polish on the arm since it has so much surface area and the aluminum is pretty dark. We'll probably at least brighten it up though.

Anyway, then we will have dinner from 5:30-6:30 with our sponsors and parents and mentors and everyone. Then we will clean up, and leave at 7PM.

This is our pre-scrimmage plan, who knows if it will work. I sure hope the guys down at Beach cities tonight don't break my drivetrain (or any other part for that matter)

After the scrimmage, we will make our cost list, shipping crate, and robot cart. Then if we have time, we will make the robot look even cooler with a special colored substance.