View Single Post
  #6   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 27-03-2005, 01:20
Rick TYler Rick TYler is offline
A VEX GUy WIth A STicky SHift KEy
VRC #0010 (Exothermic Robotics)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Redmond, Washington
Posts: 2,000
Rick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond reputeRick TYler has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Most inspirational bots for you

My second-favorite robot this year was from team 1441 in Bellevue, Washington, from the Forest Ridge School. Their whole team was four girls and a mentor who had very little experience. Their team was founded last year by a mentor with an engineering background who had to move out of state before the season started. Rather than folding their team, this small Catholic girl's school decided to continue with one very inexperienced mentor. Their bot had no arm, and was made out the kitbot chassis with 2x4 lumber and plywood nailed on. They could carry a tetra on top, which they slid off by stopping abruptly at a goal. They had traction problems (their wheels spun continuously) because they didn't have enough programming background to reduce the power output to the wheels.

I met them when I gave them some plywood to make number panels, and later when we upgraded their software to release 10 and loaded the current version of the default driving software. I saw other teams helping throughout the event, too. They gave me some of their team pencils... They were an especially nice group, too, who were very grateful for the help

Their courage in showing up and doing their best with their BLT made their's my most inspirational robot. Ironically, good partnerships meant that they finished the qualification rounds ranked 18th out 37. They were picked 24th for the elimination rounds as part of the 8th seeded alliance. Most of us thought they were picked for recognition of their courage.

My first-favorite robot was the one our team built, of course.
__________________
Exothermic Robotics Club, Venturing Crew 2036
VRC 10A, 10B, 10D, 10Q, 10V, 10X, 10Z, and 575
Reply With Quote