[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Cool, the two beach teams. We can play a little bit of competition if you want. I don't know if we can get all 6 out on the field, but maybe a 1 on 1 stacking competition or row-making competition or something. I look forward to the students getting a lot of practice for San Diego which is one week away.

Team 980 will indeed be there both days.

I stopped by the FIRST tent after work tonight. Wendy Wooten and Team 22 were setting up the field (thanks, Wendy and crew!). Because of the tight quarters, there will be 1 center goal and 4 small goals. Wendy was able to get official game tetras from FIRST (yeah!!).

Caution: The tent has steel cables running across the width of the tent about 8 feet above the ground. Not conducive for attempting to drive with a tetra at capping height. Also there are no player stations with plexiglass walls.

I think the teams can demonstrate capping and maneuverability of the robots, but a mini-competition may not be in the cards. Yet, this is still a really good opportunity to introduce a lot of people to FIRST and tell them about your own experiences.

Team 980 is going to San Diego (and maybe IRI), so we don't won't do any risky maneuvers (high-speed driving, robot pushing, etc.). Not only the potential for damage to the robot is a concern, but also the safety of observers (there's no hard barrier to keep a robot from driving close to (or into) the crowd . We are going to watch how the other teams drive their robots - we won't go onto the field if erratic or dangerous driving is being exhibited.