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Re: Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (AKA - ROBOTS!)

Being a team in FIRST
IS NOT ABOUT THE ROBOT...........

If you expanded the six-week build season, you put too much emphasis on the robot itself

If you put too much emphasis on autonomous mode, you put too much emphasis on the robot itself

If you put too much money into a corporate sponsorship, you put too much emphasis on the robot itself

That's what makes FIRST so much fun.....and challenging. This is NOT the DARPA Grand Challenge.....we're better than simple robot builders. But, go check out www.gumstix.com for these really cool Linux single-board computers that are being used for all kinds of robots.

"Hey now....you're al all-star......get your game on......"
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RollingThunder....Winner of the 2007 Chairman's Award at Finger Lakes Regional and Spirit Award at Boston.....Winner of 2006 Finger Lakes Regional Engineering Inspriation and Boston Imagery awards.......Winner of 2005 World Championship Rookie All-Star (plus FLR Rookie All-Star, Buckeye Top-Seeded Rookie, GTR Champion, Spirit, and Inspiration)

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