[kireitenshi00]

Hey, I know how you feel, TRUST ME. Our team (anywhere from 40-60 people) meets in the school physics lab. Needless to say, it's a tight squeeze. This area is really where we come up with a basic design of the robot and have other robotics related meetings that do not involve power tools... Luckily for us though, our partner, the Ohio State University, has allowed us to work in its Center for Automotive Research building (CAR). Therefore, we have to drive about a half hour to the other site. It's got a machine shop and everything, but we're quite restricted due to the number of student projects going on. I think the rule is now only ten FIRST people are allowed in the machine shop at all times, which severely limits us, especially since we share the facilities with 2 other central Ohio teams. In terms of space, we basically we have a cubicle in the high bay, which barely fits 5 people, so we tend to spread out. Yet again, another tight squeeze.

While this sounds kind of bad, we get a great opportunity to check out some engineering projects going. The massive DARPA truck OSU rigged was in there for some time, and we get to sneak a peak at the Buckeye Bullet every once in awhile.