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Originally Posted by 379Robocat
We were disappointed that we did not win this award at all nor really be considered. I mean the kids described it as well as test it for the judges. I don't like to say my bot is better then your bot but one of the robots that won this award was right next to us in the pits and after carefully looking it over I decided that ours would be competition with them. After watching their robot perform I was a little confused. After the start of their 10 balls and they were dumped that was it that robot was done it couldn't reload, HP load or collect it just drove around and played "D". We went against them and pushed them all over the floor, reloaded off the floor, dumped in side goals and played some massive "D". Like I said I'm not one to brag or say my robot is better then yours but this year I was mighty proud of that robot and would have stayed up a month straight during competition season just to get noticed. The only reason I can think they received the award instead of us was because they were a GM,Ford,DC,Delphi team. I apologize if I offended anyone or bashed anyone, that wasn't my intention. My point was that there was a robot that won an award and our robot in my mind was up there with that robot if not a step ahead of them and they received the award because they were a Corporate name unlike us. (I would have found out for sure which one they were but the FIRST website is currently down)
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I found it interesting as I read your post and then looked at your signature I see your team has won many awards. As a matter of fact they are the top awards. I should mention that even though we have tried very hard to win a Chairman and an Engineering Inspiration Award, we never have. We have also never won an Entrepreneurship Award. I do have a list as long as my arm as to why we are just as dissevering as the people that have won these awards at the competitions we have attended. Our time will come. We have won many awards that are for the robots we have built. Our students are better versed about the robot than they are on the team history. That might be one of the differences. We have even had mentors that specialize in, and train people on how to interview, come in and speak with our students about how to present themselves to the judges. I think we should get together and you can tell us how to win the top awards and we can advise you on winning robot awards. You also have to remember that there are a lot of other great robots that don’t win the awards, I am sure it is always very tough for the judges. The judges don’t always see what you see, and you don’t always see what the judges see.