It came to my attention that all Brazilian teams are still waiting for their kits, two weeks after the kickoff.
FEDEX Brasil kindly donated the transportation, but high fees are being applied by the Brazilian government to release the kits. Many teams cannot afford the fee. They are working hard to solve the problem.
Once their kits are released, they may need a lot of technical help, especially their rookie teams that don’t even have a kit to use for prototyping.
Would anyone be able to help them, as needed, by email? They will not have much time to spare so, please, reply to their emails or posts ASAP and be as direct as possible in your answer. For example, if they need help with electronics or programming, don’t ask them to read the manual... give the answer while pointing where in the manual they may find more information.
Is there any other team with veteran students or mentors that speak/read Portuguese besides ours? It will save them time not worrying about translation.
You may reply to this post or email me (
whs_robotics@comcast.net) with your name and what area you would be willing to help. We will send FRC Brasil a list of contacts their teams can use as a resource this season.
Thanks!