[Holtzman]

Thank you all for the kind words. It means a lot to us.

I’ll take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about FVC1114. Comprised mainly of rookie members of 1114, we use the Vex program as a tool to bridge the gap between our strong Lego League program, and our FRC program. We’ve found that it is an amazing tool to bring students and mentors alike, up to speed in terms of robot design, fabrication, and strategy in a minimal amount of time, and overall cost. So far, our program has run with great success training new members, and mentoring other FVC teams.

In regards to the changes between Toronto and Atlanta, there were really only minor upgrades as the robot arrived in Toronto already highly refined. For Atlanta, changes included improved autonomous code, and a rebuilt collector following the release of the Vex Aluminum Metal Kit.

We played around with increasing the size of the collector to hold upwards of 10 balls at a time, but found no real benefit to this. 5-6 balls a load seemed to be the magic number.

To 3053 and 3230, you guys were awesome to play with. It was an honor and a privilege to work with you. Two years in a row, we’ve had fantastic alliances to work with. We couldn’t have hoped for any better.

Good Luck to all, and we’ll see you next year.