Posted by Anton Abaya.
Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NASA, Mathsoft, Solidworks.
Posted on 6/10/2000 11:51 PM MST
In Reply to: Mayhem Results posted by colleen on 6/10/2000 5:01 PM MST:
the rambots for the first time went to a competition without a single engineer. it was really our test run to try to go independent from a past dependence on engineeers. we lacked experience in many aspects and we learned. it was stressful, exhilirating, tense, but loads of fun. We were an all rookie group at its best. We placed 10th of 20. Our robot broke alright, but we got up each round and fixed it --- without having stock materials, power tools, or equipment. We sorta improvised and got things going. A few mistakes, a few errors, but we were there to stay and have a great time.
Thanks to all the great teams that helped us and vice versa. I knew we lent that radio transmitter to someone.... (hello aztechs...)
By the way, the sparks that we made were intentional. We intentionally touched the hose clamp of the battery onto the battery power. We wanted some fireworks.
hehe....ooops? nothing broken though, cept for a few egos. It was cool to see our robot become one big electric conductor. Too bad we didn't have LED lights mounted on its frame. They might have lit up during that fun incident.
BATTLECRY @ WPI IS GOING TO ROCK. We're already making preparations.
-anton
-anton