Posted by Brad.
Student on team #192, GRT, from Gunn High School and Lots.
Posted on 9/14/2000 2:13 AM MST
In Reply to: Much Smaller scale posted by Ken on 9/14/2000 1:15 AM MST:
I too, went with my wonderful teamate Ken to the CanadaFIRST competition. I personally loved it. As he said, it wasn't as complex, but that made it no less challenging. It made the design phase much more crucial, because there was very little you could do with the parts once you started building. It was a great competition, and I encourage some of the larger teams out there to look into having a division which competes in the CanadaFIRST competitions. It would also be a great introduction to the competition for new teams. You'd actually find it a far...friendlier environment. We were treated with the utmost respect, despite being the only US team in their history. But do not take the competition lightly. You'll find that Canada can churn out some pretty impressive robots given the same things you can. If you want to check them out, they live at
http://www.canadafirst.org This is also a great opportunity for the less-well-funded teams, as the entry fee is a mere $8000 canadian, which comes to around $5500 dollars. I really recomend any of you out there interested to get in contact with them, and see what you can do. Show 'em what the US is made of!