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Re: [FTC]: Washington FTC Event Webcast
For what it's worth...
Despite struggling with a variety of software demons, the volunteers (and JoAnn) running this event were terrific. I would not have been nearly so gracious and calm under the same circumstances. Major kudos to the event crew.
Nerdetails about our robots:
FTC 417 -- "A Secret" used a color sensor to put their alliance pucks into a scoring bin, and the other alliance's pucks into a special bin designed to be dumped under their opponent's ramp. Cool technology.
FTC 418 -- "Wocka Wocka" the first walking FTC 'bot I've seen in competition. It didn't score many points, but it was a crowd favorite.
FTC 575 -- "Vicuna" turned over coming off the ramp twice, something it has never done in practice. Discovered at the end of the day that someone on the team had built a better battery tray closer to the middle of the robot. That much weight shift turned it into an Olympic tumbler. I'm guessing they fix that for the "re-do" in February!
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Exothermic Robotics Club, Venturing Crew 2036
VRC 10A, 10B, 10D, 10Q, 10V, 10X, 10Z, and 575
Last edited by Rick TYler : 16-12-2008 at 12:49.
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