[StephBrierty]

FIRST Community,
I would like to formally announce the inaugural year of the Robo Showdown - an Offseason Competition hosted by National Instruments during our annual user conference, NI Week, in beautiful Austin, Texas.


Details:

• $300
• August 5-6
• Austin Convention Center
• Hotel rooms for $99/night (sleeps 4)
• T-shirts
• Rule changes TBD but will definitely include longer Autonomous or higher point values during Autonomous
• ~10 matches per team plus finals
• No team count limit (we have an entire room in the convention center)

AND as part of attending you will be able to go to the Exhibition Hall to see other types of robots, vision applications, and lots of other fun demos for free! Mentors will be able to pay an extra fee to attend the technical training sessions (cost TBD). Attendees will also be encouraged to watch the Keynote Thursday morning by Dr. David Barrett from Olin College on robotics.

Email me with questions or to pre-register! More info to come soon!