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Re: TARDEC/Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) Discussion
Today was great. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. It was so much fun to be at a competition where everyone was really just hanging out and talking and forming relationships that are hard to form during official FIRST competitions. I loved the atmosphere at the IGVC.
I hope more FIRST students go check out the actual IGVC pit area. Talking to the college students and professors was very cool. They were all really impressed that high school students built "those other robots" and they thought that Breakaway was really exciting. They couldn't believe that we built our robots in just 6 weeks.
So, students: go talk to them! Learn what schools they're from, make some connections. A few of the guys I talked to were very interested in the fact that one of our students did the majority of the programming himself, and wanted to try and recruit him for their school! You never know what opportunities may present themselves, but it doesn't hurt to go looking for some.
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