If you look on our
page in the FIRST Wiki - and scroll down to the list of robot names, you'll see that we began using names that have the PH in them for Purple Haze. We are LASA Robotics/Purple Haze.
The use of the PH in the names was started innocently enough by one of the team members discussing a part of the robot, saying - "that big flappy thing." From there, the team dubbed the robot, Flappy. I suggested using PH in place of the F and that's how our history of using names with PH in them began. We have some serious Trekkies on the team now and so part of our search for names has now included a nod to Star Trek. PHardos was named after The USS Phardos (NCC-1757) - a Constitution-class Federation heavy cruiser starship of the Achernar-subclass, ordered for construction in the 23rd century, named for the star Phardos.
This one was a double because the super Trekkie on the team is one of our mentors who teaches ... wait for it - astronomy.
This reminds me... we need to update our page.
Jane
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