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1. Being the only engineer brave enough to ride along with the students on our 24 hour bus trip from Warren to Houston. Being insane enough to get back on the bus for the trip home. Experiencing the euphoria of stepping off the bus in Warren and realizing that I was still alive. Reflecting upon the experience and determining that it was one of the most fun times I've ever had as a FIRST mentor.
2. The surprise of learning that the judges in Pittsburgh gave our team a special award for volunteering en masse at that regional. Out of all the great things the team achieved this season, I was proudest of my teammates for their contributions at this event. 3. Celebrating with the team when we learned that we had won the Motorola Quality award in Pittsburgh, which qualified us to attend the Championship Event. 4. The overall Canadian Regional experience - #2 seed, semifinalist, GM Industrial Design award winner. As always, our Canadian hosts put on an outstanding event, and we had a great time. 5. Achieving the #7 seed in Curie (despite a curious technical difficulty), giving us the chance to pick alliance partners at the Championship Event for the first time ever. 6. Discovering a slew of robot performance issues in Cleveland (yes, most noticeably, a tipping tendency), working on a set of corrective actions over the next three days (including the construction of a wheelie bar), integrating those solutions on Thursday in Pittsburgh, and watching as we achieved our first #1 seed of 48's existence. Except for one more instance (where we were eventually righted by our partner), no more tipping occurred the rest of the season - sorry to disappoint you there, dddriveman! 7. Watching our custom circuit and autonomous mode programming perform as designed for the first time in Pittsburgh. 8. Resurrecting our 2002 robot cart Ol' Bessie (which I, possessing all the mechanical skills of an electrical engineer, helped build) from the grave at the last minute when our '03 cart wasn't completed in time. We ended up using that cart the entire season and she never let us down, even when we used her to pull a 9 ft tall pile o' tools, totes, and parts up the steep access ramp of the Astrodome. 9. Letting our robot drag all 6'3" 300 lbs of me across the carpet during early practices. 10. Being in the neighboring pit to observe the Technokats' exemplary behavior under pressure upon learning that their crate didn't show up in Pittsburgh. Honorable Mentions: Steve Warren's "Hair by 48" Purchasing our first team trailer with our fundraising proceeds. Last edited by Travis Hoffman : 25-06-2003 at 22:50. |
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