What are your post-season plans......

[Vin211]

For myself, the FIRST Robotics season is over. I go back to my desk job as a student lol. FIRST is like the Army Reserve. Once the season is over, a lot of participants go back to work or school or both!

An exciting weekend or two at a competition has always been something exciting for me. I don't know about you guys, but the night before a competition, I don't usually sleep. I am way too excited. It is like a younger person not being able to sleep before Christmas or some other major holiday. I know walking through the doors on the first day always makes my stomach churn excitedly and anxiously. I know in just a couple hours robots will be clinging and clanging on the playing field.

Then, two short days later, it is over. The robots are packaged back up and are ready to be shipped to their next competition or sent home.

Anywho, I was just wondering what some of FIRSTers do when the season is over. I know there are some off season competitions and events but else is there? I usually develop my film from the competition, get it onto cd and place a hard copy in my photo album. It takes me a couple days to do everything you know, the film developing always slows me down.

Well this summer, I'm hoping to go for an Internship somewhere or work at Brookstone. Maybe I can convince them to let me use the Segway for work related details. If anyone has any foot in the doors for an internship let me know. I'm an IT Major with a Minor in Networking. I'm looking for something in a IT department or data entry program.

Thanks Everyone!

[katkana]

I'm not really planning on doing much FIRST-related after regionals. Although... no, I recind that remark. I'm gonna teach myself more C and C++ just 'cause I can and I'm REALLY curious as to what I can do with the program.

Aside from that on-going project, not much really. I've got AP tests coming up in May, plus a couple of extra things (goin' to see Spamalot(!) and NIN(!!) late May) and there are other, more personal goals that I've set for myself whose deadlines are in the next couple of months.

After all that, I've got gradumication to look forward to, lotsa work, as well as a whole new season of FIRST either as a Mentor for my present team or on the Drexel U. team down in Philly.

That's about it for me... I'm just looking forward to a whole new experience with FIRST as a part of a different team.

Until next competition!

~kat

[russell]

I/We got a few major plans. I am very excited about building a robot based on a PC running Linux. Over the next few weeks I also want to build a segway out of parts we got laying around. A few members of our team are also pretty hyped up about building a new bot cart. This year ours consisted of a piece of wood on casters which must not have even had bearings, because you could watch them and see that the wheels were not even turning. So yeah, we got plans.

[Mike33]

As far as i know, our post season plans are to have survived the season without any major repairs/accidents.

[Mike]

Internet Control in my room, being able to control my lights and stuff via the internet. IM me if you want to take/give help.

[lsmith243]

I'm not really sure what we'll be doing after nationals are over, but for now it's basically back to school for all of us... It was kind of weird, going and going and working non-stop for sooo long up until regionals, then they're over like that *snaps fingers*, and we all kinda don't know what to do with ourselves... We've been used to living at FIRST base for the last couple of months, and now we're just... not. I don't think it's really sunk in yet...

[JonBell]

I'm planning on doing a ton of proof of concepts for various programming/electrical ideas. I have yet to ever use encoders, have never actually gotten the CMUcam working, etc. I think I might even make it an independent study so that I get school credit for it

*sigh* we also need to put together our website, do a bunch of advertising to drum up new members, and possibly new sponsors (nearly all of our team is in this year's graduating class IIRC, but I'm a lucky junior).

[KTorak]

I want to learn CAD stuff and C to program and help design our robot next year since the senios who did most of it this year graduate after this season. Right now, I'm occuppied with Track Season, so once that ends, I'll have a ton of free time.

[AJL930]

Hopefully get a chance to get caught up on my studies and work. Do some work with the solid edge program and get caught up on some sleep. This summer, get the robot out again and head off to indiana for the IRI.

[Matt Fultz]

CyberBlue 234 co-hosts the IRI with 393 and 45! Its a lot of work, but a lot of fun! We continue our community projects and have meetings to keep the shop clean, get to know the team, etc.

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I plan to be 5'2" soon. If it doesn't occur during the season, it will after.

Lots of DDR, of course.

I'm leaving for Spain in June for an immersion program, so I won't be around for a while. I'll miss you guys

[JonBell]

Originally Posted by Eugenia Gabrielov

I plan to be 5'2" soon. If it doesn't occur during the season, it will after.

Lots of DDR, of course.

I'm leaving for Spain in June for an immersion program, so I won't be around for a while. I'll miss you guys

Porque no puedes hablar con nosotros cuando estas en espan~a?
Podemos hablar espan~ol aqui!

(Sorry for the lack of accents, it's a pain on this computer)

[Lisa Perez]

We'll be working on some omni-drive prototypes this summer, and hopefully be attending IRI... We shall see. Also, we'll be working on getting the details down for the Midwest Drivers' Union that we are establishing (Shameless plug! IM/PM me for more details)

As for me, I'll be interning at either a business or an engineering firm. Or both. A bit of tennis factored into the free time, and quite a bit of packing for college.

[zdeswarte]

I still have to do a project for my electrical engineering independent study, so probably figuring out some type of adapter for an xbox controller (usb-type plug) to the operator interface to use as a controller. Hopefully it works out

[Sachiel7]

Well, for me personally, preparing for the VCU School of Engineering next fall (I'm in!!! WOooooo!).
But on top of that, our team plans to keep things rolling this summer, and I'd like to continue progress on our Hover Drive this summer, especially since I don't have much time as a student left
Anyway, keep an eye out here for our Hover Drive...
Cool stuff...