FVC at FIRST Championship

[MARK]

Atlanta is only about a month away, so I thought that there needed to be a thread about it.

When is a complete list of teams going to be released? And does anyone know if there will be poles in the pit area for hanging team and/ or sponsor banners?

Best of luck to all teams!

[KathieK]

The public agenda is in green on http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2006...lic_Agenda.pdf - The team list (as of 4/7/06) is posted here - http://www.usfirst.org/vex/events/20...hip_040706.pdf - and I'm getting very excited about meeting all of you down in Atlanta!

We are in need of volunteers for the Vex tournament so if you know of anyone interested in helping out, please have them e-mail me or PM me! Thanks!

[KathieK]

Well, the date is drawing closer and I'm getting very excited about meeting all of you who will be attending the FVC tournament in Atlanta next week! For those of you who have offered to volunteer, a BIG THANK YOU and I look forward to working with you. The folks at FVC have been working round the clock to make this a fantastic event and a memorable experience for all involved.

NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) will be holding their Annual Meeting on Thursday from 12:30pm to 2:00pm in GWCC C-104 (right outside the FVC pits) and is now open to mentors from ALL FIRST programs. If you want to learn more about our support group for mentors who deal with the non-engineering side of FIRST teams, plan to stop in and say hello.

Hope you all have a safe journey and I will see you on da Vinci!

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci

[JVN]

I heard a rumor that some of the more popular IFI house-bots will be attending championship.

Cool!

-JV

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by JVN

I heard a rumor that some of the more popular IFI house-bots will be attending championship.

Cool! VIPs on da Vinci!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by JVN

I heard a rumor that some of the more popular IFI house-bots will be attending championship.

Cool!

-JV

I wonder how the BeerBottleBot will handle the auto loaders on the field.

Can't wait to see these machines in person!

[gdo]

My team will be there, can't wait to see everyone.

If anyone is looking for some good places to go/eat check this page out

More important documents related to the competition

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I wonder how the BeerBottleBot will handle the auto loaders on the field.

Can't wait to see these machines in person!

Sorry, but I'm willing to bet it is a display-only gig.
We probably won't see these tangling with any FVC robots.

[BanksKid]

does anyone have team #4's contct info????

[Lil' Lavery]

I'm upset to say that due to complications with the school system (too late in the year to fill out forms for a new field trip, at least that's what we heard :/), FVC 18 will not be returning to Atlanta this year to defend our title.
Hope you guys have a blast, if it's even half as fun as last year, I know you'll all love it! Good luck to all the teams competiting down there this weekend, I look forward to competiting against you again next year.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by BanksKid

does anyone have team #4's contct info????

FVC 4 is Carolina Academy, also home to FRC 507. They apparently share a site: http://www.carolinaroboteers.com/

[MARK]

Does anyone know if daVinci will be webcasted? I am missing the Championship, and I will be very curious as to how the FVC Tournament goes.

Good luck to all teams!

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by MARK

Does anyone know if daVinci will be webcasted?

It looks like Vex will have a webcast:
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/

[Billfred]

Yep--and they've got a big screen in the pits, just like the others.

I was at the Dome earlier today, and the fields look GREAT. The hardboard for the backs has been switched out for plexiglass, and the sides of the ramp have been painted. They look a lot better than they did at Orangeburg (not that the Orangeburg fields were particularly ugly or anything).

I'll be there tomorrow--look for me in one of the zebra shirts. Should be a blast!

(You know, FVC might be South Carolina's best chance to claim its first ever world championship in any competition.)

[Lil' Lavery]

Congratulations to teams 1148, 268, and 46, the new FVC Champions! South Carolina will just have to wait until at least saturday