Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by lynca

Anyword on who's coming so far ?
An event with the Texas Powerhouses should be fun ( 57, 118, 148, 418, 624, 1429, and 1477)

False modesty isn't becoming of you Andrew, I think all those teams will admit that if Disco isn't a powerhouse of Texas, they're fast becoming one.

At any rate, I'm hearing that 57 will likely attend, hopefully with an actually functioning minibot system.* Possibly with new drivers, since our two drivers this year are graduating. Which means the deployment system has a chance of surviving the event!**

To add to your questions, what's been lined out as far as volunteers? Are inspectors or other volunteers needed?

Also, are there any plans to add more value to this event for younger teams? I think a mini FIRST Conference with some seminars by those powerhouse teams could go a long way to spreading the success around in Texas.

*BTW, we owe you a minibot. Your original took an unfortunate leap off the tower when I attempted to save it from smoking its motors. But fear not, we've made a heck of a lot of improvements since then.

**Our first version of the deployment failed the Bryant test at Champs. We've gifted him the remains for his coat of arms and as a warning to any team foolhardy enough to put him behind the stick of a questionably robust robot.