Inaugural 2011 Texas Robot Round-up!

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by James Tonthat

I haven't talked to my team yet, but it looks like we'll be going.

I'd love to see a mentor match at around lunch Saturday.

A skills challenge would also be nice to see.

It's not enough that I helped design and engineer the robot? You want me to learn how to drive an Octanum too? And/or figure out how to work our pivot/telescope arm to best advantage. Either way, manual dexterity really isn't my thing....

[Adrienne E.]

148 is now signed up!

We are excited to be coming down to Austin and seeing all our Texas friends this summer

[Bertman]

418 will be there

[Kevin Sevcik]

Just an aside, but is there a reason we're not using RobotEvents for registration and all that? It's free, and I think it even handles the money for you.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Bertman

418 will be there

*jumping up and down, going nuts in Austin!*

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

[JohnSchneider]

3310 will be there. I believe we're only sending freshman to this event...gotta get them all some experience before next year

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn

3310 will be there. I believe we're only sending freshman to this event...gotta get them all some experience before next year

I don't know if I ascribe to this philosophy. Throwing people into the deep end without any support may teach them to swim, or atleast not drown, but it's probably also going to make them terrified of the water. I'd think it might be better to have some more experienced students there to hold their hands a bit. And then make sure the older students know they're supposed to be completely hands off the robot, etc.

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I don't know if I ascribe to this philosophy. Throwing people into the deep end without any support may teach them to swim, or atleast not drown, but it's probably also going to make them terrified of the water. I'd think it might be better to have some more experienced students there to hold their hands a bit. And then make sure the older students know they're supposed to be completely hands off the robot, etc.

Not incoming freshman, this years freshman. We also have some problem with our team being 75% seniors, and the date somewhat conflicts with college things.
Our mentors will be going to help them out, but our underclassmen are some truly talented individuals.

[bcharbonneau]

Team 1296 sent in their entry fee yesterday. We look forward to seeing all of you there.

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by bcharbonneau

Team 1296 sent in their entry fee yesterday. We look forward to seeing all of you there.

I-30 Alliance this time?

[KleinKid]

Team 3735 will be going and hopefully for both days. Most of the team is seniors so we are going to go with the new team members to give them an idea of how a first competition works.

Minibot deployment will be having an overhaul this summer though.

[jessjank.]

Our current list of registered teams:

57, Booker T Washington/HSEP Leopards - Houston, TX
118, The Robonauts - League City, TX
148, Robowranglers - Greenville, TX
418, LASA - Austin, TX
1296, Full Metal Jackets - Rockwall, TX
1477, Texas Torque - The Woodlands, TX
2158, ausTIN CANs - Austin, TX
2881, Lady Cans - Austin, TX
2952 - Brackenbots, San Antonio, TX
2969, Hurricane Robotics - San Antonio
3310, Team Black Hawk - Heath, TX
3335, Cypress Ranch Robotics Team - Cypress, TX
3481, Brandeis Bronc Botz - San Antonio, TX
3735, Klein Bots - Klein, TX


There are a lot of teams who have expressed interest, but have not yet registered! Make sure you get your teams registered soon! https://spreadsheets.google.com/view... Od2c6MQ#gid=0
We also welcome out of state teams, if you're looking for some summer travel, to join in the fun!

As always, please let me (jessjank@gmail.com) or the Alamo Regional Director Patrick Felty (pfelty@usfirst.org) know if you have any questions.

[RoboCat2005]

Has anything been announced as to what the inspection is going to consist of? I know the students on our team is working on a potential drive train to experiment with and are considering putting on this year's bot to try out in Austin. The only thing with it is by adding it to the bot as a test platform it is about 10 lbs. overweight.

[jessjank.]

Originally Posted by RoboCat2005

Has anything been announced as to what the inspection is going to consist of? I know the students on our team is working on a potential drive train to experiment with and are considering putting on this year's bot to try out in Austin. The only thing with it is by adding it to the bot as a test platform it is about 10 lbs. overweight.

We're still discussing this aspect of the event. There likely will not be an official inspection process, due to time, however we still expect most FIRST robot rules to be followed with some flexibility for things like weight and size. I'll be able to provide more concrete details about this, as well as an agenda for the event, soon!

[Pjohn1959]

OK, FRC team 1429 is registered!

Now if we can only find a way to get the robot to Austin.....