FIRST @ Maker Faire - Detroit 2013

[Tungrus]

If you were wishing for water games...your wish came thru ..almost! Wet field was fun to drive robots. Luckily no one damaged their electronics as far as I know. A big THANK YOU goes out to the team members who were vacuuming the carpet.

[Chris_Ely]

The field will definitely be wet tomorrow! As we were packing up, a storm dropped a few inches of water in about 10 minutes. The carpet is soaked, but robots and batteries are safe.
The FIRST exhibit is getting a lot more exposure than in previous years now that we are outside, but the weather is a major drawback.

[VexisDarksteele]

Glad to hear everything's going well (even if very moist)!

I just hope our robot doesn't become soggy toast. That's the worst kind.

[Jimmy Nichols]

I'm organizing the teams going to the Cincy Mini-Maker Faire. I'm hoping we don't get rain, but in October, you never know.

Glad everything went ok.

[Chris_Ely]

Maker Faire Detroit 2013 was great a success!
Moving the FIRST exhibit outside helped to attract more people to the exhibit, although we had to deal with the weather. Almost every person I talked to was amazed at the fact the the robots were built by kids in high school, and that we only had 6 weeks to built them!
Great job teams for promoting the mission of FIRST!

[Chris_Ely]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

I'm organizing the teams going to the Cincy Mini-Maker Faire. I'm hoping we don't get rain, but in October, you never know.

Be prepared, bring wet/dry vacuums.

[Tungrus]

Originally Posted by luckof13

Be prepared, bring wet/dry vacuums.

Bring tarp and some 2x4 pieces to keep the robot off the ground.