SCRIW III (South Carolina Robotics Invitational and Workshops 2013)

[Billfred]

Another week, another team. Welcome FRC 1398, Keenan Robo-Raiders to the SCRIW III lineup. (Bring ear plugs!)

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3976 - Electric Hornets
4243 - STAR Warriors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics

13 spots left! We're already up to SCRIW I's size, and it's not even August! You can sign up today at http://scriw.org.

[Billfred]

We've got ourselves a SCRIW first-timer on our hands. Little team you might've heard of if you're from the area: 343, Metal In Motion!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3976 - Electric Hornets
4243 - STAR Warriors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics

12 spots left! Claim your spot today at http://scriw.org before we fill up!

[Billfred]

The registrations keep on coming in--welcome FRC 4261, Academic Magnet Raptors to the SCRIW III lineup!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3976 - Electric Hornets
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics

11 spots left! Claim your spot today at http://scriw.org before we fill up![/quote]

[Billfred]

This team update just went out to registered teams:

Greetings, SCRIW III teams!

First, an update on registration. We have 19 great FRC teams signed up already for SCRIW III:

281 EnTech GreenVillains Greenville, SC
342 Burning Magnetos North Charleston, SC
343 Metal In Motion Seneca, SC
1293 D5 Robotics Columbia, SC
1398 Keenan Robo-Raiders Columbia, SC
1539 Clover Blue Eagle Robotics Clover, SC
1553 KC Robotics Team Lugoff, SC
1758 Technomancers Florence, SC
2059 Hitchhikers Apex, NC
2187 Team Volt Conway, SC
2655 Flying Platypi Colfax, NC
2815 Los Pollos Locos Columbia, SC
3489 Category 5 North Charleston, SC
3490 Viper Drive Summerville, SC
3976 Electric Hornets Hopkins, SC
4243 STAR Warriors North Charleston, SC
4261 Academic Magnet Raptors North Charleston, SC
4451 ROBOTZ Garage Laurens, SC
4533 Wando Advanced Robotics Mt Pleasant, SC

If you don't see your sister team on the list, make sure they sign up before we hit our 30-team capacity! Signup is at http://scriw.org/team-registration-form/; registration is still just $350.

Also, registration is now open for B-teams, where your students compete with a second robot you happened to have lying around. B-team registration is just $200, space permitting; use the link above.

Before you do that though, we've received word of a chance to help a pre-rookie team out. A new team is starting at Richland NE here in Columbia, and they'd love to enter SCRIW as a pre-rookie team. If you have a spare robot (and probably a mentor or two) that you could loan them for a day, let me know and we'll get everybody in touch.

Additionally, you may have seen on ChiefDelphi that we've added a new FLL scrimmage for 2013! If you're mentoring an FLL team, put 'em on the bus with you and let them give their robot for the Nature's Fury challenge a shakedown. We'll time the scrimmage to wrap before finals, so you can give the kids a taste of what's to come in high school a few years down the road too! Registration for the FLL scrimmage is $20 a team, and it goes through the same form as FRC: http://scriw.org/team-registration-form/

If you've got any questions, please drop us a line. We're looking forward to making SCRIW III the best event in the South!

Thank you for your support as always,

--Billfred Leverette
SCRIW Planning Committee

[Billfred]

With school back in, things are moving fast! 3976 had to scratch (but congrats to their lead teacher on a rookie of her own--five years 'til JFLL!), but we just added FRC 3459, Team PyroTech to the SCRIW III lineup!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3459 - Team PyroTech
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3976 - Electric Hornets
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics

11 spots left! Claim your spot today at http://scriw.org before we fill up!

[Billfred]

We're up to 20, folks! Welcome FRC 4582, RoboHawks to the SCRIW III lineup!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3459 - Team PyroTech
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3976 - Electric Hornets
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics
4582 - RoboHawks

10 spots left! Claim your spot today at http://scriw.org before we fill up![/quote]

[Billfred]

Back to something divisible by three! Welcome FRC 3506, YETI Robotics to the SCRIW III lineup!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3459 - Team PyroTech
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3506 - YETI Robotics
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics
4582 - RoboHawks

9 spots left! Claim your spot today at http://scriw.org before we fill up!

[Billfred]

We have our first prerookie entry for SCRIW III--welcome FRC 4901, Garnet Squadron to the SCRIW III lineup!

(Huh, wonder how they heard of our event?)

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3459 - Team PyroTech
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3506 - YETI Robotics
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics
4582 - RoboHawks
4901 - Garnet Squadron (Prerookies!)

8 spots left! Sign up at http://scriw.org before next Saturday, October 5![/quote]

[Billfred]

The hits just keep on coming! Welcome Peachtree Regional Rookie All-Stars FRC 4452, FIRST Noble Team to the lineup!

281 - EnTech GreenVillains
342 - Burning Magnetos
343 - Metal In Motion
1293 - D5 Robotics
1398 - Keenan Robo-Raiders
1539 - Blue Eagle Robotics Team
1553 - KC Robotics Team
1758 - Technomancers
2059 - Hitchhikers
2187 - Team Volt
2655 - Flying Platyπ
2815 - Los Pollos Locos
3459 - Team PyroTech
3489 - Category 5
3490 - Viper Drive
3506 - YETI Robotics
4243 - STAR Warriors
4261 - Academic Magnet Raptors
4451 - ROBOTZ Garage
4452 - FIRST Noble Team
4533 - Wando Advanced Robotics
4582 - RoboHawks
4901 - Garnet Squadron (Prerookies!)

7 spots left! Sign up at http://scriw.org before next Saturday, October 5![/quote][/quote]

[Billfred]

This email blast just reached the SCRIW teams:

Greetings, SCRIW III teams!

Thank you for your patience on the workshop lineup, but today we finally got the ink to dry on the lineup. It's easily our strongest lineup yet, and we hope you'll take advantage of them!

9:00-10:00: An Introduction to Maya and 3D Animation - Mike Hoatson, FRC 3489 (Category 5)
10:20-11:20: Scouting for FRC - David Allred, FRC 4451 (ROBOTZ Garage)
11:30-12:30: Using Pneumatics in Robot Design - Kevin Thorp, FRC 3489 (Category 5)
12:45-1:45: Team Building - Linda Whipker, FRC 3459 (Team PyroTech)
2:00-3:00: Outreach Activities Round-Table - FRC 3459 (Team PyroTech) and Friends

Workshops will happen in the cafeteria once again; there will be signs.

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The traffic flow on Saturday is exactly like last year: http://scriw.org/wp-content/uploads/...ow-IrmoHS.jpeg

Construction continues on campus, and a back road to the team parking area may be ready in time that will keep you from having to go back onto St. Andrews Road. We will divert you that way if we can--it sure beats that traffic light!

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In case you misplaced your event schedule, here's the plan again:

0800: Pits open to teams
0801: Sync checks
0940: Check-in closed (Once we make the schedule, that’s it.)
0945: Mandatory Driver’s Meeting On Field, Qualification Match Schedule Released
1000: Opening Ceremonies
1010: First Match (both FRC and FLL)
1200: Lunch Break
1235: Resume Qualification Matches
1500: End Qualification Matches
1505: Alliance Selection
1530: Elimination Rounds Start
1730: Elimination Rounds End (approximate)
1740: Awards (Finalists and Champions) & Breakdown

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Make sure to check out our inaugural FLL scrimmage, which will be taking place in the gym lobby and in the rear of the main gym. Matches begin with the FRC rounds at 10:10, and we expect matches to wrap around lunchtime with the FLL-standard three rounds of on-table competition with the new Nature's Fury challenge. Make them feel welcome--they'll be on your FRC teams soon enough!

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As you pack and prepare, we suggest double-checking to ensure you have the following:
-Safety glasses (standard FRC pit rules apply, including closed-toe shoes)
-Red and blue bumpers (bookmark this white paper for next year: http://chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2437)
-Charged batteries and chargers (robot and tools)
-Driver station and controls
-Closed-toe shoes
-Your Gracious Professionalism!

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And finally, thank you for supporting SCRIW III! We aim to put on the best off-season in the South, and we hope you have a great time competing. If you have any questions or comments, drop us an email or tweet @SCRIW during the day.

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Travel safe,

Billfred Leverette
SCRIW Planning Committee

[Kevin Thorp]

Cat-5 (Team 3489) is excited to compete at SCRIW III!

We've been trying to get our robot back up to 100% functional. This week we we able to fix most of the stuff we broke last week.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

Cat-5 (Team 3489) is excited to compete at SCRIW III!

We've been trying to get our robot back up to 100% functional. This week we we able to fix most of the stuff we broke last week.

Sounds like us on 4901! We'll be fixing the stuff that didn't exist last week.

(Our first meeting with kids was September 25, and the first time in the shop was October 1 with a borrowed chassis from 1293. Over six working nights, understaffed with a crew of newbies and on a shoestring budget, we've about completed a working robot that might just dump in the low goal, hang for 10, and look good doing it. Forgive me if I have a proud papa moment while announcing that first match.)

[Billfred]

My feet are sore and I'm dead tired, but the field is assembled, the pits laid out, and the drinks in concessions on ice. We'll see y'all in the morning!