Did someone work on robot overnight?

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Which begs the eternal question, "which is heavier in code - ones or zeros?"

They are of equal weight, since they are the same electron just with a different orientation. Nothing changes about the electron. ....Well.... I suppose you could argue that the tiny amount the electron gets zapped with to flip could add to it's mass....

[Mike Martus]

Often each year there are media opportunities that arise at the last second. One such event happened with our team in New York(I think 2000). Four robots left the competition and were featured on Good Morning America (set up the night before and filmed the morning of). Each team provided two students to demo and drive. I was the only adult and was in charge of the robots ( I was a guard ) to make sure they were not damaged during transport. FIRST delayed the Saturday start time to allow robots time to return after the TV segment.

Soooo, it is quite common and FIRST is very careful to make sure no team gains an advantage.

You grab every media opportunity you get to spread the word of FIRST.

[Matt Leese]

Originally Posted by Mike Martus

Often each year there are media opportunities that arise at the last second. One such event happened with our team in New York(I think 2000). Four robots left the competition and were featured on Good Morning America (set up the night before and filmed the morning of). Each team provided two students to demo and drive. I was the only adult and was in charge of the robots ( I was a guard ) to make sure they were not damaged during transport. FIRST delayed the Saturday start time to allow robots time to return after the TV segment.

It was 2001 I believe.

Matt