pic: Tom defending CT's honor at IRI

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[Joe Ross]

Was this during the mentor's round?

if so, did they relax the rules about previous drivers?

[Jessica Boucher]

I think it came down that there weren't enough people to fulfill all of that requirement...and at the same time, the field didn't need fixing, thus Tom was available.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

Go Tom!
*cough--jake why did you let him drive???--cough*

I wish i went with 571 like i intended, however, my dad disagreed with my desire to go.....maybe next year

also--how did they do with the whole driving the robot thing?

[Mike Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

I think it came down that there weren't enough people to fulfill all of that requirement...and at the same time, the field didn't need fixing, thus Tom was available.

yea alot of teams had a hard time of finding drivers, i was even enlisted to be a human player (with permission of course) not like they were check id out on the field anyway

[dk5sm5luigi]

Our team didn't have a hard time finding people to drive, the robot hung autonomously making the driver useless. So we only needed an operator and human player.

[Amanda Morrison]

I think a lot of teams had a little trouble and had to recruit drivers. More than a couple were there without parents, engineers, or a mentor. I know that this wasn't the only instance - 1020 had 447 parents and engineers fill in, 269 enlisted Mike Soukup, Brandon Martus, and Jess Boucher, etc. There were several other teams asking around.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Keiko173

Go Tom!
*cough--jake why did you let him drive???--cough*

I wish i went with 571 like i intended, however, my dad disagreed with my desire to go.....maybe next year

also--how did they do with the whole driving the robot thing?

Well, they did almost tear down the really big expensive projection screen...

[Collin Fultz]

it was fun to watch though.

darryl noble ran the field with hammond's bot. he was awesome. i think he capped and hung from the floor. 234's mentor's did pretty well too.
Scott Ritchie and wife Libby could have been in 111's HP contest. Scott was 5 for 5 i think.

[Tom Schindler]

Originally Posted by Solace

Well, they did almost tear down the really big expensive projection screen...

the operative word is "almost" in that sentence.... remember that folks

Tom

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Solace

Well, they did almost tear down the really big expensive projection screen...

So, Tom, are you just out of practice, or is 571's robot that hard to drive

[Solace]

probably a bit of both.
he wasn't driving though, he was doing the arm, so i guess it wasn't completely his fault.