The Capital Clash

[Dan Richardson]

Sounds Awesome hope it succeeds and hopefully you get a good response Washington is used to Red Vs Blue competition

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan

Sounds Awesome hope it succeeds and hopefully you get a good response Washington is used to Red Vs Blue competition

Dan, The organizers also made this observation We are having fun with applying the "game" to the "real world."
IJ Hudson, our host and local TV personality is putting together a letter to the teams that we will be sending out soon.

[Meyerman]

exspect to see 56 there the paper is filled out we just need to make sure the drivers can make it and the money will be sent out next week along with our iri money. will their we a web page up with a list of teams registered??

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Meyerman

will their we a web page up with a list of teams registered??

Good question. I will have to check with the event planner for the Digital Edge Expo.
I will be doing regular updates to the team contacts and here.

[BandChick]

I'd really like to go, so I'll probably show up. I could take the train, I mean, I did when I was 10, so it couldn't be THAT hard. Sounds like a lot of good fun, I'll suggest it to 1089.

[Lil' Lavery]

Team 116 will probably (if it survives and we can arrange transport for the field) be running a Vex "Pit Challenge" type of thing at Capital Clash. For those not at Championships, basically you get to take turns driving bots we provided in a small game. We have several different "square-bots" with herding devices attached for the game, so please stop by and enjoy it.
For those in the more immediate Herndon area, you can see out pit challenge field and game this wednesday at Clearview elemtary, and this saturday (and maybe sunday) at the Herndon Festival.

[RoboMom]

I am posting this letter (minus the graphics) from I.J. Hudson which was sent out to all the Mid-Atlantic teams.

My name is I.J. Hudson. I am the technology reporter at NBC4 in Washington, DC. I've been covering news for thirty years and a lot of changes in technology in the last decade. I covered the FIRST exhibition at the Maryland Technology Showcase in Baltimore in December, 2002.

I've always been fascinated by robots and their potential to help us in many ways. I've done stories on competition robots, rescue robots, Homeland Security robots, medical robots, and a new generation of robots that will walk more like we do.

That's why I think you and your team should make plans now to participate in the “Capital Clash” at the 5th Annual NBC4 Digital Edge Expo on August 27 and 28, 2005 at the Washington Convention Center. This competition will showcase your accomplishments and show people that science is very much alive in our young people.

I encourage you to sign up early – there is a limit to the number of teams that can participate. You will be an important part of our Expo, both in terms of drawing more people to the event and also as role models for other students who need to see firsthand that robotics can be a lot of fun.

See you at the Expo!


I.J. Hudson
Technology Reporter, NEWS4
NBC4/WRC-TV Washington, DC

[Crebb]

Sparky 384 is interested in coming. All we need to do is get some mentors to volunteer to come with us. I Look forward to seeing everyone there.

[RoboMom]

Updates on teams attending. We have received the following registrations:
365, 422.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

Updates on teams attending. We have received the following registrations:
365, 422.

I will check this weekend to see why you haven't received from 116.

Wetzel

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

I will check this weekend to see why you haven't received from 116.

Wetzel

...because we haven't been able to get the school to write a check yet (but we will).

-dave

[OZ_341]

You can count on TEAM 341 to be there. We are just a little backed up on end of year paperwork, checks, and oh yeah.... FINALS!!

The trip has been approved, we have ordered the bus and the kids are excited !!

We'll see everyone there.

Thanks for putting this together!

Al Ostrow