Great Regional Human Interest Stories

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

At one team, the student turned out to be a young (probably 19) mentor. He told me that they had taken the 2-speed shifter off their bot to make weight, but that he had designed and machined it himself. He pulled out a metal container full of transmission parts and showed me how the ball-bearing shifter worked. It was a great moment

Which team was that? Ball-shifting mechanisms are pretty neat and I'd have loved to take a look at one up close.

I enjoyed watching my team stand in awe of the Poof's mentors for a bit after we'd run into them at Red Robin on Saturday night. That was fun.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Which team was that? Ball-shifting mechanisms are pretty neat and I'd have loved to take a look at one up close.

I enjoyed watching my team stand in awe of the Poof's mentors for a bit after we'd run into them at Red Robin on Saturday night. That was fun.

It was Team 114. A really nice bot and a nice group. Another FIRST class act.

[Jessica Boucher]

I spent all day Saturday at BAE giving VIP tours - and I firmly believe in taking each tour over to a team and having them demonstrate their robot.

None of my trips into the pits were planned in advance. Some teams were chosen because the VIP wanted to meet them, some just because their robot was still working and they didn't look too frantic. But, I would have not been able to do that had I not trusted that each team would be able to talk about their robot fantastically....and I was never disappointed.