Wanna ask why...

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

While our robot has performed well both years, it has been the work of our students helping other teams that has been the greatest pride to our mentors. It validates the skills we teach them during MOE University as they help other teams get their robots to perform correctly. A larger regional populated with many long-standing resource-rich teams, such as Philadelphia or Chesapeake, just would not offer as many opportunities for our students.

I can't speak about Philadelphia, but I sure can about Chesapeake. There were 15 rookie teams (13 of them had never attended a FIRST event) and 24 robots that had not passed inspection by Thursday afternoon. It was the pot at the end of the rainbow for any team that wanted to "help other teams get their robots to perform correctly." And the teams there jumped in with both feet. There was a whole lot of helpin' going on. Teams like 237 should be feeling pretty proud today of all the help they gave at the Chesapeake. All those bots were up and going by mid-morning Friday. 64 fantastic teams at the jet-lag regional, from Alaska to England, representing each year from first to the veteran 11th year team. The karma in Halsey was rockin.