[OCCRA]: here we go...

[Silent_Stryker]

time for preparations for yet another OCCRA season... time to pack up the mills and break out the hacksaws... lose the engineers and pray to god we come up with some good ideas!

[Bill_Hancoc]

Lets make a support group for people so addicted to robotics that as soon as first is over they start planning for OCCRA

[greencactus3]

im gonna miss occra amnd occra is gonna miss me next year. ill try to come back to watch some matches and defintly come cheer my team on.

[Josh Murphy]

OCCRA already? no I am just kidding!!, I can not wait for it to come. I think it is going to be an exciting year from what I have heard. This will be my third and final year of OCCRA. Can't wait to find out what the game is and start building. See you all at the Kickoff!!!.

[Jason W]

Yay Occra 06..... Goodbye Placebo bot..... HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLO to the 2006 Hammerheads occra bot. We took a year off being placebo bot last year, and now we are more eager then ever to fully compete in this year in occra, I know I can't wait. Though it shall be interesting to see what facility we end up building in.... rather... who’s garage we will be building in, hehe... Guess I better start cleaning.


See you all out there!

[The Cyborg]

I'm really gonna miss competing in this competition. I will definitely go and volunteer for a few competitions, and cheer for my old team. I can't wait to see what this year's game is.

[Silent_Stryker]

Originally Posted by Josh Murphy

OCCRA already? no I am just kidding!!, I can not wait for it to come. I think it is going to be an exciting year from what I have heard. This will be my third and final year of OCCRA. Can't wait to find out what the game is and start building. See you all at the Kickoff!!!.

i second that one... gonna miss it after this year. at least i can come back to help w/FIRST. occra we can't

[Lisa Perez]

Originally Posted by Silent_Stryker

i second that one... gonna miss it after this year. at least i can come back to help w/FIRST. occra we can't

Sure you can. I mean, look at me, I'm a sophomore in college and I'm still around... Lol. We're usually in need of people to help out with the events, so don't let graduating from high school stop you

[Silent_Stryker]

yea but what i mean is i can't build the robot and stuff like that

[Josh Murphy]

Well it is getting closer is anyone getting anxious???

[anna~marie]

Hey
Since I think 67's not doing OCCRA again this year... where can I get some info about maybe volunteering?

[Josh Murphy]

Check with Mike Martus of 47, Mike McIntyre of team 1, Jim Zandagg of 33, or Lisa Perez.

[AdamHeard]

Can someone post info on what OCCRA is for people who don't know what it is?

[Lisa Perez]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

Hey
Since I think 67's not doing OCCRA again this year... where can I get some info about maybe volunteering?

Anna-Marie,

We pretty much always need help with set-up and take-down of the event. The teams step in and do this, so it's fairlyeasy to join in once the trailer of field elements arrives at the venue. Also, usually representatives from the competing teams do field reset, but I'm sure that if we're short of people or someone wants to take a break that we could use a helping hand.

Originally Posted by cromat44

Can someone post info on what OCCRA is for people who don't know what it is?

OCCRA is an offseason series of competitions (3 or 4 regionals, 1 championship) in Oakland County, Michigan, in which roughly thirty teams participate. It is similar to the FIRST structure, in that we have a kickoff event where the game is revealed. The students are given about a month to build with knowledge of the part, size, and tool restrictions.

The main difference between FIRST and OCCRA is that OCCRA requires that the robots are completely student-designed and -built. OCCRA does offer workshops hosted by mentors at the beginning of the season, but from there, the students are responsible for how everything runs.