Robot Stolen in Seattle -- Team 1778

[wingnut1705]

I am really sorry to hear about this. Why anyone would steal a FIRST robot I don't know, but then again people do very desperate things. All the time I hear about people trying to take down live power lines to sell the copper, just to keep food on their table. A part of me wonders if this was a similar case.

I really hope that Chilly is returned without any damage.

[basicxman]

this is terrible, unfortunatly if it was a prank you will probably find it smashed, whenever i go hiking and look over a waterfall, there's smashed computers and i think y would any1 do this?

this is a pointless crim, a ten thousand dollar robot that only has value to the team

thinking about this makes me very

Any word yet on the whereabouts of the robot? I hope that whoever took it realizes how much they hurt your team and also that its not worth much to them. However, I also hope that it was nobody from the FIRST community like Cory said it could be. That would just be plain wrong.

Wishing you the best.

[AndrewN]

No word yet. We are still hopeful. The local TV station Komo.tv ran a spot in the 6pm news (6:15pm). We are hoping the thieves will drop it off outside a police or fire station. If nothing else FIRST will have had a good plug on local TV, they showed some footage from the Portland regional in March.

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/11955146.html

Thank you again for all your support.