'Robot fever'

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Posted by Janna.

Student on team #349, The RoBahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Company.

Posted on 10/15/2000 10:06 PM MST


In Reply to: 'Robot fever' posted by Jessica Boucher on 10/14/2000 5:33 AM MST:



Oooh, good thread! I think it'd be really interesting to see what some people have to say about this...you look at people who are like up to their eyeballs in FIRST now and wonder 'How did they ever *think* of starting this?'

So anyway...here's how my 'robot fever' started:

First of all, I'm a senior right now...my robot fever started when I was a sophomore. I joined the team because my coach suggested I apply, so I did and made the team. I went to the workplace a few times and basically watched people...I think I annoyed my teammates by clicking the limit switches too much (does anyone else find those really fun to play with?)...and I think I might have filed stuff once or twice. I also worked on our crate that year.

And then in March, not having gone to CDI in the fall of that year, I had no idea what to expect when I went to Great Lakes. I hadn't seen any pictures or video of any kind...and it totally overwhelmed me...but in a really good way! And then regionals are of course nothing compared to Nationals...so I came back from that all excited about FIRST and emailed some of my teammates asking what I could do to help for next year.

I guess that was when my 'robot fever' started...and now that I think of it, that was really bad timing, wasn't it? I had to wait nearly a *whole* *year* to go back to Nationals! But if anything, I think I was even more psyched and prepared for last year's season, which turned out better than I'd imagined.

So that was my story...what's everyone else's?

Janna