VEX Returns Robotics to Disney World

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Disney World was just a little before my time in FIRST. So many people have expressed so many fond memories of that time. This is neat and the VEX competitors will have to share stories and photos with us.

I saw on the team registrations that 418 just registered a VRC team, Jane, so you might as well come down and see what's what.

(You might note in my signature that not only is VRC 418 one of the teams I mentor here in Washington, they've actually gone to both FTC and VRC World Championships, and were Technology Division Finalists at VRC Worlds. It's kind of a convoluted story, but we are giving up the 418 number and it's going to LASA for VEX. I hope they use it well. They've been our most successful team over the last two years. Following the growing tradition of organizations using a single number for all their teams in VRC, we are going to a single number this year.* We still "own" FTC 418 and that isn't likely to change any time soon.)

*(If you aren't familiar with VRC numbering, a school or club can choose to field teams as Number A, B, C, etc. The Cheesy Poofs are 254A through 254F, the Simbotics robots are 1114A to N (I think it only goes to "N"), and the Robowranglers are 148A through whatever. D? Anyway, we are one of the few big VRC organizations that use different numbers for each team, so we are going to switch over -- probably to 575A through G, but that's still being worked out. If you cared )