pic: Wave Robotics 2826's Land Shark

[trilogy2826]

Thanks for the praise Chris. We did work hard for a second year team, but if we learned only one thing at IRI, it is that there are a lot of amazing teams with a lot of great ideas and skill. IRI really opened our eyes (much more even than 2009 Lunacy championships) to what it takes to compete with the masters of the game. We came back as a team twice as excited about our summer program and every student that attended IRI can't wait to build experimental drivetrains, tweak our Breakaway bot for learning purposes and finish all of those lingering support projects we kept putting off during last summer.

To anyone that has never attended IRI in the past, please put it on your calendar for next year and apply. I think you will learn just as much if not more in two short days than you ever did the rest of the competition season. It was an honor to play with the all-stars of FIRST, and special thanks to 830, 217 and 1538 for a great eliminations experience.