Baltimore-Aug 3-5-Volunteers needed

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I was proud to be a part of it!

Me too!

Lots of cool robots showing you can build a modified protobot to play Round Up. Some interesting hangers (single and double action, one on the high bar), some de-scorers, oh sorry Blake, ring removers and some different ways to score rings.

Tons of summer school kids turning into roboteers.

And the usual Suspects of help at the event, but the big award of the day went to Jenny for her volunteer efforts for the event. Well deserved!

It also solidified my belief in table top sized robots. 2-3 kids building a robot is a great way to inspire robotics. I had a number of teachable moments, I need to get a shirt that says "I'm Not the Ref Right Now" that I can wear as I suggest strategy and mechanical upgrades.

A few very strange ref calls (robot is hanging, battery is loose, falls off, does that count as a hang?) and trying to control the dynamic of "I'm trying to hang, sorry he was there and fell while I lifted under him).

Big Kudos to the planners for having the vision to build 250+ robots across a summer school session and compete with them the last week of school.

Only minus that Cotten Eye'd Joe was not on the play list either day.