Hey CD --
Just wanted to announce that this Saturday 11/14, four OCRA (Orange County Robotics Alliance) teams will be competing in this Fall's
Totebot Race Competition as part of the OCRA Fall Workshops event. Team 4276, 4619, 4141, and 3309 have been building their own Totebots as a fall drive system build training project.
The teams will be racing auto-cross and time-trial style on a specially designed race course at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA. The totebots were designed to very specific rules as described in the Totebot Competition Rules Manual (see attached) and will be racing on a course according to described parameters (see attached CAD screenshot of the course).
We will be filming the race using a student designed and built (3d printed) quadcopter drone. I'll post the results and some footage from the event afterwards.
As a sneak preview, here is some totebot drive testing from two of the teams:
Team 4276
Team 3309
All in the area are free to come watch the races (1pm-3:30pm) and local teams are welcome to participate in the morning Workshop sessions.
FIRST is a community unlike the public at large, with the distinction lying on its gracious professionalism. I have no doubt that the community will continue to uphold and cherish this unique characteristic through difficult events such as this. - Joon Park [more] 
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