Kettering University Rookie Competition

[maltz1881]

This is the same field that was at Midwest and will be a Detroit and Great Lakes I want to compliant the fabulous rookies. I sat at the pit admin desk for the entire breakdown and only had 2 kids who were bored say something. They each played approx. 14 or 15 matches and 1 even released magic smoke!!! I was so blessed to be able to work with them... I made friends from all over and I hope we can do this again and again.

[maltz1881]

You have to love those red tails!!!!

[Andrew Schreiber]

When I see red tails I listen for that zoom you guys always did. Keep up that passion.

Best of luck to the competitors at their next competition. I saw teams that I would hate to have to play against and would like to have on an alliance. I bet some of those teams will go on the be the next generation of stunning robots out there.

I have to agree that the winner of this regional is actually every team there. They got up and showed everyone that they may be young but they can roar.

Congrats

[Joe J.]

The competition went great yesterday, there were some really amazing machines there. I have to say 2337's kicker was my favorite, no other robot had the crowds going that wild every time they tried to hurdle. Keep up the awesome work at your other regionals, and good luck!

[maltz1881]

Forgot to include Team 1506 in the list. Metal Muscle is actually Kettering's team and they helped man the food booth and machine shop. Kudos to the vets and rookies or should I now call you rookvets. You all were impressive.

[A.Tup]

is there any video up yet??
The event was great I am one of the Drivers for team 2620 (The village idiots) that was there and I had a great time and i know my team did the event was put on perfect even tho that break was long and we didnt have anything to work on but it gave time to talk to teams and get to know more people and become new friends

Great job to all the teams and staff at Kettering
Thanks for such a good time

[XXShadowXX]

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You have to love those red tails!!!! 


not my team but still

ZOOM!

[Dung H Cao]

Originally Posted by A.Tup

is there any video up yet??
The event was great I am one of the Drivers for team 2620 (The village idiots) that was there and I had a great time and i know my team did the event was put on perfect even tho that break was long and we didnt have anything to work on but it gave time to talk to teams and get to know more people and become new friends

Great job to all the teams and staff at Kettering
Thanks for such a good time

Video will be available in a few days. This is being compiled from the Kettering Video Department, who did a great job of capturing the whole event.

[Guopeter]

Big thanks goes to all the organizers of this event!! The competition was very intense, especially when considering that this was a rookies' competition.

Great work teams!

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[Andrew Schreiber]

I would like to check with any of the teams there to see if they would mind if I posted some pictures from the competition. If no one objects I will try to post pictures of the robots doing something cool. (2337 shooting over the players station maybe)

And in the topic of the competition, what was everyones favorite moment?

[A.Tup]

when will the video of the event be up?

[TERTOLA]

What was such a epic moment for me during the competition was the silence after the first final round, i never heard so many people pause and wait for the final points on that board, it was a nerve recking event (driver of 2513, the spining blue and green robot) but i enjoyed it and i gotta say it was an amazing experience for all of us, i was really hyped! I hope everyone got some good practice and a taste of whats it like, now none of us are rookies

PS - 2337 never looked like a rookie team to me, that mario hammer was an amazing touch, i liked it great job guys

[Hazmatt]

Team powersurge's robot took a thorough beating after having the wheels fall off, getting knocked over twice, and literally getting impaled through the heart by another robot's claw, but I think she did just fine. We were so surprised when we won an award, not to mention the gracious professionalism award!

thanks to all the teams who helped us out while we were there.

[scottanderson]

I definitely agree on 2337's hammerbot. That thing was a lot of fun to watch in action.

[jasonjmonroe]

Here are some more pics from the Kettering Rookie event. All the photos are full resolution if you click on the medium sized photo it will open in a new window (or right click to save-as).

NOTE: Selecting on "all" photos takes a long time to load because only the "favorites" are cached.

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