Just had flashback to raiding 5 Walmarts around Tallahassee, FL and UPSing every non-broken one to 1592. lol good times. Still wonder what effect that surge in sales did to walmart in the weeks/months after 2009 season.
And Field Setup/Teardown just cried a little inside…
No!!! Please!!! ANYTHING BUT THIS!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Yeah, that would be hell.
Atleast there is carpet, I really hope 2019 has carpet…
You know what happens to carpet when it’s submerged … Ah, never mind.
But where’s the pads the HP has to stand on to make the robot go?
That’s what the switches are for - one human player per switch plate. Ideally the same weight to avoid fouls.
Did people generally not like minibots? I ask because 2011 was my first year in FRC. I loved the minibot end game, ours was unofficially named Trixy.
It isn’t shown in the model, but there will definitely be water.
From what I can tell, people didn’t like the way they were implemented and how they played out at a high level. Since it was based on the first one to the top of the pole in endgame, top teams basically parked by the pole at 35 seconds and waited to launch, hoping that their minibot was first to the top.
All I have to say is…who needs a Judge?..Because I’m not building or maintaining that! The amount of game pcs. alone…oy vey.
A little? Lmao
David Bowie – Space Oddity Lyrics
Ground control to major Tom
Ground control to major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
(Ten) Ground control (Nine) to major Tom (Eight)
(Seven, six) Commencing countdown (Five), engines on (Four)
(Three, two) Check ignition (One) and may gods (Blastoff) love be with you
This is ground control to major Tom, you’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is major Tom to ground control, I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles, I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground control to major Tom, your circuits dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, major Tom?
Can you hear me, major Tom?
Can you hear me, major Tom?
Can you…
Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do
Songwriters: DAVID BOWIE
Space Oddity lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, T.R.O. INC.
Man I’m looking forward to the playlist this year:
Space Oddity
Rocket Man
Fly Me to the Moon
Drops of Jupiter
When you wish upon a star
(just for starters ^)
Our team name is ‘Ground Control’, our team is super hyped for next year’s game (because spaaaaace).
If the floor was covered with a 3 inch layer of hard corn kernels, that would be amaizing!
Andy B.
Death to pneumatic wheels!
I’m not sure if my computer can render hundreds of thousands of corn kernels at once… 
Then just put in one giant corn kernel. Who’s gonna notice the difference?