It's Robotic's Time! We've got a very interesting challenge this year called "Get-Over-It!" which will really be a lot of fun to figure out. A video description of the challenge as well as the detailed rules can be found at the FTC main site, which is:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc
(use the "game info" link on the left side)
I do expect that all team members will have read the rules by our next team meeting which is this thursday. Don't worry if they seem intimidating - there's a lot of pages but we'll figure them out over the next few months.
We've got some meetings coming up. This thursday at our house we'll be taking the old robot apart and inventorying all our parts. While the inventory part may sound kind of boring, it's really important as, in the past we've wasted a lot of time looking for stuff that was right in front of us. We'll also we asking the team to describe their initial thoughts on designs / operations for this year's challenge.
We will also have a standing team meeting / build session every Sunday from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at our house.
Parents: Those interested in helping please come to the Thursday session. I do need some help coordinating a build of the robotics field (which is described in the link above). We'll need to build some components and have about a month to get it done.
I'm looking forward to this year and am very confident that we will do very well!
Thanks
Coach Miles
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