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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Tournament Time 2019 Day One

 Thursday of a FIRST robotics tournament is set aside for inspections, prepping the robot, and for practice matches.

We cleared inspection before noon....but ran into a variety of small issues.  One of the pneumatic cylinders that helps our robot do a step climb had been bent, probably at our open house.  Trouble is that the roller foot had been put on with what the kids described as "about a gallon" of Locktite.  Taking it off involved heating it up with a lighter to melt the glue.


The arena, pits on the far side, competition field on the near side.  I had sought out the peace and quiet of the cheap seats for a while.  I think I dozed off for a few minutes.


Robot standing guard in our pit over night.


We will see how tomorrow plays out.  Our first match is against a set of very good teams.  Hopefully it gets a bit easier after that.

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