A bit of a retro experience for me. After roughly five years of either great luck or iron constitution I finally got Covid. Nothing worse than a mid level cold and higher level boredom, but I was not able to help out in the week preceding the big game reveal. Perhaps for the best, I'm handing off the day to day stuff anyway.
So, what do we get to build this year? In roughly five weeks? By the official Kickoff I was back to full strength. So here's the Reveal:
So it will be once again a "pick and place" game. We do relatively well at these. But yikes, it is complex. This is not the year to attempt a "Swiss Army Bot". Decisions will be Necessary.
We had a fun day, hosting basically all the other area teams at our HQ. We had the auditorium and the Big Screen ready.
After a bit of lunch the students were split up into groups. I rounded up every white board on the premises so each could use one to brainstorm.
This left time for the coaches - technically called Mentors in FIRST - to kick back and chat. We've been working towards a more cooperative regional group. What the kids are doing is Not Easy, and in some cases one team may have ideas, supplies or just encouragement that their neighbors might greatly appreciate.
Our kids think they have it figured out, at least to the extent of what they want to accomplish. In some ways this is a difficult phase, they want to grab the wrenches and start building. But we've seen on previous occasions that the initial impression of how the game is played can be deceiving.
More, much more, in the weeks ahead.
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