Judging was a strange experience for us. Trying to express our team’s accomplishments, explain our processes and motivations, and just generally brag about ourselves became a real team effort. What were the judges thinking? Did we impress them? Had we fully explained ourselves? Did we emphasize the right things? Did we leave anything out?
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Three great matches had helped us move up the rankings to 21st place. Marvin was in tip-top shape. Our previously loose battery was solid, the IR board was receiving loud and clear, the chains stayed solid, and all we could do was hope to be chosen. Let the nail biting begin!
Alliance Selection
Perhaps the most nerve-wracking […]
It’s one thing to read how FIRST Robotics captures the excitement of sport in their competitive games, it’s another to live it. What an experience!
The butterflies of that first elimination match were huge….what would Marvin do? How would he perform? Could we do what we had set out to do? So many questions…so many possibilities (good and bad). […]