So what was today?
FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION!
Not that I'm sure you're reading this e-mail since it's almost late enough to be considered late, and we definitely have an early start tomorrow.
How did we do?
1) Programming now has an autonomous -- a work
in progress, really. It goes straight and stops generally when it bangs
into things (I hope it won't do this anymore). (The first such time was
when the Hawaii team was directly across. Whoops.)
2) Elevator is on the
robot! Unfortunately, this was at the very last minute, so it's not
actually wired. But it's on the robot! Bolted and ready for
metal-gluing.
3) I updated the code so that we would have a smaller turn radius on high gear. It looks like it's working!
4) Some brilliant minded person (that was sarcasm, really) decided the
robot should be named Katherine. Want a robot named after you? Be five
foot tall and weight as much as a robot.
What next?
1) Come to competition! Be at the San Jose Event Center at 7:45am. The doors open at 8am, so the earlier you get there, the better!
2) Solder the elevator motors.
3) Sign up for practice field -- 8:30am or after should be good.
4) Our first match is at 10:06am. Be there!!
5) Drive straight! Turn left!
For those that haven't heard, we're up against some really tough teams. In our first match, we're up against 1280 (Portland regional winners). Then again, we're teamed up with two really fast robots.
Next, Bell. Somewhere down the line, we're up against 100 and 8. (So
what teams are we with? Well, I don't actually know -- I failed to look
at that side of the paper. :S Best to know your competition, right?)
But really, I'm so excited for tomorrow! Mark's emcee'ing.
And does anyone know where the cookie costume is?
-K

