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February 20, 2017
Sussex Wrap-up
While Sussex-Hamilton mini regional may not have been the stunning stunt it was for a few teams (looking at you 269, Cooney Tech), we did successfully demonstrate our movement and vision code, a major achievement for our Control and RDM departments. We in Media also captured a number of photographs we would like to share with you.
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- Team 269 climbs the rope to “board the airship”.
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- A member of our hosting team, 537, helps prep the field for play.
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- Our computer Analyst station, where the raw data collected by scouts is turned into workable information for our competition team.
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- A robot shoots high goals into the boiler, for one point, or kPa, per three balls.
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- The field
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- Our alliance preps for play.
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- Our robot on the field.
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- Our robot, affectionately nicknamed ‘Meshbot’ for its covering, mid-match.
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- The competition team carry the robot off the field.
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- Meshbot, prepared for a match.
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- Our MaScout at rest between cheer-offs.
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- Our competition team, on the field.
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- Our drives prep for a match.
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- The competition team check the robot on the field to prep for the match.
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- The field
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- Our robot, Meshbot, pre-match.
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- A successfully loaded gear is raised to the human player.
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- Our human player, Cassie, waits on the airship for the start of a match.
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- The competition team waiting the queue with Meshbot for their match to begin setup.
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- The field
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- The competition team prepares to return Meshbot to the pit after a match.
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- Our scouts observe and record all the matches.
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- Thaddeus, our President, engages with the crowd.
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- Wyatt films the matches, as Business Director Kaeson and MaScout Paco engage with the crowd.
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- Meshbot in our pit, where maintenance takes place.
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- The Pits, where teams set up their Pit, an area to keep robots and tools when making repairs, modifications, or otherwise not competing.
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- Wyatt, a member of Media records the matches.
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- The airship
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- Our competition team examine the field.
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- The drivers wait with the robot in the queue.
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