This year, I somehow ended end up robotics club with my sister and her friends. The goal of the club is to build a robot and compete with it at the regional competition. The organization that runs the competition is called FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and it's purpose is to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. All of the teams are given a standard set of parts and the details of the game at the beginning of January, at an event called Kickoff. Then we are given six weeks to construct a competitive robot, that can operate when guided by wireless controls, to accomplish the game's tasks.
The Bayou Regional Robotics Competition was last week. It was held in Kenner and lasted for three days. The first day is used for working on the robotic, making sure it passes inspection and operates correctly. All day Friday and on Saturday morning, teams participate in qualifying matches. On Saturday afternoon, after the qualification matches have ended, the top eight ranked teams will pick partners from any team ranked below them, and the resulting alliances will compete to be regional winner. Since it was our rookie year, we ran into several major problems, but with the help of our alliances through out the qualifying matches, we were able to finish 35th out of 49 teams.
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