Comments on: Visiting the FIRST robotics regional this friday

By: Barry Preston

Barry Preston — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:57:30 +0000

Hey... thanks... so much for the shirt it was so exciting to see you

thanks

STAG Robotics
Bishop Miege H.S.

2007 Greater Kansas City Regional Winner

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:05:29 +0000

FIRST Robotics also at Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY. Stop out if in area.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:44:09 +0000

team 451 CAT ATTACK!!!
you should come to Pittsburgh next week we’ll save you a seat! That is if were not all asleep (leaving at 4 am to get there) or drilling holes in our robot to get it under weight

By: miNO

miNO — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:33:46 +0000

bah, don’t know our team number, but…
go go go OFA Robotics!

By: phatman81

phatman81 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:11 +0000

FIRST is a great competition. i was on my schools team for the 98 and 99 seasons and got to go as alumni to the 00 chamionships in Epcot Center. AWSOME EXPERIENCE! Reccomend it to anyone who has technical know-how.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:08:33 +0000

I was in first, and it was a great experience, but generally
a)way to many teams have adults that do a lot of the work
b)some teams have access to insane amounts of money/equipment and have thus perfected certain aspects that always are involved with the game
c)it costs a lot of money in general for a team
d)the games haven't been that inventive and it's generally still some humans driving a giant RC car with added features. I doubt it will happen but I want to see first do something more in line with industry. Involve more programming and autonomous then they have, push teams to go past the rc car that has been the standard for the last 6 years.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:31:22 +0000

ZOMGWTFBBQ!!! OH YEAH!!! FRC Team 555 REPRESENT!!! I’ve been reading HackADay for 3 years, and I’ve been involved in F.I.R.S.T. for 3 years, coincidence? I THINK NOT! But why didn’t I think of this? Anyway, these comments are starting to get to Chief Delphi level of insanity, so I will wrap this up.

By: Maxzillian

Maxzillian — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:55:32 +0000

I'm a former 3 year member of team 935 from Newton, KS. They should be attending the KS event this year. If I wasn't stuck working on my senior design project, I'd be there myself.

If you get the time, scope them out. You should be treated to a slew of CNC goodies. 8)

By: moses

moses — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:50:36 +0000

The first competition and vex are bot awesome, but the best high school robotics competition is the B.E.S.T. competition. Our robots have to be built from scratch given a certain amount of supplies (controller, 3 servos, two large and two small motors) and a list of other supplies that we can use. We are then given an assignment and have to build a robot that can preform the task against other robots. http://www.bestinc.org

By: Garrett Barboza

Garrett Barboza — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:50:02 +0000

I agree with the previous commenter who stated you should also go to Pittsburgh… namely to see team 451!

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:46:18 +0000

what? how did i not know about this!

By: Brian C

Brian C — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:34:32 +0000

Leader of team 1358 here. Glad to see FIRST made it to hackaday. Come to the SPBLI and you’ll be greeted grandly by my team :)
FIRST is an awesome experience for all involved.

By: Skitchin

Skitchin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:32:54 +0000

K-C-MO, ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

By: weirdcrap

weirdcrap — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:35:57 +0000

team #2219 representing! glad to see hack a day finally did a piece on FIRST.

Second year veteran from the St. Louis Competition. Finished 19th this year. looking forward to next years competition. Anyone from the St. Louis competition who reads hackaday should try to find me in 2219's pit. be sure to say hi and share our own hacks/mods

By: Jebu

Jebu — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:24:52 +0000

Team 333. In since HS. Will be doing robot inspections in NY in April. See you there.