Comments on: FIRST robotics regional – KC – 2008

By: atve

atve — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:52 +0000

Have been waiting for this kinda stuff for years

By: pink acer aspire one

pink acer aspire one — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:28:05 +0000

Great quality stuff.

By: TheWise1

TheWise1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:53:22 +0000

I was a part of team 233 The Pink Team. Pink has been around since 1997 and I’m happy to have been a part of it. Webmaster and Animation Master for 4 years (my entire time in high school) and it was the best experience of my life. FIRST has done nothing but good for the world’s communities.

Those of you with the robo know-how (and on hack-a-day that shouldn’t be too uncommon) should give to your society and found a team at a school near you. Spread the joy.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:13:16 +0000

Which teams from KC region attended the Atlanta games?

By: Epl692

Epl692 — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:03:57 +0000

GO FIRST!!!!
I am a student programer on a first team and I must say, next years new control system looks sweet, I can’t wait.

By: John Mansell

John Mansell — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:38:53 +0000

I was a part of team 2366 at that tournament. It was a fun time, and had I known a person from Hackaday was there, I would have worked twice as hard to win…

By: trobots

trobots — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:05:14 +0000

Glad to see this write up on hack a day!

I'm a mentor for the Canton Ohio team 1386 TROBOTS ( http://www.trobots.com )

FIRST is an incredible organization for inspiring technical and engineering students!

We did compete in the Buckeye (Cleveland Ohio) regional and was extremely fortunate to qualify for the championships in Atlanta held April 17-19 !

If you're in the area, make it to ATL and see the BEST OF THE BEST!

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:45:06 +0000

Came here a little late, but those are some great pictures of the regional you have there! What kind of camera did you use? My Canon PowerShot SD750 had trouble getting clear shots of the moving robots from the stands in Milwaukee.

Oh yeah, I’m the webmaster for Team 2129 (and one of the photographers).

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:54:11 +0000

Theyre right you do have great pictures.

These competitions are really fun, they make me realize why other people like sports.

Our team, 1165, participated in the Phoenix, AZ regionals......AND WON!!!

Along with teams 39 and 60, were going to the Nationals in Atlanta next month XD.

By: Justin Sovine

Justin Sovine — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:03:00 +0000

FIRST is great, I remember being in it when I was in high school. Hoping to mentor sometime in the future. Go cobras!

By: Logan

Logan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:56:26 +0000

student driver from 341 here (Philadelphia, PA), always glad to see more people discovering/promoting FIRST. if you have a chance, you should definitely look into attending the championship event in Atlanta, GA in April (4/17 – 4/19).

By: sam

sam — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:02:07 +0000

hey, I was amazed when i saw this, I am going to compete in two weeks with my highschool in the buckeye regional. If anyone wants to know any info emial me at hatter_The@yahoo.com

thanks,

sam

By: bkoerper

bkoerper — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:18:41 +0000

Will, are you from the KC area or just visiting?

I was on the Rockhurst High School FIRST team a few years ago, and it was a pretty good experience, i'd recommend it to anyone!

By: phnx

phnx — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:57:06 +0000

damnit… really, really, reallyreallyreally wish i’d known this was happening- I live in KC and definitely have an interest in robotics…

By: Linda Copeland

Linda Copeland — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:41:53 +0000

Too bad the KC Star couldnt even print the results in the paper. It was a wonderful contest, one of the most fun high school contests I have ever attended. I don’t think those guys understand that the students at this regional are gonna be the ones who run our industry and our technology in the next ten years. I think all of us (I mean the non-scientific types) need to be paying more attention here. Our grandson will be attending SMEast in about 10 years, and he cannot wait to get involved.