[mdlug] FIRST Robotics [was: DCG Robot and Retro SIG - Robots at Wayne State ]

[David Relson]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:44:46 GMT
gib at juno.com wrote:

> 
> Robots at Wayne State
> Robot story:
> http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?Id=8406
 
..[snip]....

The article is about the FIRST Robotics competition, specifically the
Detroit Regional this weekend.

In two weeks the Great Lakes Regional will be held at EMU's Convocation
Center in Ypsilanti.  It's a 3 day event with:

Thursday - uncrating the robots, last minute tests and fixes, etc

Friday   - qualifying rounds

Saturday AM - qualifying rounds and creation of the 8 alliances for the
finals

Saturday PM - the finals

If you've never been to a FIRST Robotics competion, you've missed a
great time -- lots of activity, creativity, energy, noise, kids,
robots, etc, etc.

My son Eric was on the Ann Arbor Pioneer team for 3 years (as a high
schooler) and has been a mentor for the last 2 years (as a college
engineering student).

There's much more info at the FIRST website, www.usfirst.org

Enjoy!

David