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Didn't stop again until we reached our hotel ~20:30. Faith & Foster rolled is a little later. We joined Faith's group for a very nice dinner at Applebee's.<br> | Didn't stop again until we reached our hotel ~20:30. Faith & Foster rolled is a little later. We joined Faith's group for a very nice dinner at Applebee's.<br> | ||
| − | '''Friday - '''Carly was sick for the day, leaving us with no option but to use IRI to train a new driver. Andrew. Unfortunately, due to our loss of home and the cancellation of PARC and BR<sup>2</sup>, we have had no driving practice since [[DEWBOT VII FRC Championship|St. Louis]]. It's hard to think of a more ''interesting'' place to learn to drive than at IRI. Andrew did a great job, but we suffered in the qualification matches simply due to lack of experience. Douglas performed well as new Human Player.<br> | + | '''Friday - '''Carly was sick for the day, leaving us with no option but to use IRI to train a new driver. Andrew. Unfortunately, due to our loss of home and the cancellation of PARC and BR<sup>2</sup>, we have had no driving practice since [[DEWBOT VII FRC Championship|St. Louis]]. It's hard to think of a more ''interesting'' place to learn to drive than at IRI. Andrew did a great job (and brought a great attitude to a very tough situation), but we suffered in the qualification matches simply due to lack of experience. Douglas performed well as new Human Player.<br> |
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Our sonar is broken and we've got no spare. Autonomous was shut off. On the positive side, this allowed some alliance partners to score double Ubertubes.<br> | Our sonar is broken and we've got no spare. Autonomous was shut off. On the positive side, this allowed some alliance partners to score double Ubertubes.<br> | ||
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I was basically dead (or at best a Zombie) for the Talent Show. Fatigue & and fever. I think there were funny parts, but it is all a blur. At least I didn't bite anyone (in my zombie mode).<br> | I was basically dead (or at best a Zombie) for the Talent Show. Fatigue & and fever. I think there were funny parts, but it is all a blur. At least I didn't bite anyone (in my zombie mode).<br> | ||
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| + | Carly was very sick for the whole day. Heather, who stayed at the hotel to care for her, said that she looked like a zombie too. Heather is a world-renouned authority on zombies, so this can be taken as gospel truth.<br> | ||
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Revision as of 01:50, 27 July 2011
Clem
Thursday - My master plan to rent a van for the trip failed at the final moment, so I ended up driving my Honda Civic the 600+ miles to Indianapolis with 5 souls on board. Andrew, Julie Christopher, Gillian and Siri Maley made the trip with me. I drove, departing the Eagle ACME parking lot about 8:30 AM.
We kept up a lively conversation throughout the trip, mostly concerning team organization for 2012, training plans and expectations. Siri kept notes, so our musings were not lost and forgotten.
We made our first stop for lunch at Quaker Steak & Lube in Wheeling WV, the geometric centerpoint of our drive (within a few feet). America's best Hot Wings, curley straws & motorcycles hanging from the ceiling! What more could you ask for? Refueled immediately after lunch and moved on.
Didn't stop again until we reached our hotel ~20:30. Faith & Foster rolled is a little later. We joined Faith's group for a very nice dinner at Applebee's.
Friday - Carly was sick for the day, leaving us with no option but to use IRI to train a new driver. Andrew. Unfortunately, due to our loss of home and the cancellation of PARC and BR2, we have had no driving practice since St. Louis. It's hard to think of a more interesting place to learn to drive than at IRI. Andrew did a great job (and brought a great attitude to a very tough situation), but we suffered in the qualification matches simply due to lack of experience. Douglas performed well as new Human Player.
Our sonar is broken and we've got no spare. Autonomous was shut off. On the positive side, this allowed some alliance partners to score double Ubertubes.
IRI dinner - lasagne - was very well done. Great job!
I was basically dead (or at best a Zombie) for the Talent Show. Fatigue & and fever. I think there were funny parts, but it is all a blur. At least I didn't bite anyone (in my zombie mode).
Carly was very sick for the whole day. Heather, who stayed at the hotel to care for her, said that she looked like a zombie too. Heather is a world-renouned authority on zombies, so this can be taken as gospel truth.
Saturday -
Sunday - After lunch at Olive Garden,
In Conclusion
- This is the best robotics competition I've ever participated in
- Learned a lot. Made new connections.
- We should try to get invited again next year
- The team should make plans accordingly
- We played well. We've got a good robot.
- Competing at IRI will force us to become a better team
Other pages about the DEWBOT VII Indiana Robotics Invitational
- DEWBOT VII IRI Photo Gallery
- DEWBOT VII IRI Matches
- DEWBOT VII IRI Trip Reports
- DEWBOT VII IRI Post-Mortem
