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21 and 22-July-2011 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, IN. This is our 2^nd consecutive year of participation in the Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI)! Scaled down and made more selective than last year, with only 66 team, IRI is the most exciting and selective of all off-season competitions.

Check out the event website for details.

DEWBOT VII at IRI

Nineteen members of Downingtown Area Robotics made the long (but fun) drive to Indianapolis on Thursday. Most of us made the 12 hour drive in 12 hours, one car load did some sight seeing on the way so it took them 15 hours.

The team arrived at the event on Friday at 7:30 AM to one of the largest schools we've ever seen. The pit area was their indoor 1/4 mile track that held the 78 teams and a full sized practice field. We quickly set up and were ready for our first matches.

For the day we did pretty well at 4-2 ending up in 21st place. Full accounts of the DEWBOT VI IRI Matches cover the details of who we played with and the results. Carly, Sasha and Andrew were the primary players with Clem and Siri switching off as coach.

The evening meal was served by the host teams, pasta and salad and five kinds of desserts. After dinner some of the team stayed to work on the robot to get it ready for Saturday, some went back to the hotel and others stayed for the fabulous talent show.

Saturday was our last two qualifications where we won one and lost one. This put us in 31st place overall for the event. With the 47 regional wins and the two international champions in attendance, among other fantastic teams, it was a very good showing. (See the full statistics here.)

During the lunch break our mentor team showed their stuff in a Mentor only tournament. Mentors Clem, Siri and Rizzo drove the robot with Faith, Rizzo, Rita and Foster performing the human player role. Our season driver Carly was the team coach. The mentors (especially those who'd never driven before) all learned just how hard these games are to play.

After lunch we watched the elimination part of the tournament. The action was fast and hard, it was some of the most amazing driving that had been seen this season.

Our team dinner was at a giant buffet where everyone was able to get what they wanted.

On Sunday teams headed east and home. One car stopped at the National Air Force Museum, the other two cars did their own sight seeing. Everyone arrived home safe and happy.

People

There were 19 of us that went to IRI, some people wrote trip reports and they can be found on the DEWBOT VI IRI Trip Reports page (or click their names below).

Roboteers

Andrew - Driver / Arm Operator

Carly - Driver / Strategy

Doug - Human Player

Jack

Nicole - Scouting Lead

Sasha - Arm Operator / Driver

Mentors

Clem - Head Mentor / Pit Manager / Photographer / Strategy / Honda Driver

Faith - Tour Manager / Van/Trailer Driver

Foster - Mentor Match Contestant / Van Driver

Heather - Mechanical Pit Crew

Rita - NEMO Meeting / Van Driver

Rizzo - Referee / Mentor Match Contestant & Van Driver

Siri - Coach / Strategy

Other pages about the DEWBOT VI Indiana Robotics Invitational

DEWBOT VII IRI Photo Gallery

DEWBOT VII IRI Matches

DEWBOT VII IRI Trip Reports

DEWBOT VII IRI Post-Mortem