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Twenty one members of Downingtown Area Robotics made the long (but fun) drive to Indianapolis on Thursday. All cars this year kept the same pace and we arrived about 8 PM. | Twenty one members of Downingtown Area Robotics made the long (but fun) drive to Indianapolis on Thursday. All cars this year kept the same pace and we arrived about 8 PM. | ||
| − | The team arrived at the event on Friday at 7:30 AM | + | The team arrived at the event on Friday at 7:30 AM sharp and quickly set up for our first matches. |
| − | + | Our experienced driver, Carly, was ill and unable to drive on Friday. As a result, Andrew drove most of our matches this day. It's hard to imagine a tougher place to start driver training. Andrew did a great job, but our lack of experience impacted our ranking. Full accounts of the [[DEWBOT VII IRI Matches]] cover the details of who we played with and the results. Siri coached throughout. Sasha & Andrew played all matches, but with shifting roles. | |
| − | The evening meal was served by the host teams, | + | The evening meal was served by the host teams, lasagna and salad with cupcakes (there's a cupcake theme here). After dinner we stayed for the fabulous talent show. |
| − | Saturday was our last two | + | Saturday was our last three qualification matches, which we lost. Carly was back and drove for two of these, but we lost robot communications in both of these matches, so there was not really a lot of driving done. We finished in 58<sup>th</sup> place overall (of 66) for the event. Disappointing but not surprising. |
| − | During the lunch break | + | During the lunch break 1640 mentors Foster Schucker and Mike Rizzo showed their stuff in a Mentor only tournament. This tournament had competing mentors racing on chasses to place their minibots on poles to score. Foster won the QF match and advanced to the semifimals, but was alas disqualified. |
| − | + | Pit breakdown was fast and efficient. We watched some of the elimination part of the tournament. This was truely first class performance. | |
| − | + | After the awards, the team stuck around to help disassemble and pack up the field. We hadn't broken down a field since Hartford. The team worked together, had a great time, and our help was appreciated by our hosts. | |
| − | + | The team (excluding Molly & Kira, who were Arkansas-bound) moved on to Dayton Saturday evening to all ow us an early start at the Air Force Museum. Stopped on the way for a Chinese buffet team dinner where everyone was able to get just what they wanted. | |
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| + | We all visited the National Air Force Museum Sunday morning. Everyone arrived home safe and happy. | ||
==People == | ==People == | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 30 July 2011
21 and 22-July-2011 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, IN. This is our 2nd 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
Twenty one members of Downingtown Area Robotics made the long (but fun) drive to Indianapolis on Thursday. All cars this year kept the same pace and we arrived about 8 PM.
The team arrived at the event on Friday at 7:30 AM sharp and quickly set up for our first matches.
Our experienced driver, Carly, was ill and unable to drive on Friday. As a result, Andrew drove most of our matches this day. It's hard to imagine a tougher place to start driver training. Andrew did a great job, but our lack of experience impacted our ranking. Full accounts of the DEWBOT VII IRI Matches cover the details of who we played with and the results. Siri coached throughout. Sasha & Andrew played all matches, but with shifting roles.
The evening meal was served by the host teams, lasagna and salad with cupcakes (there's a cupcake theme here). After dinner we stayed for the fabulous talent show.
Saturday was our last three qualification matches, which we lost. Carly was back and drove for two of these, but we lost robot communications in both of these matches, so there was not really a lot of driving done. We finished in 58th place overall (of 66) for the event. Disappointing but not surprising.
During the lunch break 1640 mentors Foster Schucker and Mike Rizzo showed their stuff in a Mentor only tournament. This tournament had competing mentors racing on chasses to place their minibots on poles to score. Foster won the QF match and advanced to the semifimals, but was alas disqualified.
Pit breakdown was fast and efficient. We watched some of the elimination part of the tournament. This was truely first class performance.
After the awards, the team stuck around to help disassemble and pack up the field. We hadn't broken down a field since Hartford. The team worked together, had a great time, and our help was appreciated by our hosts.
The team (excluding Molly & Kira, who were Arkansas-bound) moved on to Dayton Saturday evening to all ow us an early start at the Air Force Museum. Stopped on the way for a Chinese buffet team dinner where everyone was able to get just what they wanted.
We all visited the National Air Force Museum Sunday morning. Everyone arrived home safe and happy.
People
There were 26 of us that went to IRI, some people wrote trip reports and they can be found on the DEWBOT VII IRI Trip Reports page (or click their names below).
Roboteers
- Andrew - Driver / Arm Operator / Strategy / Mechanical Pit Crew
- Sasha - Arm Operator / Driver / Strategy / Mechanical Pit Crew
- Carly - Driver / Strategy
- Doug - Human Player / Mechanical Pit Crew
- Molly - Pit Captain
- Nicole - Scouting Lead
- Michael M - Lead Pit Programmer
- DJ - Pit Programmer
- Ben B - Scouting
- Ian - Scouting
- Kira - Scouting
- Jack - Scouting
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 / Car Driver
- Rizzo - Referee / Mentor Match Contestant & Van Driver
- Siri - Coach / Strategy / Mechanical Pit Crew
- Julie C - Head Programming Mentor
- Paul - Programming Adviser
Parents & Family
- Ruth Morganto
- Ben Kellom
- Ellen Kellom - NEMO Meeting
- David Moyer
- Gillian
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