DEWBOT VI Indiana Robotics Invitational
16 and 17-July-2010 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, IN. This is the first year we've been accepted into the Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI)! IRI is the largest and most selective of all off-season competitions and is even larger than any FIRST Regional, with over 80 teams in attendance. Check out the event website. Also, DEWBOT made the Indianapolis paper!
VEX at IRI
We were invited to come play Swept Away the classroom / TSA version of Clean Sweep at IRI. The rules are similar, but it's on a 8 x 8' field and there is a limit of the parts the robot can have.
Jack and Foster built a robot 2 weeks before the event, borrowing ideas from past robots (the shoulder and slide extension) and a football basket Foster had seen at the TSA National Championships. Jack then spent a few hours honing his drive skills before heading west.
The practice paid off. Representing Team 1640 (sab-BOT-age) Jack took the event with 11 wins 0 losses. "Chris is me" from FRC 2791 Shaker Robotics took second place.
Jack did very well driving the wheels off the robot to make an unblemished win streak and to score 49 points (out of a max of 60) in a single match.
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
- Alex - Stands Cheering / Scouting
- Andrew - Human Player / Mechanical Pit Crew / Scouting
- Ben - Programming Pit Crew
- Carly - Driver / Strategy / Mentor Match Coach
- Doug - Pit Captain
- Jen - Scouting / Head Cheerleader / Videographer
- Jack - VEX Driver & Mechanic
- Matt - Mechanical Pit Crew
- Nicole - Scouting / Stands Cheering
- Sasha - Operator / Mechanical Pit / Safety Captain
- Tony - Stands Cheering
Mentors
- Clem - Head Mentor / Pit Manager / Coach / Photographer / Scouting / Strategy / Mentor Match Driver, Operator & Alliance Captain / Van Driver
- Faith - Tour Manager / Mentor Match Human Player / Photographer / NEMO Meeting / Van Driver
- Foster - VEX Event / Mentor Match Human Player / Photographer / Programming Pit / NEMO Meeting / Van Driver
- John - Mechanical Pit
- Heather - Mechanical Pit Crew / Scouting
- Rita - Mentor Match Human Player / Team Dinner Planning / Logistics / NEMO Meeting / Van Driver
- Rizzo - Referee / Mentor Match Human Player & Driver
- Siri - Scout Team Management / Coach / Strategy / Pit Manager / Mentor Match Operator & Driver / Videographer / NEMO Meeting
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