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 LIVE UPDATES FROM ROCHESTER
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To view the updates from other days, please use these links:
Day One (Wednesday)
Day Two (Thursday)
Day Three (Friday)
Day Four (Saturday)
Day Five (Sunday)
Friday, March 9th, 2007
9:43PM - The team is back from the mall! It was a LONG visit. Needless to say, we got in some shopping =) A few of us just went swimming, but we're mostly just TIRED! Here are some pictures from us celebrating our award win AND raiding the mall:
All smiles! =D
Andre and Amanda with the award!
THE TEAM! YAY!
A typical mirror picture in Hollister with Amanda, Andre, Piper.
Andre in Zumiez glasses!
Quinn, Dante, and Ben playing some Tony Hawk in the Zumiez store.
Piper and Andre being awesome.
Starbucks kiosk! With Adam, Amber, and Andre.
Piper wants to be a firewoman!
Amber wants to be a racecar driver!
Richard's truck was too small...
Piper and Andre again, going for the emo poses!
Amber, reppin' all her homies!
Piper holding up the world while being albino!
5:53PM - We're leaving for the mall, farewell!
5:13PM - We're back at the hotel, leaving for the mall at 6PM sharp!
4:32PM - The Regional Woodie Flowers Award (for mentors) goes to... Dr.Edward Hensel of Team 578, Blue Lightning! Thanks to all out mentors, we need you guys!
4:30PM - The Website Award is presented to... =( Team 340, Greater Rochester Robotics. But, for you guys, I'll keep updating even though we didn't win!
4:29PM - The Judges Award goes to team 1567, The Shock-a-bots! Awesome!
4:26PM - The Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers Entrepreneurialship Award (we won this one last year) is presented to...TEAM 772, THE SABRE BYTES!! I will embed a video of this and pictures as soon as possible! Congratulations team! Special congrats to Andre Capaldi, Amanda Iarusso, and Adam Bulkiewicz. We're so proud! =)
4:24PM - The Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award goes to Team 639, Code Red Robotics! Good job!
4:21PM - The Xerox Creativity Award is presented to Team 229, Division by Zero!
4:19PM - The Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award goes to Team 1126, Sparx! Great job, especially with autonomous!
4:17PM - The Imagery Award is presented to Team 1930, Delta Force! They achieved this award due to their "Alice in Wonderland" theme, very creative!
4:14PM - The Autodesk Visualization Award goes to Team 250, The Dynamos! Congratulations!
4:13PM - TEAM AWARDS for the first day start here and go upwards chronologically (obviously).
4:07PM - Two volunteer awards are presented! One to Mr. Albert J. and Mrs. Carolie Simone for bringing Dean Kamen to Finger Lakes and making this Regional happen. Also, Volunteer of the Year goes to Virginia Cornyn for her continued support.
4:06PM - Special thanks to the mentors! *stand up and cheer for GM!*
3:56PM - Our MC Emery Wang thanks all that sponsors and volunteers!
3:55PM - A speech about getting FIRST programs into schools is being delivered.
3:46PM - We lost our last match, but with a valiant effort! We managed to knock ringers out of multiple robot's grasps. Chuck's platform unfortunately malfunctioned.
3:13PM - We won another match with Joe as our new driver! Special thanks to Chuck 84 for picking us up ;) Here are some more action pictures, as requested:
The boys getting ready to drive!
Dumbo blocking!
Getting up on Chuck 84!!!
Packing up.
Still packing up...
The Canadian Flag that we were waving got some attention!
... and so did AMANDA!
The team packing up on screen and off (below). Cool, eh?!
Final score! WHAT NOW?! =)
2:25PM - I had a few spare minutes, so here are some MORE pictures! You better be enjoying these!
We got on another team's ramp!
The line-up!
The jump in after autonomous.
Another view of the stadium.
Andre + RIT backdrop = awesome.
Piper + RIT backdrop = rad.
The trio! Amanda, Andre, Piper.
2:22PM - We lost our last match by 4 little points! We're getting much better, though. Adam says we're 1/16th of an inch too tall, though!
2:08PM - We're up again!
1:38PM - WE WON AGAIN! 94 -2! GO BLUEEE! GO JOE! =D Our next match is at 2:17PM. We were in 22nd place before this win, we're moving up (we were 29 earlier)! Here are some pictures from the matches:
Adam setting up the controls.
John (GM!!!) and Ian setting Dumbo down.
Dumbo itching to go!
Waiting for the autonomous period to be over.
TEAM WORK!
It's VICTORY!
Adam bringing in the cart.
Packing up with SMILES!
ROLL OUT!
1:19PM - This just in! WE WON!!! Joseph's defensive driving (awesome, by the way) got us a 19 - 4 victory with our alliance! I'm uploading pictures as I type, expect them quite soon!
1:09PM - As promised, here are the pictures from our dance party! We're up RIGHT NOW!
We draw a crowd sometimes!
Try to guess which dance we're doing in each picture:
There will be videos later on, too.
12:49PM - So a giant dance party just took place! It started with the Casper Slide, went into The Hustle, Cotton-Eyed Joe, The Macarena, some Jock Jams, and now it's the Eye of The Tiger (Erbas is excited). Pictures of this madness will be posted in just a few minutes! We are in line for our next match, as well, where Joseph will again be driving.
12:27PM - I apologize for all the depressing updates that were previously posted! The team is pulling out of that rough patch. In our last match, Joseph Mancini was our driver! As a grade nine at his first competition having never driven this robot, the entire team is extremely impressed with his performance. Though we lost (having no ramps or arm), it was a great accomplishment for Joseph and we're all very proud!
10:22AM - A defensive as we were, we still lost 14-10. We need those ramps!
10:18AM - We're back up! I'm going to go cheer.
10:12AM - We had our first match a while ago... with a small issue; no robot on the field! Not only is Dumbo's arm too big, but his ramps are too long, so the robot's been stripped. Unfortunately, we're going to be strictly defensive for a while. We also had a safety issue with the electrical board. We'll keep you posted.
9:27AM - Cadets are coming out for the national anthems. Canada's was sung FIRST!
9:25AM - Also thank the sponsors that provide the RIT Fieldhouse for us.
9:24AM - ... please thank all the volunteers for making this possible! =)
9:22AM - Last year's winning safety video from Team 375 is being shown.
9:21AM - Here's the GEC video about penalties, "The Yellow Flag Policy".
9:20AM - We're now meeting the referees... they're in black and white stripes, P.S.
9:16AM - The "Rack 'n' Roll" video is playing, I think I almost have it memorized word for word.
9:12AM - The judges are getting introduced to us. They're the ones in blue.
9:06AM - A doctor from RIT is now welcoming us!
9:05AM - Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers are in a video telling us to go for a personal best in Gracious Professionalism.
9:04AM - The classic FIRST intro video is playing now.
9:02AM - The Opening Ceremonies are starting!
To view the updates from other days, please use these links:
Day One (Wednesday)
Day Two (Thursday)
Day Three (Friday)
Day Four (Saturday)
Day Five (Sunday)
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