We had our first robotics competition of the season this last weekend. We were concerned going into this competition that we would not have a good robot. We had to redesign a few of the major parts with only a week left to go. The first few matches were about our drive team figuring out the robot and what we could do well. We had a few rough matches at the beginning but seemed to find our stride. Our average score started going up and continued going up all of the way through the competition.
We were selected by the second place team as a partner. We went on to score every point for our alliance over the next two matches. It is tough to play one on three and still expect to win. We made it close but could not out score the other alliance by ourselves. We did get close and we only missed moving on to the next round by about 4 points.
We had a great time and got to help other teams along the way. We gave two of our students to another team that would not have gotten to play without them. We also had the chance to rewrite their software and help them compete. That is what this whole thing is about. This is why I give so much of my time, joyfully, to this program. We have another competition in two weeks. Look out Indiana we are heading your way with a banner in our sights.
William was with his mother this weekend. He really wanted to get to go see the robots compete. He will miss the next competition as well but should be there for the last one. He has been a big helper and has become part of the team this year. He is willing to give ideas on how to make the robot better and has had some great ideas along the way. I am still proud to see him walk out in front of high school age kids and tell them his ideas. I am also glad that they treat him with respect and make him feel Okay to give those opinions with out fear.
I hope that I can inspire a few of the kids on the team to become engineers but mostly I want to inspire William to reach for the stars and find a way to make them better,
His Loving Dad
We were selected by the second place team as a partner. We went on to score every point for our alliance over the next two matches. It is tough to play one on three and still expect to win. We made it close but could not out score the other alliance by ourselves. We did get close and we only missed moving on to the next round by about 4 points.
We had a great time and got to help other teams along the way. We gave two of our students to another team that would not have gotten to play without them. We also had the chance to rewrite their software and help them compete. That is what this whole thing is about. This is why I give so much of my time, joyfully, to this program. We have another competition in two weeks. Look out Indiana we are heading your way with a banner in our sights.
William was with his mother this weekend. He really wanted to get to go see the robots compete. He will miss the next competition as well but should be there for the last one. He has been a big helper and has become part of the team this year. He is willing to give ideas on how to make the robot better and has had some great ideas along the way. I am still proud to see him walk out in front of high school age kids and tell them his ideas. I am also glad that they treat him with respect and make him feel Okay to give those opinions with out fear.
I hope that I can inspire a few of the kids on the team to become engineers but mostly I want to inspire William to reach for the stars and find a way to make them better,
His Loving Dad
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