It All Comes To An End...

Dallas was a lot of fun, although we did not do as good as we hoped. The robot suffered from damages from the plane ride to Texas. It seemed as though once one problem was solved 5 more would appear. We still had a lot of fun and made a lot of new friends.

The new Vex game was released after the competition, so we are excited. We now have something to look forward to this summer. For some of us however, this may be the last competition we attend. Us seniors will try to pop in from time to time. Some of us have decided to try and create a robotics team at the college we are going to attend. Those of us who are a bit closer to home will still be there. Every. Single. Day.

As the co-captain joining the robotics team was probably the best decision I have ever made. I had the opportunity to meet so many new people and learn more about engineering. I think I speak for all of the seniors who were a part of this when I say, I'm going to miss this.

Ready? Set. Go!

Next week is what we have been waiting for, basically all year. The VEX World Championship in
Dallas, Texas. So for the next 5 days we will be programming and practicing. Today we managed to score in 2 goals during autonomous mode. (Yay!) Tomorrow we will continue with programming and driving. There seems to be so many things that we have to do right now. Programming, packing,creating a bill of materials, and more. So many things to do in so little time.

Even though we are all excited to be able to go to Dallas, we will stay focus. We will do the beat that we possibly can while there and hope for the best.

Atlantic Coast Vex Competition

For the last three days the RoboDoves have been participating in the Atlantic Coast Vex Championship. After all was said and done, we ended up ranked in 5th place and going all the way to the semi-finals. We were apart of a really great alliance, teams 1078 and 1894. It was a pleasure working with you guys and congratulations to team 1078 for the award they received today.

We are very glad that we had the chance to hang out with team 1078 before they returned to Sweden. We had a lot of fun and we hope to see 1078 in future VEX competitions.

Team 2528 at the Chesapeake Regionals

We Turn A New Leaf

Congratulations to all the alliance members of team 2528. It was a pleasure getting to know on the field, and in some cases, off the field.

It is just so very shocking as to how everything just went downhill in our last two matches. But what is very more disappointing, is that other teams did not think of considering how awesome the RoboDoves are. But when all's lost, we will still get up and fly.

Today we will turn a new leaf and move forward. We realize that building an outstanding robot, creating unique programs in autonomous, and putting forward a committed and exceptional drive team is not enough. We also have to play the politics. So we will be big. Watch us become what we strive to be. But let it be known that there is no negativity in our committment to be better. Together with other FIRST teams we will work hard in giving back to the community, advocating for legislation in recognition of robotics, recruiting new members, and many, many more possibilities. Together we'll think beyond the horizon!

Before I go, I must extend congratulations to the champions. Enjoy the plane ride to Atlanta, and kick butt for Maryland!

2 More Qualifications to go

The heat is on. Top 20 teams are already strategizing about what to do, how to play, whom they should pick should they be, or become seated teams. As for the RoboDoves, there is some room for improvement that might land us in a seated position. Either way, the chance of us playing is decent enough. (:)

Last night the RoboDoves attended team 75's mixer at the Westin Hotel . It was very live and exciting. We had a very good time with the teams we met there. Among them were team 303, who we totally adore for being such lunatics for FIRST.

Of course we talked to teams about forming alliances. Yes, we mean business. Above all, we were pretty impressed that teams defferred to us. They tried to sell themselves to us since the RoboDoves are in a very good positioon, as what we would do in the same position as they.

With good strategy, and enthusiasm to succeed above all, let's keep our fingers crossed that we win both matches.

I must say that if we are or become seated alliances that the most important thing we look for in a team, is there dedication to commmunicate and support.

Finally, congratulations to all the teams that won awards yesterday. Next year, we hope that our own mentors, Trevor Lewis, Paul Atkinson and Ron Karpinski, receive awards for being outstanding in managing, mentoring, and projecting our team into the right direction.

on the eve of Lunacy at the Chesapeake Regionals

Awesome FRC Drive Team

"Looneys!"

check out our new sweatshirts and the cool new logo.

bad huh?

(This photo was taken on the eve of the Chesapeake Regionals in Annapolis)