Author: FIX IT
Australia FIRST: Day 1
Lots of highs and lows today.
FTC Australia Competition: Day 0
The team spend some time checking out our robot, Larry. He traveled fairly well, but there were a few things to do.
Then we had some time to explore Sydney. Here’s a picture of the team representatives—Jack, Helen, and Duncan—with the Opera House in the background.
Tonight we’re practising for the judging, and then it’s early to bed. The tournament starts at 8am tomorrow morning!
Team develops image-processing software for the robot
On the software side, Guy and Alec have been busy this summer researching various projects. The first of these is a Java-based image processing library which allows the robot to recognize its surroundings using a cellphone camera.
Team off to FIRST® Tech Challenge Asia-Pacific Tournament
FIX IT, Team 3491, is going to FIRST® Tech Challenge Asia-Pacific Tournament in Sydney Australia on July 12–14!
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Day 5
The first event at World’s on Saturday was Alliance selection. We didn’t make it into an alliance. Jack did a great job as our mascot for the dance, then we watched the finals and the awards.
Day 4
On Friday we started out well. Everything worked properly and our partner scored in the centre goal. We got our high score for the season of 694 points but still lost the match. In our next match an opposing robot crashed into us at a high speed and broke our ball collection system. Our last match went better and we won.
FTC Championship: Day 3
On Thursday we played three matches. In the first match the scissor lift wire came undone and therefore we could not actually score balls. In our second match the robot finally worked properly. We scored in the medium goal in autonomous and scored more in the medium goal later in tele-op and filled the centre goal in end game. Although we did well we still lost the match. In our last match of the day, our autonomous program didn’t work, but we still won the match.
Tonight we had dinner with the teams from the Pacific Northwest, went to the FIRST Opening Ceremonies, and cheered for Katie and Duncan at the Dean’s List Ceremony
World Championship: Day 2
Worlds was very impressive. There were 128 pits where teams could work on their robot and decorate the space showing their team and country. Some pits had very elaborate décor.
FTC World Championship: Day 1
The FIX IT team was invited to join other international teams at the Public Library.