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.
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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.
Livestreaming from Championship now available
The livestreaming link is: http://livestream.com/accounts/13199388/FTC-Edison (our team is in the Edison division)—we will email around a more detailed schedule of our matches tomorrow. We will have matches tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
One of the tournament sponsors is SpaceX—we’re looking forward to visiting their display booth.
Vic42.com promotes the team
Meet FIX IT 3491 The First Island eXperts In Technology. Team members Guy, Alec, Helen, and Duncan recently won the Canadian Championships. They are the only team in BC and one of only two attending in their age category who will represent Canada in St. Louis at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science/Technology) World Championships for Robotics.
Duncan makes FTC Dean’s List Finalist
Congratulations Duncan on becoming an FTC Dean’s List Award Finalist! You have been recognized as one of the best and brightest talent in the FIRST community and you should be proud of this accomplishment!
All Dean’s List Finalists are invited to celebrations at the upcoming World Championship in St. Louis!
FIX IT given guest spot at GottaCon 2015
The FIX IT team was given a guest spot at GottaCon, a Gaming Convention held at the Crystal Gardens in downtown Victoria. There was a simple game using Block Party Blocks, a ramp and a “rough” which was green bumpy plastic. Two, small Omni-wheeled robots were available for people to try out. Points were awarded for getting the blocks to a scoring zone.
WA State Championships 2015
The Washington State FTC Championships were held at the ShoWare Center. Thank you to the City of Kent for donating the space. It was an amazing venue for the State Championships!