The FIX IT team will be at the DAO Summer Star party this coming Saturday August 8th at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (formerly The Centre of the Universe) at 5071 West Saanich Rd. We will have a small display as well as a “Mars Rover” of our own construction to drive around, which has a drill on the front as well a grabber.
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We were quarter-finalists in Australia—ranked 9th out of 32 overall—and won the Think Award for the “Team that best reflects the journey the team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season”.
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Monday was a good day. Our team had lots of fun and won 6/8 matches. We’re ranked 5th!
Here is the schedule of matches for Monday and Tuesday, Australia time, with respective BC Times:
Alec and Guy have been working on the robot for the demonstration at the Prototype Equipment Design demonstration later this month (July 24).
Lots of highs and lows today.
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!
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.
FIX IT, Team 3491, is going to FIRST® Tech Challenge Asia-Pacific Tournament in Sydney Australia on July 12–14!
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