Good Morning Teams,
If you’ve emailed anyone at FIRST in the past few days and they haven’t emailed you back, don’t take it personally. We are not deliberately ignoring you. Our email server crashed late last week and IT is rebuilding the system. Incoming emails are being queued and will eventually reach us, but we can’t access them right now. Once IT gets the system back on line, I expect an avalanche of messages, so there will probably be an additional delay as staff work their way through the backlog.
Having covered FRC Live in my last three blogs, I want to conclude my coverage of Championship by saying THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the event a success. It’s a daunting task to try and list the volunteers, team members, sponsors and VIPs who contributed time, talent, products, services, and know how. Thank you all for everything you did to make this Championship event the best ever. I can’t wait to see you next year in St Louis. The good news is, I don’t have to wait to see St Louis. I’m flying out next week for a planning session.
I’ve heard two stories that illustrate how FRC team members embodied gracious professionalism at Championship. Team 1305 recognized an FRC team trailer in an unexpected location in Atlanta. They then went out of their way to report it to local police and to lead members of team 1730 to recover it. Members from FRC team 1764 found an abandoned backpack in the CNN Center containing several cameras and put their deductive reasoning skills to work to track down team 341 and return the equipment.
Looking back on the 2010 season, I’m happy to report that teams attending Regional FRC events had an average of 9.9 qualification matches up from an average of 8.3 in 2009. Earlier start times, slightly longer days and lots of hard work by event volunteers all culminated in more plays.
Best Website electronic awards & evaluator comments have been sent out to the email address provided by teams when they submitted for the award. If you haven’t received yours, send an email to FRCTEams@usfirst.org Once we get email back on line, we’ll be in touch.
255 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
FRC Live – The Robot Ship Show
Good Morning Teams,
Friday morning at Championship, with the help of Jinnel Robinson, Operations Coordinator & Resident Shipping Guru, I hosted FRC Live – The Robot Ship Show. I was called away part way through, but here’s what was covered:
Every year FedEx makes a very generous donation of a specific dollar amount worth of FedEx shipping. As the number of FRC teams grows and transportation costs go up, that dollar amount gets chewed up more and more rapidly every year. When the FedEx donation runs out, FRC has to find the funds to pay the difference. In 2009 we ran out of free shipping just before robots were shipped to Championship. This year, even with teams being more aware of their crate weights and being more careful with their shipping documents, we ran out of free shipping during week five. My thanks to the teams who tried to make the donation last as long as possible.
For those of you who don’t know this, robots are not shipped directly to the event venues. FedEx picks up your robot and ships it to a drayage site where it is stored securely until the event venue is ready. Venues are often booked for other events during the weeks before our competitions and don’t have room to accept receipt of our robots in advance. Shepard Exposition Services (SES) transports robot crates from drayage to the event and back again. Without both the help of FedEx and SES we would face a lot more challenges. My thanks to teams who do what they can to make FedEx and SES’s jobs easier.
As you know, FRC piloted a Bag & Tag robot transportation program this year. Jinnel and I asked for feedback from the crowd. Overall, the response was positive. It sounds like teams liked the Bag & Tag process. Bag & Tag seemed to work particularly well for Canadian teams who went to multiple local bag & tag events. Watch for the FRC team survey, where we’ll give all teams a chance to weigh in on this issue.
Jinnel thanked teams who read section 4 of the manual. There’s a lot of detail in there. For instance, some teams pay extra to ship a tool crate in addition to their robot crate. Pit administration volunteers check during set up to make sure each pit has a crate and call FedEx if any crates are missing. Pit Admin doesn’t know how many crates your team shipped and might confuse a tool crate for a robot crate if it isn’t clearly marked. Team 100 (see photo) is a good example of how to do this right. This year all the robot crates made it to the Championship pit before the doors opened Wednesday night.
Jinnel also asked for feedback on new ways to communicate the robot shipping process to teams. We are interested in your input about how to make robot shipping easier to understand, so drop us an email at FRCTeams@usfirst.org to let us know what worked or didn’t work well this year.
International teams face special problems when trying to ship robots to North American events. Carla Proulx will be working with FedEx Express and SES this summer to streamline the process.
In closing, once the FedEx donation runs out each year, the remaining expense for shipping robots comes out of team registration fees. Please help us make the donation stretch as far as possible by watching your crate weight and completing your shipping documents carefully.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
257 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Friday morning at Championship, with the help of Jinnel Robinson, Operations Coordinator & Resident Shipping Guru, I hosted FRC Live – The Robot Ship Show. I was called away part way through, but here’s what was covered:
Every year FedEx makes a very generous donation of a specific dollar amount worth of FedEx shipping. As the number of FRC teams grows and transportation costs go up, that dollar amount gets chewed up more and more rapidly every year. When the FedEx donation runs out, FRC has to find the funds to pay the difference. In 2009 we ran out of free shipping just before robots were shipped to Championship. This year, even with teams being more aware of their crate weights and being more careful with their shipping documents, we ran out of free shipping during week five. My thanks to the teams who tried to make the donation last as long as possible.
For those of you who don’t know this, robots are not shipped directly to the event venues. FedEx picks up your robot and ships it to a drayage site where it is stored securely until the event venue is ready. Venues are often booked for other events during the weeks before our competitions and don’t have room to accept receipt of our robots in advance. Shepard Exposition Services (SES) transports robot crates from drayage to the event and back again. Without both the help of FedEx and SES we would face a lot more challenges. My thanks to teams who do what they can to make FedEx and SES’s jobs easier.
Jinnel thanked teams who read section 4 of the manual. There’s a lot of detail in there. For instance, some teams pay extra to ship a tool crate in addition to their robot crate. Pit administration volunteers check during set up to make sure each pit has a crate and call FedEx if any crates are missing. Pit Admin doesn’t know how many crates your team shipped and might confuse a tool crate for a robot crate if it isn’t clearly marked. Team 100 (see photo) is a good example of how to do this right. This year all the robot crates made it to the Championship pit before the doors opened Wednesday night.
Jinnel also asked for feedback on new ways to communicate the robot shipping process to teams. We are interested in your input about how to make robot shipping easier to understand, so drop us an email at FRCTeams@usfirst.org to let us know what worked or didn’t work well this year.
International teams face special problems when trying to ship robots to North American events. Carla Proulx will be working with FedEx Express and SES this summer to streamline the process.
In closing, once the FedEx donation runs out each year, the remaining expense for shipping robots comes out of team registration fees. Please help us make the donation stretch as far as possible by watching your crate weight and completing your shipping documents carefully.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
257 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Friday, April 23, 2010
FRC Live – Upcoming Technologies, What’s on the Horizon
Good Morning Teams,
Thursday afternoon at Championship, with the help of Kate Pilotte, Kit of Parts (KOP) Engineer, I hosted FRC Live – Upcoming Technologies, What’s on the Horizon. Here’s what we talked about:
Introducing Kate took a few minutes because she is the entire Kit of Parts organization at FIRST. She is in charge of:
Kate and I briefly showed the FRC Technology Roadmap that currently extends past 2013. The plan we have here at FIRST for the future of FRC includes software, controls, sensors, manipulators, drive train and power among many other things. I explained to the crowd that we can’t be too specific about the details of our Roadmap in public forums because that would weaken our bargaining power with suppliers. Plus, we don’t want to leak information on future games and we know there are other organizations that would love to copy our success, if only they knew how we do it.
Kate described the juggling act she performs every year as she tries to balance donated, discounted and full price items to create a cohesive kit while still staying on budget. Kate has to order parts far enough in advance to ensure they are manufactured in time and still be flexible if the GDC changes their minds. Sometimes we just can’t get what we want. Kate tried to find brushless motors for the 2010 game, but wasn’t able to find the right voltage for a decent price so we had to do without.
Kate’s job gets bigger every year as more FRC teams come onboard. Once the items for the Kit of Parts arrive at our warehouse, Kate has to ensure they are repackaged into team kits. The warehouse staff set up a ‘sea’ of red and blue totes in December and spend days working their way up and down the rows placing one sensor panel then two magnetic encoders then four 40 amp circuit breakers then 8 wheel bearings in each. When the rookie kits are done, Kate and her helpers have to set up the wave after wave of veteran kits and repeat the process.
A huge hit to the kit of parts budget every year is shipping. FRC not only pays to have kit components shipped to our warehouse for kitting, we also pay to ship the kits to kickoffs. Yes, once upon a time, FedEx donated KOP shipping, but as FRC grew, FedEx limited their donation to robot shipping and FRC took on the cost of shipping kits ourselves.
As FRC continues to grow, the KOP process and budget will be stretched to the limit so we’re taking another look at the process in hopes of making FRC scalable. In the near future, we plan to continue to recycle some KOP components in 2011. If anything significant changes, I’ll let you know.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
262 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Thursday afternoon at Championship, with the help of Kate Pilotte, Kit of Parts (KOP) Engineer, I hosted FRC Live – Upcoming Technologies, What’s on the Horizon. Here’s what we talked about:
Introducing Kate took a few minutes because she is the entire Kit of Parts organization at FIRST. She is in charge of:
- Supplier selection
- Acquisition of Kit of Part components
- Transportation of components to our warehouse
- Storage
- Kitting (turning the piles of kit of part components into individual team kits)
- New technologies
- Supplier Showcase at Championship
- Donation management
- Supplier recognition
- Missing parts follow up
- Team kit of parts survey
- Supplier Summit
Kate and I briefly showed the FRC Technology Roadmap that currently extends past 2013. The plan we have here at FIRST for the future of FRC includes software, controls, sensors, manipulators, drive train and power among many other things. I explained to the crowd that we can’t be too specific about the details of our Roadmap in public forums because that would weaken our bargaining power with suppliers. Plus, we don’t want to leak information on future games and we know there are other organizations that would love to copy our success, if only they knew how we do it.
Kate described the juggling act she performs every year as she tries to balance donated, discounted and full price items to create a cohesive kit while still staying on budget. Kate has to order parts far enough in advance to ensure they are manufactured in time and still be flexible if the GDC changes their minds. Sometimes we just can’t get what we want. Kate tried to find brushless motors for the 2010 game, but wasn’t able to find the right voltage for a decent price so we had to do without.
Kate’s job gets bigger every year as more FRC teams come onboard. Once the items for the Kit of Parts arrive at our warehouse, Kate has to ensure they are repackaged into team kits. The warehouse staff set up a ‘sea’ of red and blue totes in December and spend days working their way up and down the rows placing one sensor panel then two magnetic encoders then four 40 amp circuit breakers then 8 wheel bearings in each. When the rookie kits are done, Kate and her helpers have to set up the wave after wave of veteran kits and repeat the process.
A huge hit to the kit of parts budget every year is shipping. FRC not only pays to have kit components shipped to our warehouse for kitting, we also pay to ship the kits to kickoffs. Yes, once upon a time, FedEx donated KOP shipping, but as FRC grew, FedEx limited their donation to robot shipping and FRC took on the cost of shipping kits ourselves.
As FRC continues to grow, the KOP process and budget will be stretched to the limit so we’re taking another look at the process in hopes of making FRC scalable. In the near future, we plan to continue to recycle some KOP components in 2011. If anything significant changes, I’ll let you know.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
262 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Time Lapse Video of Dome Set up
Good Afternoon Teams,
I just learned about this time lapse video of Dome set up at Championship. It was created by Sargent Production Services Inc (they handle AV services at Championship, Kickoff and other FRC Regional events). You'll need quick time to play it.
My thanks to Steve and his great team for all their hard work this season.
263 days to Kickoff
See you then!
I just learned about this time lapse video of Dome set up at Championship. It was created by Sargent Production Services Inc (they handle AV services at Championship, Kickoff and other FRC Regional events). You'll need quick time to play it.
My thanks to Steve and his great team for all their hard work this season.
263 days to Kickoff
See you then!
FRC Live – The History of Breakaway
Good Morning Teams,
Thursday Morning at Championship, with the help of Kate Pilotte Kit of Parts Engineer, I hosted FRC Live – The History of BREAKAWAY & What’s Next for the GDC. Here’s what we talked about:
The idea for BREAKAWAY was first suggested by Woodie in 2008. We played around with the concept for a while calling it Bumpy Soccer, but felt soccer alone was a little too two dimensional. We eventually went with Overdrive instead. But good ideas never die, so Bumpy Soccer was reintroduced at the GDC meeting in January of 2009. During development we added hanging and ball return and BREAKAWAY was born.
The GDC starts work on the next game the minute the current game is announced at Kickoff. Yes, that’s correct, as the GDC is answering team questions about the rules for the current season, they’re developing the concept, scoring and rules for the next season. We hold a GDC meeting every year at Championship to discuss lessons learned during the current season then we move forward onto the new season already under discussion.
The Current GDC consists of myself and:
The goal of the GDC is to make games exciting and challenging enough for veteran teams while still ensuring rookie and under served teams are able to participate fully. This isn’t an easy thing to accomplish. Teams at FRC Live Thursday morning asked about the issues surrounding point allocation for autonomous mode this year and this is a good example of the difficulties we face. We keep trying, but we don’t always get it right. That’s why it is so important for teams to participate in the FRC Question and Answer forums and to read every team update during the season. We fix what we can as we learn how teams are interpreting the game.
I asked for input from teams who were present and once we find the box of suggestions (it’s packed in one of the six trucks I mentioned on Wednesday), I’ll have someone start compiling the ideas so I can share them with the GDC.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
263 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Thursday Morning at Championship, with the help of Kate Pilotte Kit of Parts Engineer, I hosted FRC Live – The History of BREAKAWAY & What’s Next for the GDC. Here’s what we talked about:
The idea for BREAKAWAY was first suggested by Woodie in 2008. We played around with the concept for a while calling it Bumpy Soccer, but felt soccer alone was a little too two dimensional. We eventually went with Overdrive instead. But good ideas never die, so Bumpy Soccer was reintroduced at the GDC meeting in January of 2009. During development we added hanging and ball return and BREAKAWAY was born.
The GDC starts work on the next game the minute the current game is announced at Kickoff. Yes, that’s correct, as the GDC is answering team questions about the rules for the current season, they’re developing the concept, scoring and rules for the next season. We hold a GDC meeting every year at Championship to discuss lessons learned during the current season then we move forward onto the new season already under discussion.
The Current GDC consists of myself and:
- Dean Kamen
- Woodie Flowers
- Dave Lavery
- Vince Wilczynski
- Kate Pilotte
- Aidan Browne
- Jeremy Roberts
- Calum Pearson
- Paul Lazarus
The goal of the GDC is to make games exciting and challenging enough for veteran teams while still ensuring rookie and under served teams are able to participate fully. This isn’t an easy thing to accomplish. Teams at FRC Live Thursday morning asked about the issues surrounding point allocation for autonomous mode this year and this is a good example of the difficulties we face. We keep trying, but we don’t always get it right. That’s why it is so important for teams to participate in the FRC Question and Answer forums and to read every team update during the season. We fix what we can as we learn how teams are interpreting the game.
I asked for input from teams who were present and once we find the box of suggestions (it’s packed in one of the six trucks I mentioned on Wednesday), I’ll have someone start compiling the ideas so I can share them with the GDC.
I hope to see you at FRC Live next year.
263 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
We’re back, but only just
Good Afternoon Teams,
The last truck left the GWCC dome Saturday night at 11:30PM and the staff flew home Sunday morning. We managed to fit 7 FRC fields plus all the pit administration, FLL & FTC equipment into six very tightly packed tractor trailer trucks. Now that the FRC staff is straggling back into the office, we have to unload those trucks, clean, groom and in some cases re-weld the fields, then get everything ready for the 2011 season. Believe it or not, Kickoff is just 9 months away.
My thanks again to the NASA Machine Shop Heroes. These NASA machinists give up their weekends to support FRC teams at the Regional and Championship level and rarely get to leave their trailers to come see the action. We presented the machinists below with certificates during FRC Live. (not all of them were present)
The Game Design Committee is already planning for 2011. We met in the VIP lounge in the Dome at 7PM Saturday to toss around a few ideas. The little sandwiches and mini crab cakes were a big hit. We’ll be teleconferencing in May and plan to start on-site meetings in June.
If you haven’t had enough BREAKAWAY, remember you can ‘borrow’ a field and host your own off season event. Details are available here. A list of already scheduled off season events is available here. If your off season event is missing from the list, drop FRCTeams@usfirst.org a line and we’ll add you. The first off season field has already left the building.
Tomorrow, I’ll let you know what we talked about at FRC live.
264 days to Kickoff
See you then!
The last truck left the GWCC dome Saturday night at 11:30PM and the staff flew home Sunday morning. We managed to fit 7 FRC fields plus all the pit administration, FLL & FTC equipment into six very tightly packed tractor trailer trucks. Now that the FRC staff is straggling back into the office, we have to unload those trucks, clean, groom and in some cases re-weld the fields, then get everything ready for the 2011 season. Believe it or not, Kickoff is just 9 months away.
My thanks again to the NASA Machine Shop Heroes. These NASA machinists give up their weekends to support FRC teams at the Regional and Championship level and rarely get to leave their trailers to come see the action. We presented the machinists below with certificates during FRC Live. (not all of them were present)
- John Pokatello = 13 years
- George Readus = 12 years
- James Freel =11 years
- Larry Oberle = 10 years
- Bob Everett & Gil Romero = 7 years
- Tom Gilbertson = 6 years
- Alex Valdez, Clay Connell, Nathan Howard & Veronica Gonzales= 5 years
- Rob Thate, Dale Green, Glen Beech, Ron Fellers & Ronnie Bruce= 4 years
- Don McGuinn, Larry Hambley, Felix Noreiga & Keats Pullen = 3 years
- Gerald Watson, Bobby Iven, Clark Turos & Tim Ubienski = 2 years
- Kevin Jurich, Andre Paseur, Bruce Bowers, Curtis Bahr, Frank Gaspare, Karen Kelley, Ronnie Renfroe, Shane Brooke & Solomon Laditi= 1 year
- Jim Dumoulin - Lead and Design
- Eugene Stoccardo - Installation and Network Backup
- Rebecca Witt - Webcasting/Encoding
- Trung Nguyen - Phones / Webcast Backup
- Isaac Hutson - New Co-op / General support
The Game Design Committee is already planning for 2011. We met in the VIP lounge in the Dome at 7PM Saturday to toss around a few ideas. The little sandwiches and mini crab cakes were a big hit. We’ll be teleconferencing in May and plan to start on-site meetings in June.
If you haven’t had enough BREAKAWAY, remember you can ‘borrow’ a field and host your own off season event. Details are available here. A list of already scheduled off season events is available here. If your off season event is missing from the list, drop FRCTeams@usfirst.org a line and we’ll add you. The first off season field has already left the building.
Tomorrow, I’ll let you know what we talked about at FRC live.
264 days to Kickoff
See you then!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Dome set up at Championship
Good Afternoon Teams,
Here are four photos taken Tuesday, April 13th from one level above the VIP suite in the Dome. You can see the progress crews made during the day.
4 hours to Championship
See you here!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Just 5 days to go
Good Afternoon Teams,
I’ll be hosting FRC Live in the FRC pits on Thursday and Friday. Join me for:
It’s been confirmed, Dean and Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education will present the 2010 FIRST Dean’s List Award at 12:20PM on Friday in the West Plaza.
My thanks to the 143 Rookie teams who have already completed the on line 2010 FRC Rookie Team Survey. If your rookie team hasn’t replied yet, please have your main contact check their email for a blast containing the link and directions. I need your answers for the Board Meeting at Championship.
5 days to Championship
See you then!
I’ll be hosting FRC Live in the FRC pits on Thursday and Friday. Join me for:
- Thursday 10:30AM The History of Breakaway & What’s Next for the GDC - Come hear the stories behind this year’s game and share your hopes for 2011.
- Thursday 3:30PM Upcoming Technologies: What’s on the Horizon? I will discuss the kit of parts, the 5 year plan and ask what you’d like to see included in the future.
- Friday 10:30AM The Robot Ship Show - Why does Robot Shipping have to be such a challenge? Come discuss how the FedEx donation affects you.
It’s been confirmed, Dean and Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education will present the 2010 FIRST Dean’s List Award at 12:20PM on Friday in the West Plaza.
My thanks to the 143 Rookie teams who have already completed the on line 2010 FRC Rookie Team Survey. If your rookie team hasn’t replied yet, please have your main contact check their email for a blast containing the link and directions. I need your answers for the Board Meeting at Championship.
5 days to Championship
See you then!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Too good to wait
Good Afternoon Teams, We’ve assigned teams to CMP divisions, and will make the lists public as soon as we can update the website (probably tomorrow at this point). THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT FINAL. Teams are still dropping out and signing up which continues to cause last minute changes. When the website goes live, you will be able to see the unofficial list here.
Two of the NASA Machine shops will be open while FRC teams uncrate and prepare their robots on Wednesday night from 6PM-9PM.
We’ve extended the Thursday practice round schedule by 15 minutes. Practice rounds are now
9:00am – noon.
Fields in the Dome will be open to FRC teams for camera calibration 8:00AM – 8:45 AM Thursday morning.
Do you know who the past winners of the Championship Woodie Flowers Award? Watch for these badges at Championship. Only WFA winners will be wearing them.
6 days to Championship
See you then!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
One week to go
Good Morning Teams,
The Las Vegas, Sacramento, MN North Star, Lone Star, North Carolina, and Philadelphia Regional fields are on their way to Atlanta for Championship. Four will become Archimedes, Curie, Galileo and Newton. Two more will be set up as practice fields in GWCC. Where does Einstein come from? Do you remember when I told you we keep a field packed and ready to go in case of emergency? That’s Einstein. It will be moved from Memphis TN this week.
Two more trucks will leave Manchester this coming Friday packed to the rafters with judging supplies, trophies, pit administration materials, banners, scholarship row, FTC fields, FLL equipment and everything else we need to create Championship out of an empty football stadium and an equally empty conference center. Next week I’ll start sending down the staff to get it set up.
Calling all team Mascots. If you want to be in the Championship robot parade, join us at Gate C on the floor of the Georgia Dome at 7:15AM Friday, April 16th
If you are shipping your robot home after Championship, be advised that it will take anywhere from 10 days to several weeks for delivery because we’ve used up the FedEx donation and won’t be expediting the shipments home. If you have an event or exhibit planned for your robot, after Championship, make sure you’ve allowed enough time for it to get there or email FRCteams@usfirst.org with your robot removal request per 4.5.9 of the Game Manual to arrange to take it home yourself.
Since we’ve exhausted the FedEx donation please don’t exceed the 400lb limit when shipping your robot home from Championship. The cost comes directly out of what’s left of the FRC budget and we’ve got a lot to do over the summer to get ready for the 2011 season. The more tool boxes, luggage and robot parts you can carry home, the better for everyone. Thank you for your help.
Calling all 2010 Rookie teams, FRC has a quick (12 question) survey for you. Please have your team’s main contact watch their in box for an email blast from FRC teams. I’d appreciate it if you could reply as soon as possible. Your answers will help us with future planning.
If you didn’t see me two weeks ago at the Oklahoma City Regional, here are the highlights.
7 days to Championship
See you then!
The Las Vegas, Sacramento, MN North Star, Lone Star, North Carolina, and Philadelphia Regional fields are on their way to Atlanta for Championship. Four will become Archimedes, Curie, Galileo and Newton. Two more will be set up as practice fields in GWCC. Where does Einstein come from? Do you remember when I told you we keep a field packed and ready to go in case of emergency? That’s Einstein. It will be moved from Memphis TN this week.
Two more trucks will leave Manchester this coming Friday packed to the rafters with judging supplies, trophies, pit administration materials, banners, scholarship row, FTC fields, FLL equipment and everything else we need to create Championship out of an empty football stadium and an equally empty conference center. Next week I’ll start sending down the staff to get it set up.
Calling all team Mascots. If you want to be in the Championship robot parade, join us at Gate C on the floor of the Georgia Dome at 7:15AM Friday, April 16th
If you are shipping your robot home after Championship, be advised that it will take anywhere from 10 days to several weeks for delivery because we’ve used up the FedEx donation and won’t be expediting the shipments home. If you have an event or exhibit planned for your robot, after Championship, make sure you’ve allowed enough time for it to get there or email FRCteams@usfirst.org with your robot removal request per 4.5.9 of the Game Manual to arrange to take it home yourself.
Since we’ve exhausted the FedEx donation please don’t exceed the 400lb limit when shipping your robot home from Championship. The cost comes directly out of what’s left of the FRC budget and we’ve got a lot to do over the summer to get ready for the 2011 season. The more tool boxes, luggage and robot parts you can carry home, the better for everyone. Thank you for your help.
Calling all 2010 Rookie teams, FRC has a quick (12 question) survey for you. Please have your team’s main contact watch their in box for an email blast from FRC teams. I’d appreciate it if you could reply as soon as possible. Your answers will help us with future planning.
If you didn’t see me two weeks ago at the Oklahoma City Regional, here are the highlights.
7 days to Championship
See you then!
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