January Extra Blog Post

So in january, we have been invited to showcase our robot in a FIRST Robotics Competition. Our robot was chosen by Richard Sisk to represent his team in a younger robotics division. I also had an interview with Richard recently that helped me a lot with my EQ because of his insight into the FIRST program and his ideals as a mentor. His team was deep in the build season and he barely had time to be interviewed but it was evident that the team was busy and bustling and ready to go.
The interview proved to be very useful and supplied me with a lot of the information that i will be able to use for my answer.

Our competition season is over now so we cant compete anymore really. Although we have been trying to apply to another competition up in sacramento, our hopes of really going there are slim to none due to cost issues. At this point, we dont really know where to go with our robot. We have started applying for grants for money so that we may buy more parts next year. We also got invited to showcase our robot as a new rookie team. I hope to continue to volunteer with FIRST and i will be attending an event on february 2nd which i will write about in the february blog. 

Not much else is happening but here are some photos of the team working together and planning. I took these photos at a recent meeting and most of it consisted of planning for the future. For now, we just look forward and hope for the best.

These photos were taken before the competition day on the 11th. I wasn't able to go and take photos of the competition because i went on the hike trip but i was there with the team helping them prepare. They didn't do too well from what i heard though. So much for all their preparation.