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Archive for March, 2009

MEGAHURTS Take 2nd in 2009 FRC Regional

Our team was aligned with two other robots for the quarterfinals and the tournament, team 2775 (St. Louis: Rookie of the Year from Tennessee) and team 2041 from Chicago, Illinois. This group formed the 3rd seeded alliance. Our alliance dominated our quarterfinal rounds…..

March 21st, 2009
Topic: Lunacy News, Robotics News, Team Produced News Tags: None

Opening the day with a win and LOTS of FANS

This morning the competition was underway. No more time for practice, today was all about
qualifying. The team was pumped and ready to go. With Robin and Scott commanded the robot
today, supported by J.D. and Kole as ourpay load specialists a.k.a Human Players. Our
job today was a mix of defense, scoring and offensively trapping other robots for our alliance.
Our robot is truly an all-around team player. We started the morning with a strong win ……

March 20th, 2009
Topic: Lunacy News, Robotics News, Team Produced News Tags: None

And the Games Begin

The team left Brehm Preparatory School and Carbondale the afternoon of the 18th to travel
to St. Louis to compete in the 2009 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology) Robotics Competition: Lunacy. We got to our hotel, settled in and began the
hard job of planning the event of the next morning…….

March 19th, 2009
Topic: Lunacy News, Robotics News, Team Produced News Tags: None