Week Two Update: Mass Producing Parts
Week two has been a very productive week for the Greybots. Since last week, the team has been focusing on the game for 2012, Rebound Rumble. The game challenge is to create a robot that can manipulate foam basketballs and score them into baskets. Included into the game are 3 bridges worth different point values where the bot needs to either cooperate with either their own alliance or the others. In regards to the game this week, the team really focused on the production of the current designed parts, working on the detailed design of the robot, and finishing prototypes and field game pieces.
Week One Update: Rebound Rumble for 2012
Wow! The first week of the build season flew by very quick. Anyways, this past week, the Greybots had all traveled to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to watch the pre-recorded kick off in a large classroom. After getting a few laughs from the GDC, special guests, and the organization heads, we found out the game for the year, which is in fact, Rebound Rumble. After seeing the game animation and figuring out small details. The Greybots, collectively, gathered into small groups and dissected the rules pertaining to the game. After all of that was done, the team got back together to discuss what certain strategy the team wanted to take. Even though there were some conflicting ideas about what exactly we wanted to do, the team got a very narrowed down game plan in their minds.
Wrapping Up 2011 Offseason
It has been a quite an exciting off-season for the Greybots. These past couple of months have been busy as well. The ushering in of new mentors and new students was very substantial to the growth of the team. With these new members, the team participated in two events; one being the SCRRF Fall Classic and the other being the Madtown Throwdown. The new members were summoned into new positions lead by team representatives. Although most of them aren't quite towards success yet, the upcoming days towards the season are anxiously awaiting the opportunity that is being given.