The build for the Techno Tornadoes is COMPLETE for Food Factor 2011! This was no small effort and we found many interesting pieces that will be challenging this year. The team analyzed the table pieces and for each challenge, except one, they believe they have a good idea of the intent of the challenge.
The import export stations are probably the most confusing for the team. They spent a good amount of time after we completed the build trying to figure out the intent of the challenge, how they might address it and what some of the issues might be with our initial robot design.
This years challenge is presenting some real twists! (very interesting twist with the placement of the heavy metal and pesticides!) Also the seemingly very tight configuration of the board and challenge components will be tough!
We are looking forward to September 2nd! Our table is built, our draft 1 robot is built, our experts are getting lined up, 1/2 of our sponsors are committed on time and the team has enough energy to already be talking about WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!
How did you get that before September 2nd?
ReplyDeleteRyan - The kit comes prior to September if you sign up as a team, however the challenge details are not released until Sept. 2nd. Many teams have been getting their kits. Hope that helps!
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