FIRST - Milwaukee Day 2

[Friday Saturday 14th]
Happy Pi Day! Today was our first actual competition day in the Milwaukee Regional. Yesterday was a practice day. It was a very exciting day! We tried our robot out on the field for the first time. We were all very nervous putting it all together and trying it out. For us Software guys, running autonomous was worrisome because we've *never* ran all our new code with the real robot, and the little testing we did do wasn't on a full-size field! The first autonomous clip you see here is our very first run! We try and run thr robot around the course and do a lap. The robot has to know how far to go, when to stop, when to turn. On our first run the robot quickly goes full speed, all the way across the field with no sign of slowing down or stopping! Image us, running un-tested code, seeing that clip. My heart was racing. I didn't think it would stop! Full speed ahead like the titanic right into the way. Whew, stopped in the nick of time (and thats no small feat!)

By the end of the day we had a 4-2 record and were ranked 13 out of ~60 teams. We're really happy with how well things are going. We did get one of our tusks (grabbers) bent out of shape on the last match but we were able to get fixed right away and move on. Tomorrow is our big day. Who are we? 93!