Last weekend we attended the Chesapeake regional competition. Although we did not get into to top 8 teams, we still placed 36 out of the 62 teams that attended. On Thursday, the team assembled all the parts that were taken off the robot for finishing touches like our shooter and cRIO. By the end of the day we weeded out all the bugs and errors we were having in terms of controlling the robot manually. Also on Thursday, we passed the inspection test so that we could actually play in the qualification matches.
Friday was day one for the qualification matches. Out of the 7 matches of the day, we scored in 2 of them, ironically, they were the only two we had won that day. Our main weakness was our autonomous code. Overall, we improved after every match. In our second match, we had won the game with one point while the other teams scored nothing.
Saturday was the day for remaining qualification matches and elimination matches. We had two matches that day. Although we did not score any points in the first match, we did, however, score autonomous points in our last match. By the end of our matches we had won three, lost five, and tied once, and we also improved our robot, in terms of functionality and control. Even though we did not ascend to the eliminiation matches, we plan to compete in off-seasonal competitions such as Battle O’ Baltimore and Duel on the Delaware over the summer. In the mean time, we will be improving on the robot’s structure and programming while organizing the team as the seniors prepare to leave for their respective futures.
Sincerely,
Jogi P.
Team007 Web Development Team Assistant,
Team007 Programming Team Leader
