The countdown has begun. Day one Today was the beginning of the BEST Robotics Kickoff for 2010. Total Recall is name of the game this year. The kickoff was held at Pfluegerville Connally High School. The kickoff consisted of workshops, game reveal and kit of parts pickup. Scott McMahon, our lead Mentor, delivered a workshop on RobotC for VEX. We had the largest number of students in attendance Westlake has ever had. The event last nearly all day since the workshops were 2 hours long. The game was setup all day for teams to look at. There was lots of speculation. This year represents the 10th anniversary for Capital BEST. Capital BEST was responsible for designing the game this year.
Teams took a break for lunch and returned for Kit of Parts Pickup and Inventory. Lots of changes this year in store for the BEST Contest. The control system is the VEX Cortex Microcontroller and VEXnet Joystick. Teams will be able to program with EacyC or RobotC as well as use MathLAB Simulink. Teams also received the SolidWorks for 5 months along with InspirTech SolidWorks curriculum software. In addition to the VEX control system, the Kit of parts also has some changes. Our kit has new motors, motor interface connectors and numbers of servos.
The game was revealed after a short video explaining the contest and a guest speaker. Teams were introduced to the game concepts in the video and then moved to the filed for the demonstration as well as Q and A.
Our team loaded our materials up and headed back to the shop for discussion. Each member of the team received a packet of rules for the Game as well as the Generic rules. We spent time reading over the rules, discussing the rules and definitions. The game has a large number of terms to keep straight and learn. David and Sean lead the meeting with the students. Sean reiterated the fact that reading the rules is so very important.
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