Total Recall -- Day 3

Wow, what a day in the shop for Westlake Robotics.  It started in the class with discussion of the new possible strategy.  The assignment for the day was to discuss the three possible strategies we felt were available.  The classes were divided up into three groups.  Each group was to evaluate a specific strategy.  The evaluation included a timeline, expected score with the strategy, how easy it would be to build a robot for this strategy, how easy would it be to drive as a driver, pros and cons of the overall strategy and any other key notes or ideas. 

School was out and the madness began.  It seemed as if the room were going to explode with the number of students that came into the room.  In addition to the students coming to work on the BEST contest, the FTC team came up to work on their contest as well.  

Groups broke up into the three independent strategies to continue the evaluation and discussion of the strategies.  We had groups in the shop, the classroom and in the halls.  Excitement was in the air as the groups begin to form and discuss their strategy.  Each grouped use the game Excel Spreadsheet to assist in score prediction. 

The entire group was brought back together in the classroom.  Students were in chairs, on table tops and the floor while the presentations were given.  Each group gave a presentation which included a timeline on the whiteboard, expected score as well as an explanation of the difficulty of building the robot and learning to drive it.  After each group had presented, the entire group asked questions in regards to the presentations of each strategy.  The group began to discuss and list Pros and Cons of each strategy on the board with each point being discussed.  

The team worked until supper arrived.  Parents delivered the meal for the 50 or so people who were present.

After the meal, the team decided upon the one strategy we would pursue with our robot.  It was fairly easy to come to a decision based on the presentations of the evaluations provided by the teams.  The remaining students broke up into design groups to begin to develop ideas for the robot to perform the strategy.  

At the end of the meeting, a group of the student team leads discussed leadership positions with the team. The team will be divided into three sub teams:  Robot, Media and Community.  Each of these teams will have a leader who will place leadership positions under them for each additional sub-team.  

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