Team 2528 Match Schedule

Hi all!

The qualification matches for the Chesapeake Regional are Friday (April 4th) and Saturday (April 5th). You can stream the event here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/frc-chesapeake-regional-2014

Our schedule includes 11 matches. The approximate match times and match numbers are below. The row color corresponds to the alliance & our bumper color for that match. Look for #2528.

Date/Time	Match #	Color
Friday 09:06	02	RED
Friday 10:12	13	RED
Friday 11:24	25	RED
Friday 13:30	35	BLUE
Friday 14:18	43	BLUE
Friday 15:00	50	BLUE
Friday 15:36	56	RED
Friday 16:24	64	BLUE
Saturday 09:30	77	BLUE
Saturday 10:30	87	RED
Saturday 11:00	92	BLUE

Entire match schedule: http://www2.usfirst.org/2014comp/events/MDBA/ScheduleQual.html
Match results: http://www2.usfirst.org/2014comp/events/MDBA/matchresults.html

Have fun watching!
~J^3

Aerial Assist

Gather around friends and family. In less than 48 hours, robots are going to take the field and throw exercise balls high into goals, and area high school teams will be working hard to win the FIRST FRC Chesapeake Regional!

Another of six-week long build season has come to close and we are well into the competitions. This week is week #6 and the Robodoves of Western High School will be competing at our local regional. Here's a picture of our robot from a couple weeks back at the North Carolina regional competition. We came home with the Judges Award!

This Friday & Saturday (April 4 & 5), the Chesapeake Regional is taking place at the Comcast Center at the Univ of MD in College Park, MD. The event is FREE and open to the public. There is a lot to see and watch. There will be 54 teams from all over MD, DC, and VA plus a few from out of state.

All day Friday and on Saturday morning, the teams will be competing in qualification matches. Our robot, Joan of Arcs, will be in a number of matches across that time. After lunch on Saturday, the elimination matches are played and we are looking forward to be a part of that. Below is a schedule of events plus information about FIRST Stop which is a guided tour through the pits and arena. It's FREE.

There is more information online about location, directions, schedule, parking, etc. Check out: http://www.mdfirst.org/programs/first-robotics-competition/chesapeake-regional.html.

If you do come out -- come find me and the team. Look for Team 2528 - Western High School Robodoves. I'll be in the pit or on the field competing.

Lots more pictures on the team Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/RoboDoves-Team-2528/64728866444

Thanks for reading!
~J^3

Ready to Rumble?

Q: Do you enjoy watching basketball?
A: Sure.

Q: Do you like robots?
A: Sure, they are cool.

Q: How about robots built, programmed, and controlled by high school students?
A: Intriguing. Tell me more.

Q: How about these same robots playing basketball?
A: Really?!

This week - March 9th and 10th - come out to the Baltimore Convention Center and watch 40 high school teams compete with their robots at the FIRST Robotics Competition Chesapeake Regional. FIRST is a national (and international) program which promotes science and technology for kids all of ages. FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) is all about high school teams building robots to compete in a new challenge announced each year. Every team has only six weeks to design, build, program, test, and ship a robot ... and they start from scratch!

This will be my third year as a mentor for a local Baltimore high school team. This year, I am proud to mentor the Western High School Robodoves, FIRST Team 2528! The girls have a great robot and I am excited as they are to see it in action.

I would love to have you (the reader) come out and support us and the rest of the competitors! Attendance is FREE and open to the public. It is downtown at the Baltimore Convention Center. Check out the flyer below. Not only will you get to see the robots compete, but you can tour around the pits and meet the young, intelligent, and energetic kids. Our future sure looks brighter after you see what these kids can accomplish.

More information is online as well. There is a Game Animation which explains the game and the rules. Very helpful is you plan to stay and watch the competition. Hope to see you there!

UPDATE: You can also watch online: http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/2012_frcwebcasts.php#webcasts

Thanks for reading!

~J^3