TransformersRobotics: January 2010

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January 2010

January 23, 2010

Georgia State Tournament

The team had fun at the Georgia State Tournament! This was the culmination of the year with the top 48 teams in Georgia competing. There were 293 teams in Georgia and 11,000 teams in the US and Canada this season.

The Transformers did not win any awards, but did come in 12th in the robot game portion of the competition. We all had fun on this long day. The RoBugs (RoBots Under God) won the tournament with two rounds of perfect 400's and one round of 390. They had an excellent research project and their programming was great -- congratulations.

We two coaches had a wonderful time teaching the kids and watching them grow this year. Registration for the 2010/2011 season is only four months away!

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January 22, 2010

400 Point Run!

The team had its first 400 point run tonight with about three seconds left over. On the eve of the Georgia State tournament, the kids did well.

They did a team work exercise where they "became" a laptop and a Survival on the Moon problem solving exercise that NASA uses for astronauts. Project presentation was next, followed by a run through of the design presentation. One of our team mates was ill and we missed her. We hope she gets healed up for tomorrow and will pray for her.

Finally, we celebrated one of the kid's 10th birthday with an excellent cookie cake.

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January 15, 2010

Going for 400 Points

The Transformers have finished all of the missions and 400 points are within our reach! We have to string the programs together speeding up the robot wherever we can. We have to make the changeovers faster than a well-oiled pit crew at Indy.

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January 12, 2010

Advancing to State

Georgia State Tournament

The Transformers advanced from the FIRST Lego League Robotics Super Regional Tournament on Jan. 9th to the Georgia State Tournament! The event will take place on Jan. 23rd at the student center on Georgia Tech's campus from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The public is welcome.

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January 10, 2010

Too Many Moon Pies

Our coach ate one too many Moon Pies at the SPSU FLL Tournament!

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January 09, 2010

Super Regional Results

The Transformers competed at the Souther Polytechnic State University Super Regional on Jan. 9th. We are advancing to the Georgia State Tournament! The venue was excellent.