Atlanta Championship Update: 4/17/08

Posted by Rachel on 17 April 2008 | 4 Comments

Tags: atlanta, championship

Today was the first day of the Championship in Atlanta. We had several practice matches in the Georgia Dome and continued to work on the robot. It was a somewhat glitchy day for us, as a number of small things went wrong that caused us to not do very well; some connections were wrong, the chain came off once. We made some adjustments to the autonomous code--with the encoders on the wheels working, we can now drive based on distance, rather than time interval. It was really cool to watch all of the different robots--the best worldwide--playing the game, and to see some of the really nnovative desgns. There's teams from all around the country here, as well as international teams from such places as Mexico and Israel. Afterwards, we had dinner at the CNN tower food court, then played in the fountain in Centennial Park. Tomorrow, official qualifying matches begin.