In these weeks following the Pittsburgh Regional, FIRST Team 1743 has been silently making progress towards reorganization. While most of the team has been suffering from Robotics Withdraw, a serious condition affecting many FIRST teams post competition, we have had a final bake sale and watching footage from the competition, reliving some of our moments. We are planning to do a few field trips to places over the break, including possibly a stay at the Carnegie Science Center, among other things. Although we didn’t appear to do that well, we felt we had a successful year, accomplishing everything we had set out to do. We didn’t have any major problems when it came to building and marketing. We can’t wait until the next season! Meanwhile, we’ll keep spreading the FIRST spirit!
On Tuesday, March 1st, FIRST Team 1743 took a downtown bus to the Oakland community, where we visited part of the robotics program at Carnegie Mellon University. We were first introduced to their Robosecretary, a multitasking computer that answers phones and acts as a quick guide for visitors. Afterwards, we saw many cool robots there, including cranes, cave explorers, boats and submarines, and even ones capable of space exploration! As Matt Aasted, a PhD candidate said: It’s more than building, it’s about innovation. FIRST Team 1743 would like to thank Matt and Carnegie Mellon University for having us and Lynnetta Miller from the CMU Robotics Institute and Sam Kherat, our Caterpillar sponsor for setting us up!
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