high tech high's robotics team, the holy cows at the 6th annual
san diego regional robotics competition.
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if you are a high school student and interested in robotics or engineering,
this is the event you participate in. it brings kids together from around the
world to solve engineering design problems and compete in a fun way.
my three went last year and i missed it for some reason so i put on my
calendar and made sure i went this year. it was very entertaining -
the robots had to to shoot basketballs into the hoops {on autonomous mode}
and then the students took over the controls to see how they'd do.
finn and scout brought me up to speed on everything i missed on saturday -
which teams had the best and worst robots, who was leading, etc.
the teams schools showed so much spirit - some wore togas and handbands,
other wore bright colored jumpsuits or lab coats. most all had fun props to
wave in the air and high ech high even had a mascot, daisy diablo,
a person dressed in a cow that kept the crowd entertained.
the boys even took me down to the "pit",
the area behind the stage/arena where the robots and teams
did their tweaking of their robots when they weren't performing
or were they simply waited until they were called to compete.
finn was certainly in his element - so thrilled to be there.
i told c i can picture us at this event in a few more years
actually cheering finn on instead of just being a spectator
for other parent's children.
~ oh i almost forgot to report on friday night's fundraiser at explorer.
this year was yet another success. even though c and i got outbidded
on everything we wanted {we're on a strict budget as we hope to buy
a house this year}, it was still lots of fun.
the boys had fun too. finn slept over at his buddy josh's house and
scoutie hung out with aunt jen all night. he was happy to have her all
to himself. he told me he got "a little bit spoiled too"
{yes, she tends to do that}.
