My JERKs

Kevin (Raymond?), Juliana, Juan and Raymond (Kevin?)

Well, our second robotics tournament is in the books.

We only had four of the ten team members present -- but they had fun.

First round, still rather nervous and a bit unorganized, they only completed two missions (a third was disallowed). We got some inspiration (that is to say, we stole some strategy plans) from a couple of teams and managed some quick reprogramming and building to pull off six missions in the second round - a team best. We were confident that the third round would be even better.

Kevin and Raymond (Raymond and Kevin?) at the competition table.

But disaster struck -- just as the twins hit the 'run' button, the left rear tire fell off - and repairs took up most of the allotted 2 minutes, so only one mission got completed.

However, the kids quickly recovered and had a blast at LEGOLAND. This will probably be the last event for this team -- I'll start recruiting the '09-'10 version sometime in March. We were given another robot, so I should be able to field 6th and 7th grade teams.

The folks at LEGOLAND put up a great show.

They liked the medals, too!