A couple of months ago, the executive team decided that instead of everyone flying to the San Diego competition this year, we would try out having four or five members drive down to San Diego with the robot. We were convinced this would make the traveling costs cheaper for the club since the shipping costs […]
Part 1 – 0 to 100 Randi’s blog assistant checking in. Sean S complains about Randi’s abilities to recruit new business members. I took his side and laughed because we’re wearing the same T shirt and that’s dope. Randi finally jumps in the pool after we continue to make jokes at her expense. You can’t […]
I woke up to my alarm ready for the day. Finals was finally here and I cannot believe how fast this week flew by! I guess time really does fly when you're having a blast! Anyways, we got to the TRANSDEC around 8:30, set up in our tent, and waited for our wild card time […]
It was an early morning for Michael and Alvin as they left for TRANSDEC for 6:00 in the morning. The teams that get there at 6:00 am get entered into a random draw to be able to pick their practice test time for the day. Between the twelve teams that decided to show up that […]
The clock struck 6:00 and the alarms started ringing. Exhaustion was in the air as everyone dragged themselves out of their beds, getting ready for what the day would bring. Having four hours of sleep was definitely not in the intial plan, but we would have to make do. Today was the day! The sun […]
Today, I woke up to Alvin, Mike, and Veselin passed out on their beds as they were the ones to stay up until 2:30 AM working on the robot last night. The rest of us probably fell asleep around midnight because we didn't have much to do on the robot since it basically had electrical […]
This morning was a late morning as we all left the hotel around 8:00. Alvin and I had a healthy breakfast: spicy BBQ boneless wings from Oggi's from the night before. They were delicious. Jamie and I were looking forward to stopping at a department store to pick up some more aloe vera gel for […]
I woke up to an early morning, as we were supposed to be at the TRANSDEC by 8:00 am sharp. The pool is set up as a huge circle and into four sections: A, B, C, and D. There is a practice side and a competition side in the pool. The team tents are set […]
The flights to San Diego were all over the map, as Michael and I were the first two people on the team to arrive in San Diego, and the rest trickled in throughout the day today. I was the first to arrive at 11:30am Sunday morning as I was on full tourist mode to go […]
Well ladies and gentlemen, this is the last day! How nerve wracking! The team is a little on edge today and I don't blame them. There are thousands of little things to do still and just simply not enough time! A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Rumman couldn't come to San Diego anymore […]
So after the third testing day on the May long weekend, we thought it couldn't get any worse. Boy, were we wrong. First and foremost we decided to do a pool dunk test. That did not go as planned. In the previous week, we trimmed down the edges of the bigger, outside lid so it […]
Well, you could say testing day did not go exactly as planned. A beautiful Sunday morning soon turned into a wave of frustration for the ARVP team. We started out planning to meet at 10:00am to get all of our supplies together and help move AquaUrsa to the pool by 11:00am but nothing really goes […]
