In case you weren’t aware, FIRSTWA got its start in the Seattle Robotics Society a long time ago. The SRS is one of the largest and oldest hobby robotics groups in the world. Once a year, we have an event at the Seattle Center called Robothon.
A new game is coming this year for Robothon. A number of people have previewed and reviewed the game for us, and we are going to launch it after the Seattle Robotics Society meeting on May 15th at 1pm. The event will be at the Renton Technical College
Renton Technical College
3000 NE 4th Street
Renton, WA 98056-4195
The kickoff will be in the K-Quad building.
What is this game? It is very FIRST like (alliances of 2 teams, usual tournament structure). The robots are mid-sized (18″x24″x24″ max start size). A mix of autonomous and tele-operated. It has a few surprising new twists.
One big twist: This event is open to anyone. There are no age limits or requirements. We expect to see teams of adults competing against teams of students.
Big Twist Two: This event is suitable for FRC, FTC, VEX, or any other technology. We invite everyone to participate.
The game itself will be held October 23rd at the Seattle Center. We expect to have room for about 32 teams.
Come see the new game!
Kevin
YES! this sounds fantastic. The one thing that I advocate most is the adoption of all robotics technology. I’m not sure if we have time to do this, but it sounds like a great pre-season thing to do.