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Meet the Sehome Seamonsters FRC (First Robotics Competition) Team 2605 (Video)
We've seen FIRST robotics competitions on Slashdot before. But Kraken-themed FIRST robots? And a good look at what goes into making a competitive robot? For that, Timothy went to Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington, where members of their Seamonsters robotics team (AKA FIRST Robotics Competition team # 2605; it's a team number, not a date) gave him a good look at their robot's guts, along with showing him how it's controlled and how they organize the 25+ people who work to build and run their robot(s). If you're thinking about joining or starting a FIRST team, this video is essential viewing for you. It's also essential if you just like the idea of robots competing with each other at pyramid-climbing and Frisbee-style disc-throwing. Go, bots, go! Update: 05/08 22:16 GMT by T : Correction: I didn't go to the high school — much simpler, I met the robot creators (and their disk-chucking robot) at LinuxFest Northwest, where they had an impressive demo room set up.
God created science so that humans could evolve from monkeys and experiment with electricity. I am glad to see that some people still belive in the holy pursuit of SCIENCE because this pleases JESUS and helps to fight SATAN and FRED.
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Good fucking grief. No bias there huh?
Burn in hell, fuckers....
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Anyone remember that show called BattleBots? That became later Robot Wars? As a kid I used to love that, never missing a single episode... Too bad it got canceled in favor or shows I won't even dare name. It was a huge inspiration for me and all the kids I used to talk about it with.
Nice outreach.
PS: I don't reply to ACs.
(Just please, don't design and build any Terminators, because they'd work so well!)
My son's FIRST team (1410 from George Washington High School in Denver) actually calls their 'bots "Kraken", not just Seamonster. You could tell them at the Championship as the announcer would always say "Release the KRAKEN" when they were up.
FIRST has been great for the kids -- I love that it's not just engineering, but also marketing, fundraising, and many other skills necessary for tech business success.
(AKA FIRST Robotics Competition team # 2605; it's a team number, not a date)
Whew. I'm glad they clarified that. I was certain that 'team #2605' stood for a date about 600 years from now.
The website for the robot has had its bandwidth exceeded. Thanks a lot for posting on slashdot, ya jerk! ;-)
I was expecting more tentacles. Seamonster = Tentacles