The Competition is over!

Well, we finished out the day in our typically dramatic style. 
Going into the last round, we needed to score above a 390 (out of 400) to make it into the playoffs.  We scored a 394.  Basically everything worked with the exception of three small dirt pieces falling out of the dumpster.
In the Quarter-Finals, we had [...]

Competition sidebar

There’s something I’ve needed to share with you that I haven’t remembered to do when updating the blog.
The Geeks want to give an extra special THANKS to Rhonda Tiedemann and Carol Cameron.  We have gotten so many positive comments on our propeller hats and the wings that Carol made up are better than perfect.  Thank [...]

Day 1 of Competition.

Well, today was a huge rollercoaster.  We started out the day watching a team from another country practising on our practise table.  It was amazing how similar their robot and programs were to our own.  It was obvious that our videos didn’t show the light sensor assemblies very well, because they didn’t get those correct, [...]

Having So Much Fun!

Hello Everyone!!
We are having sooo much fun here in Bodo. I have met so many people from other countries like England, China, Norway, Japan, Jordan, Turkey, and (AMERICA!!)
We did so well on research and technical judging!! The only thing that we have not done is scored a 400 yet but that is okay. God [...]

DAY 9- Another Ramble From JK (jon knittel)

Well the first day of the competition went by and we were kinda bummed at the end because we did not score a 400. The top 16 out of 70 teams make it to the finals and right now we are not one of them. We need to score a 390 or above to make it. [...]

Day 7-from jk at practice

Today went well,we practiced with our robot at the pit tables and the blue and yellow robots scored 400. The grey scored a 398 consistently. We ended up giving away at least 200 braclets. There were games there and you could climb a ladder that went up pretty far. You could play soccer, floor hockey [...]

Day 7, the competition opens

Today was a day of practice and preparation for the competition that starts tomorrow.  They have a great setup where every 4 teams has a practice table to themselves.  And we were sharing our practice table with 3 teams from China who didn’t show up for the day.  That gave us the practice table for [...]

Days 5 and 6 in Bodo, Norway

Sorry folks, I’m having a little difficulty getting things to post correctly, I’ll keep trying…
 We’vem now been Bodo for two whole days.  It’s been very exciting as we’ve been able to meet face to face with some of the teams we’ve been reading about and conversing via email with.
Yesterday we were able to go on [...]

Day 3 London

This one is a little late.   The rest of the team headed off for Oslo while Jennifer and I stayed another day in London.  We were able to go to the Leed’s castle which is built in the middle of a lake.  After that, we went to Dover and had lunch overlooking the English Channel.  [...]

Days 3 and 4 in Oslo

Attached is an email from Coach Greg giving an idea what the team did in Oslo.  Tomorrow we head on up to Bodo!
Hey everyone, 

Just a quick update on our activities.

Got to Oslo yesterday without much trouble.  Randy and Jennifer stayed behind in London to continue touring London.  We had to get up at 4AM in order [...]