UPDATE: APRIL 23
Our part of the competition ended Friday afternoon. While our record may have been 0-10, our students learned a lot and were able to meet people from all around the world. This event is truly a world championship. We have also forged friendships with robotics teams here at home in Arkansas, and we are truly thankful for that.
We are also thankful for all of the support that our school, local and area businesses, and our friends and family have given to us. Without your support, our trip to Worlds would not have been possible.
UPDATE: APRIL 21
The match schedule for Thursday and Friday has been released. All times are approximate, meaning they could happen earlier or later than the time posted.
THURSDAY
Match 11 - 9:40 AM
Match 19 - 10:36 AM
Match 30 - 1:28 PM
Match 51 - 3:55 PM
Match 62 - 5:12 PM
FRIDAY
Match 73 - 8:42 AM
Match 89 - 10:34 AM
Match 100 - 1:26 PM
Match 114 - 3:04 PM
Match 126 - 4:28 PM
Original Story:
Mechanically Challenged is competing this week at the FIRST(r) Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas this week. The qualification matches start at 8:30 AM on Thursday April 21 and will continue through Friday April 22 at 5:00 PM. Should the team do well or impress another team that is higher up in the alliance selection process, Viola could be competing for the championship on Saturday April 23.
Viola is competing in the Roebling Division of the championship tournament. At this time, the schedule for the qualification matches has not been released yet. Please tune in to watch our matches (Mechanically Challenged, Team 7483) at the following link:
https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires_roebling
We will update this news story as it develops over the next few days with a dated update at the top of this story.