After a long bus ride down to snowy (yes, snowy) Arkansas, RC Dawson was ready for a nap and some regional competition. Our robot had some technical difficulties early on, but after they were resolved we performed well. The goal of the Arkansas regional was to get in some practice before the Denver regional. In the Arkansas regional our Rank was 32 and we had a qualification score of 54.30...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Looking Back
You know that feeling that no one ever gets when they lose and you run around celebrating. Losing is the third worst thing on the planet behind wasps and brussels sprouts. Unfortunately, losing is something that everyone has to cope with. Losing might feel like the worst thing ever, but it is necessary in order to achieve success. A comparison one could make would be to the 2008 financial collapse....
Monday, February 2, 2015
Meet the Team pt. 2
Jonathan Fuller
He is a very important member of the build team who dominates the building process almost as much as his favorite team, the Seahawks, dominate the NFC. When he is not putting together robots while wearing slightly too much Seahawks apparel, he participates in a wide range of physical activities. He is a premier lax bro and listens to questionable pop music while warming up. He...
Sunday, January 25, 2015
The Name Game (aka North West has nothing on us)
Every year out team codes and coddles a fresh new robot. Like a small child, we teach it to move, play games, and interact with the world around it. And, like a baby, we are tasked with naming it. Whether you are a soon-to-be parent seeking naming advice from a top team or another frc team looking...
Sunday, January 18, 2015
The ACTUAL History of RC Dawson
Ok, I’m going to level with you, RC Dawson practices can go as long as 7 hours on the weekend days; so, to keep motivated, and amused, we must employ a certain element of satire to our roles on the team. This comedy comes in particularly handy on the RC Dawson team blog. Recently our most prolific,...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The History of RC Dawson
Long ago at a school named Dawson two young men decided to buy a poorly-maintained van. Although the van was something you might find in breaking bad, it became the catalyst that started it all. RC Dawson was spray painted on the side of the van and little knew that this name spray painted onto a van with mediocre artistic ability would become the centerpiece of the greatest program known to Dawson....
Thursday, January 8, 2015
RC Dawson Gears Up New Team Members During Week One
Although veteran RC Dawson team members never seem to stop working on various robotics projects, the official season started last monday. There already has been a sizable increase in participation for RC Dawson. The program has become the fastest growing extracurricular at Dawson and the team is working to ensure the accommodation of everyones ideas. The growth of RC Dawson has been almost exponential....