Hello, everyone! The date today is November 13th, 2013, and Team 4360 Spudnik has started meeting again. We've had several meetings already, and we've started making progress on a variety of things. This is a quick summary of everything we've done so far...and a chance for our resident blogger to get back into the swing of things :)
After a couple meetings of getting things organized, we started getting stuff done. One of the first things we did was repair our robot from last season. It was having issues with connecting to the controller, and when it did connect, it wasn't running quite right. However, we were able to work through the problems and get it back in order. With the robot once again running to perfection, the build team set about getting down a full schematic of the 'bot.
This process was interrupted, as we got the opportunity to display the robot in the window of one of our local sponsors, Hobby Hut. We left the robot with them from Thursday to Wednesday, and it attracted attention, getting more publicity for both us and the shop.
One of the biggest accomplishments of the past weeks was getting together a grant proposal to send to NASA for funding. We found out that our biggest sponsor, which was sponsoring multiple teams, was no longer able to sponsor us as well as the others. So, we decided to go and try to get NASA to replace them. One issue: our meeting took place one day before the deadline for the proposal. But we got the whole team together (see picture below for a peek into what that was like), and managed to get the thing done. Go us!
Now, we're working on finishing that robot schematic, and the marketing team is preparing to go out and start getting us some more sponsors. Stay tuned for progress, and our future plans. Before the build season starts, we'll be doing certain building challenges to help the build team practice, and we'll be sure to keep you posted on those. We're also working on an entry for the safety video competition. Expect updates ons those things, and more!
Well, there's the season so far, in a nutshell. I'll see you again soon, with more reports of Spudnik's antics!
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