Bag-n-Tag Day

The build season is officially over!  We made our deadline to bag and tag both of our robots by midnight tonight and the bags were sealed with just 3 minutes to spare!

The bagging process was rather anticlimactic and the bags were non-descript, sealed with a zip tie and a witness tag!

The minibot deployment shroud was assembled and adorned with our famous martian stickers as well as the names of our generous sponsors. 

Tonight was such a rush that there were multiple jobs for anyone who wanted to help us out.

Parents helped out with sewing and stuffing mini-Martian plush toys to give out at the competitions and trade for unique t-shirts and sundries. Both single as well as double-head martian plushies are being made to represent each team ("Martians" team 494 and "More Martians" team 70). 

Lexan trim panels with the martian logos were drilled to size and fastened to the aluminum framing for both robots.

Final foam bumper pads were attached to both the robot chassis as well.

                                                                                                                                              

Students also had a chance to drive the robots to get practice time with their coordination and control skills.

Some of the team members were also busy with practice on a color guard routine to cheer on their robots during competition.

Others designed Martian award certificates to be given out to deserving 'rookie' teams with various accomplishments.

It has been a very successful build season and we are very excited about the competition season ahead.

GO MARTIANS!!!