2014 FRC Hawaii Regional

The Hawaii Regional FRC was held March 27-29 at the Stan Sheriff Center (as usual), at the University of Hawaii.

At the debriefing meeting on Friday, March 7^th. The robot needs a new chassis, which we will start building Sunday.

After lunch on Sunday I went to the robotics lab to help with the chassis repair preparations for the Hawaii Regional FRC.

Preparations

The team continued building a new chassis and I helped again on Thursday, March 13^th.

Laying out aluminum pieces to be cut.

At work with the machine tools.

Monday morning, March 17^th, Aina Haina MacDonald's robotics fundraiser and raising awareness for the
Hawaii Regional FRC.

Competition

Andrea and I supported Kalani Robotics at the Hawaii Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) from Thursday, March 27^th, through Saturday, March 29^th. Andrea volunteered in pit administration and I helped with the scouting subteam.

Thursday

Thursday was a day to set up the pit, work on the robot, and practice on the field.

We got up at 5:30 AM and drove to the Stan Sheriff Center at UH. Andrea went in to work as a volunteer and I
walked down to Burger King for breakfast (volunteers get breakfast there). On the way down University Avenue
I took this photo of the tower at the Church of the Crossroads where my Mom and stepfather Mits Aoki are interred.

After breakfast I joined the team (with the new robot chassis) waiting to get into the arena with the new robot chassis.

Leilehua High has a very nice looking robot.

Waialua High School, team 359, eventually was on the winning alliance with 368, McKinley High School, and 2444, Kamehameha
High School.

MORT, team 11 from New Jersey, had yellow and black aloha shirts made for the occasion.

Mount Olive Robotics Team (MORT) has a very nice looking robot. As with our team, only students are working on the robot.

I attended the safety briefing with Masa up in the stands and took this photo of the pit area in the arena.

Ed Dennis of Project Lead the Way and I had lunch at A Place to Eat on Universtity Avenue. They have good bentos.

The day is half over and the robot rebuild, using the new chassis, is well underway.

Andrea working in pit administration.

Six hours later and the robot is somewhat finished.

Friday

Friday was a day of qualification matches.

A pule in the opening ceremony.

Master of Ceremonies Mark Leone (blue hair) and his wife visit our pit. Photo by Andrea.

Working on the robot between matches.

Henry and William sat next to me for a while during the qualifying matches. They had a good time with the robots. Photo by Andrea.

Working on the robot between matches.

The team performance improved all day.

Saturday

The qualification matches were completed Saturday morning and the eliminations were run in the afternoon.

These competition events are the highlights of the season. Photo by Jenny.

We had great team spirit this year. Photo by Jenny.

Doing the Cuban Shuffle with MC Mark Leone before alliance selections.

Simina and Kai came to watch the elimination matches. Photo by Simina.

Our robot shoots the ball!

Kai liked the dancing mascots during a break in the robotic action.

Kai and his friend Julius visit our pit. Photo by Simina.

The winning alliance, 359, 368 (alliance captain), and 2444.

The Chinese team that won the Rookie All Stars award with Kalani Robotics. Photo by Jenny.

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