World Championship 2017
Some background information: in 2015, the Posse entered and won a social media contest hosted by FedEx. Our prize was an all-expenses-paid weekend in St. Louis to visit the FIRST …
North Super Regional 2017
This blog post includes many quotes from Posse team members aside from the one who is writing this. Hello, by the way, I’m Rose (the one with short pink hair). …
St. Louis World Festival: Day 4
We met the FedEx team bright and early in the FTC pits for a special event. During the competition, various teams there had been participating in the FedEx April Innovation Challenge. …
St. Louis World Festival: Day 3
We woke up bright and early – 6:45am – to meet FIRST VIPs and watch Mr. Dean Kamen (founder of FIRST and inventor of the Segway), Mr. Jim McKelvey (co-founder …
St. Louis World Festival: Day 2
At 8am, we went to America’s Center (where the FLL and FRC tournaments are held) to meet and eat breakfast with the FedEx team that organized our stay. They are …
St. Louis World Festival: Day 1
We left for St. Louis at around 2:20pm after having some fun in the airport. We landed an hour and a half later, unprepared for what was about to happen. …
Operation California: Last Day!!
For the last day, the agents were confronted with core values judging, robot runs, and the award ceremony. First part of today’s mission was core values. The agents completed the …
Operation California: Day 3
Today, the agents, Ponytail Posse, had their first judging of thy skills. They stabbed the surface of victory in their first session: technical judging. But, they conquered at the project judging. …
Operation California: Day 2
Today’s assignment: Scout out the park of legos in a land well-known *ahem* also known as LEGOland. The agents of The Ponytail Posse were handed a form giving them clues to …