Blogs

The move to B.E.R.T.'s new home at TEM Inc. took place on Sunday May 2, 2010. The team thanks our previous main sponsor Eagle Industries for 10 great years of sponsorship, generousity, dedication, and incredible support. They jumped in to help the team back in the year 2000 at a time when the team needed them most. Thank you!!

Watch for more blogs as the team moves forward with their new sponsor and leadership.

Received from FIRST the following review of our site for 2010:

Day 2

The corners of the transmission assembly are gone! First match of the day the robot hung without problem. It was nerve racking watching the referees verify the height of the robot. It scored 2 points!!

The last two matches were tough and the hang didn't quite happen but we still ended up in 18th overall in the seeding rounds. Good chance to be selected for finals.

Well, we were not selected for finals but instead were second alternate.

Finals

We have played out our first (no pun intended) seeding matches. Through 7 we are in 27th. We also took care of the corners on the transmission. Without them we are hoping to score more 2 pointers by hanging. There are 3 matches left for tomorrow morning. If all goes well we will improve our standing and be part of the finals!!

Let you know tomorrow.

The team is now in Manchester, practicing and fine-tuning for the first day of competition tomorrow, Friday, March 5.

The Video/Web committee will be there capturing the action, and we'll post videos here as soon as possible... it all depends on how Wireless the Verizon Wireless Arena is!

Wish them luck and fun times

BERT's 2010 animation award entry is available online at the following location:

http://students.autodesk.com/ama/orig/autocadgallery/team_133.mov

Due to its format, you'll probably need to wait while your browser downloads the whole movie.

We had our last bottle drive for the season today. It was necessary for the team to raise $491.94 to guarantee every member a cost-free trip to the regional in Manchester, NH. Well the team, with the help of parents and mentors, was able to raise $741.57!! A great job done by all to achieve and surpass our goal.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this possible today.

The Advisors

The robot has been crated and awaits pick up!! The team had a chance to run the robot prior to crating hanging it on the tower without issue. It looks really nice. Take a look at the pics that have been uploaded.

Recently received from John and Mike:

• Agenda for NH
• BERT Itinerary for NH
• Schedule for THIS WEEK Feb 22-28

Please see THIS PAGE for the documents and info..

At about 2:30 am this morning the new stronger replacement transmission was completed. Many hours of hard work after a devastating incident last night that wiped out the previous gearbox. (Weren't no sounds of silence when the teeth on two aluminum gears used in the lifting mechanism folded over!) The new transmission out-performs the old one by a whole bunch.

There is still some minor work to be done on the robot prior to placing it in the crate, This will all get finished later today so its ready for the Feb. 23 ship date.