For those that are not aware - here’s 8059 SingNat Reveal for Over Under.
This time round, we have decided to showcase both our award winning robots that adopted 2 contrasting approaches to the game.
And also taking this opportunity to announce the sad news that 8059 will be sitting out this year’s worlds.
We do qualified for worlds, but just couldn’t get the necessary go-ahead to fly over this time round.
We won’t get the opportunity to extend our streak of 5-times consecutive division champion this year.
Leaving this reveal to all of you… hopefully it will represent some of the best engineered robots that (qualified, but) will not be attending worlds this time round.
PS… have fun at worlds! and do support 8076 teams that will be representing singapore.
PPS… do feel free to ask any questions about the robots - i will get my students to reply.
hmm… i am pretty sure you are not in any of my school management team to know what sort of funding we are getting.
So don’t think it is right to make sweeping statement like these. It is uncalled for.
And I also don’t see how the amount of funding we get should determine whether or not we should be disappointed for not going to worlds?
btw, do focus on robot designs, gameplay and driving skills, instead of just putting the blame on funding.
FYI - we are still using 2 year-old motors for singnat, no pneumatics for junior teams (because we can’t afford it) and we are still working on 8 teams sharing 2 hacksaws sort of budget.
Thanks.
Actually there is supposed to be one more evolution to 8059A - the team wanted to modify the blocker to double up to hang on the horizontal bar as well.
But decided to stop work on it.
Think they were trying to get a balance of speed and also having enough torque to push through a jammed packed goal.
But it is actually faster than it was moving in the reveal.
Let me try to find the clip where it was playing defence in a 1v2 situation in the elimination…
I am sure that it will be disappointing for the students whom have put in hours of efforts, qualified for Worlds and only to be informed that they will not be going to the Worlds!
Maybe the parents of 8059Z can consider to fund their children instead?
it is not just about funding.
there are many other issues as well (which i don’t think this is the place to discuss).
but in a nutshell - the trip is just not approved.
, I can go next year.
Yes, that’s a discussion for sure, stay tuned!
