Penn State Abington VEX Round Up Scrimmage
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(New page: On Saturday December 4, 2010, Penn State Abington with their major sponsor Abington Bank held their annual VEX scrimmage. This is a unique event, we call it a "Grab and Go" event. When ...) |
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With most teams getting their design and construction of their robot started late September (start of school) this is the first chance to see their robot on the field with other teams. The non pressure of trying to make match times makes it easy for teams to build and then test it on the practice field before playing a match. It's impressive the number of robots that show up as a box of parts and leave being a working robot. | With most teams getting their design and construction of their robot started late September (start of school) this is the first chance to see their robot on the field with other teams. The non pressure of trying to make match times makes it easy for teams to build and then test it on the practice field before playing a match. It's impressive the number of robots that show up as a box of parts and leave being a working robot. | ||
| - | There were 28 teams, including two college teams PSUA and KTOR. Teams were from Pennsylvania and NJ. The student engineers from PSU Abington did judging for design and gave 10 awards out to outstanding teams. | + | There were 28 teams, including two college teams PSUA and KTOR. Teams were from Pennsylvania and NJ. The student engineers from PSU Abington did judging for design and gave 10 awards out to outstanding teams. Another group of students acted as our score team. |
The coveted most matches played award went to team 197a Harrinton Metal Heads who participated in 14 of the 30 matches played. Driver Award went to 677 who were in matches that scored 654 points for the day. | The coveted most matches played award went to team 197a Harrinton Metal Heads who participated in 14 of the 30 matches played. Driver Award went to 677 who were in matches that scored 654 points for the day. | ||
