Interleagues Here We Come!

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well, because we certainly are! We're extremely hyped to participate in our (semi)local interleagues competition in Tacoma, WA, which will be the very first competition that will allow us to advance to the State competition next month! The team has been working super hard on the robot and they've dedicated so much of their time and passion to making sure it's as consistently functional as possible and that we get the privilege of taking home the gold for this competition, so to speak.

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Putting on the finishing touches
When we arrive and start participating in our first matches, our main goal will be to grab and/or push the glyphs (foam cubes) into the cryptoboxes (or IKEA shelves, a nickname many of our members are quite fond of) and attempt to form stacks and rows, as well as patterns (after decoding the pictograph on the wall). If you're confused as to what the heck I'm talking about, check out the official First Tech Challenge: Relic Recovery game reveal down below, where all the rules of the game are thoroughly covered.

We are planning to leave immediately after school tomorrow (Friday) for our hotel, then get to the competition bright and early the following morning. Good luck team, I know we'll kill it at this competition and ascend to State!

Stay tuned for updates on our match progress and results on Twitter at @gearedreaction
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Cleaning up the code

Thanks so much for reading the very first post from the Union Robotics Club, have a good one and hope to see you again soon!



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