An Interview with the CHAMPS! (587 The Hedgehogs)

This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! https://youtu.be/BycqWYE3Ais)

These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months to design, build, and test robots to play a brand new game before the competitions begin, and then their work is put to the test! It would be a lot for any professional engineer, but these kids are still in high school! It's pretty incredible.

This video is the complete pit interview with FIRST Team 587. Enjoy!

To join or support team 587: https://www.team587.org/

If you're interested in finding a team or attending an event, here's the official team search from FIRST: https://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search And if you want to know more about any specific team (like a link to their website) you can probably find it on Blue Alliance: https://www.thebluealliance.com/

This is a world map that shows events and teams. I'm not sure how accurate it is because it doesn't look official, but it's a lot easier to search by eye! (and it also doesn't include the other FIRST programs like FLL and FTC (FRC was featured in the video)) https://frcmap.com/

If you're looking to help a team as a mentor, volunteer, or sponsor: https://www.firstinspires.org/support

Music in this video: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zG7CYcj5E