Playing defense with literal thin air? (8634 Bootstraps!)

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 8634. Enjoy!

I don't have a link to 8634's homepage (let me know and I'll update!), but here's their BlueAlliance page: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/8634

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=gMdevp_JtsA