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OiL w at, and t ar . Thre word ba ketball and our team tepp d
that de rib the mo t gru ling up to the court with Maxv ell.
part f b ing on the roboti team; Thank to inno ative
build ea on. The long hour programming and vi ion
r quired to plan, build, and proce ing, Ma well could core
program a robot tak a lot of point during the autonomou
dedication. It' a chall nge to period wh re the driver had no
build a fully functioning robot control over him. When driver
within ix week , but it' a hri Nettle (11th) and Bryce
challenge the H Robotic Team Me arthy took over the ontrol ,
#3556 ha taken on for two year Maxwell u ed hi poly-cord belt
in a r w. ery member could t II y tern to gather ba ketball and
ou that it' all worth it on you an e ten ion arm to man u er
g t to e our robot in action. aero field ob tacle . GET
La t a on' challenge, Rebound M RT made it all the way to the
Rumble, called for a robot that Orlando Regional Final match.
could play

David van

''I feel hkc I can ~peak for the team\\ hen I s.t) seemg our team bemg chosen for the top .,ced alliance \\as one of the
most exciting moments of In) life. The build up before it on I) served to make the moment S\\eeter as our team had not
placed m the top spot due to a erie of unfa\orable match up.,. Our only hope then \\as to be chosen for Top 8
alliance o \\e could keep pia) in g. a hope \\C had almost lost \\hen It came to the final ch01ce or the Top teams.
\i hen Team (,'Q P.\ \1 called our team out to be a part ofthetr alhancc. \\e all \\ent \\ild There \\as ,tn abundance of
jumping. huggmg. and creaming on Team 3556. Our team performed amazmgl) m the finals and \\C achJe\ed 2nd
place O\erall. that\ almost unheard of in teams as )Oung as ours... Chandler Douglas (12th)