Comments on: 2009 Event post summary http://bigfdigger.org/2009/12/02/2009-event-post-summary/ Big Freewheeling Digger Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:30:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Valerie M http://bigfdigger.org/2009/12/02/2009-event-post-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Valerie M Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:17:52 +0000 http://bigfdigger.org/?p=254#comment-277 I too am incredibly proud of the team and the countless hours and brainpower that each of them invested. Each person brought unique skills & vantage points to the table which made it a much stronger team. The only thing that would have made it better would have been for our one team member who stayed behind at home to instead have come to see the robots in action. There certainly was lots of drama through the competition weekend. Each robot entering the box represented an opportunity to have one of ours unseated. And the networking issues were simply an unnecessary nuisance. The challenge was about regolith excavation, not about networking. To have any team trounced for that was inexcusable. Nonetheless, it's not all about winning. It's about applying ingenuity, pursuing a goal until the end, honoring the contributions of everyone on the team as well as that of other teams, and hopefully pushing the technology envelope forward -- advancing the "state of the possible." The true reward is knowing you've done a job well and given it your best. I too am incredibly proud of the team and the countless hours and brainpower that each of them invested. Each person brought unique skills & vantage points to the table which made it a much stronger team. The only thing that would have made it better would have been for our one team member who stayed behind at home to instead have come to see the robots in action.

There certainly was lots of drama through the competition weekend. Each robot entering the box represented an opportunity to have one of ours unseated. And the networking issues were simply an unnecessary nuisance. The challenge was about regolith excavation, not about networking. To have any team trounced for that was inexcusable.

Nonetheless, it’s not all about winning. It’s about applying ingenuity, pursuing a goal until the end, honoring the contributions of everyone on the team as well as that of other teams, and hopefully pushing the technology envelope forward — advancing the “state of the possible.” The true reward is knowing you’ve done a job well and given it your best.

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