Saturday, Jan. 7 marked the beginning of the Robotics FRC season when this year’s task was announced at Dripping Springs High School. Each year, a new task is announced at the kickoff and robotics clubs later compete to fulfill the task.
“It’s less complicated than last year, but it looks deceptively less complicated less complicated. Once you get into the intricacies of the game, it’s very difficult,” Club President Timothy Pollard-Grayson ‘18 said.
This year’s task, or game as season teams call it, is called “FIRST Steamworks” and has a steampunk theme. According to Pollard, the games usually involve moving items from one area to another via the robot you build. At the Kickoff, the teams learn more details about what their robot will have to do.
“It’s exciting because we get to learn what we’ll be working towards for the next six weeks. It gives us the goal for our hard, hard work for those weeks,” Pollard-Grayson said.