FIRST Robotics PNW Finals

Last week and finishing up Saturday was the Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship 2019 where 68 Pacific Northwest FIRST FRC Teams competed for invites to the World Finals in Houston to be held April 17-20th. I drove up to Tacoma Washington for the PNW Finals to see the team 1540  that I mentor compete and see the other 67 regional teams. Team 1540 Flaming Chickens designed their competition robot named “Phineas” using Autodesk Fusion 360.  These events are always inspiring. We got our elevator broken by a hard hit in the semi final qualifications, but had a great time and also received an invite to compete in Houston at the World Finals. Now the team is packing up to ship the robot to Houston for next weeks world championship.

Check out their PNW alliance practice double climb that drew applause and hoots as 1540 and 6443 climbed onto the same platform for 12 x 2 ranking points!
https://youtu.be/-qQQA7vPL5g

The double climb in the match.

See a low res 360 video of the…