FOUR!!! <- yeah I had nothing creative...

This week was yet another of great advance!  Despite TWO closings, we kept on schedule and have a final chassis!  As the favorite team saying goes, we're "moving right along".  I would also like to make a shout-out to all of the Superbowl watchers of the FIRST community.  Although Will.I.Am. did not wear his FIRST hat during the performance, he did put emphasis on saying FIRST things FIRST and had an image of the FIRST logo reflected on his head during a related lyric change in one of his songs.  However, Team Paragon has larger issues at hand, or rather, larger accomplishments!  We have officially named the robot "Blue Cyclone" and have named the mini-bot "Spider".  I would like to focus on why this robot has been named Spider.  The goal of the minibot is to climb a post in order to score bonus points for the alliance during the end game.  The mechanics of this seem simple, but it is rather complicated to build something that will climb a pole quickly and efficiently, and then come back down automatically.  This has posed a great deal of difficulty to the team, as many of our focuses are on the large robot.  We are implementing the skills used by an elevator, something that we have fair knowledge of, having Otis Elevators as a main sponsor.  The skills that students are learning in the making the minibot will help them in future endeavors in fields such as elevator making and other related jobs.  Thanks for tuning in this week!!