Kiwis win World Robotics Champs in Dallas - Technology - Video - 3 News
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My plans for updating while we were away were foiled by the seconding of my laptop to programming duties. Can't really complain as we came home with five trophies including the world champion title and the coveted judges' award for outstanding team robot.
Brief thoughts...
The trip was fantastic, it was great finally getting to Disneyland and the boys loved every second of both it and California Adventure.
We loved San Diego Zoo and seeing the panda cub was unbelievable.
The competition itself was more intense than we could have possibly imagined. We had been warned but nothing could have prepared us for the frenetic pace and the tension of watching the matches that would take us through to the final in a packed arena, hosted by Grant Imahara from Mythbusters. Every Kiwi team was screaming their lungs out in support. We were louder than the impressively loud Puerto Rican team!!
Spent yesterday shopping in Los Angeles, checking out Hollywood and having a slightly scary trip on the subway.
We have banned the words robotics and programming for this next term, but then we will be back starting to prepare for next year's game which looks a lot more complicated than this year's.
Decided that I could get into this travelling lark despite my dislike of flying.
It is however wonderful to be home.
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