Author Archives: Chown Dawg
XKCD on Color
We spend a lot of time trying to generate good color tables. XKCD has taken it up a notch.
Game Film: Bowdoin vs. Texas
Final in Hi-Def
Game Film: Bowdoin vs. Penn
Semi-Final in Hi-Def
Final Results – U.S. Open
Bowdoin 0 – Penn 0 (Bowdoin wins on Penalty Kicks 3-1)
Texas 3 – Bowdoin 1
Texas is the U.S. Open Champion for the 2d straight year. Congratulations to Texas!
Day 1 Results – U.S. Open
Texas 2 – Penn 0
Bowdoin 0 – Penn 0
Texas 4 – Bowdoin 0
A tough day for the Northern Bites. We seem to have home field issues. However, we have identified many bugs and should be looking a lot better tomorrow.
We will have a play-in game against Penn at 11:00. The winner gets Texas for the championship at 1:30.
I’d post video, but it’s too depressing right now.
It’s National Robotics Week
And the U.S. Open is part of it:
OK, so we haven’t made the map yet, or the list of sponsors, but I think we’ll get there. And we are in the listings.
The Race is On!
We still only have two robots and competition starts Saturday. We sent two robots back to France to be upgraded around March 1st and they promptly languished in customs until today. Now Aldebaran has shipped us our two new robots! Will they make it in time? They are currently in Orly, France.
Update (4/13): I awoke this morning hoping to see that the robots had arrived in Boston. And was surprised to see them on holiday in East Midland, UK! Not a good sign!
Update (4/14): Well the robots have visited Cincinatti (!) and are continuing their helter skelter journey. Will they make it? I’m hopeful.
Update 2 (4/14): They are in Boston and are scheduled for shipping! Will we get them today?
Update 3 (4/14): Yes! They’re here!
U.S. Open April 17-18 at Bowdoin
We will be playing host to the U.S. Open again this year. Standard Platform League teams expected to compete include Bowdoin (#2 in the world), Texas (#4 in the world), and Penn.
We also expect a joint team from Penn and Virginia Tech that will be competing in the Humanoid league.
For more details see: U.S. Open page
Video: Short Highlights
This is posted purely for fun and with all due respect to a colleague who has been an inspiration and who has helped make the Northern Bites what we are today.