After arriving at our hotel and having lunch generously paid for, many of us Northern Bites turned to the comfort of our pillows, while Chown dawg and EJ stopped by the pool. Some of the team also ran into rUNSWift, a team from Australia who had made a 25+ hour trip. Glad we didn’t have to do that. Heading to the venue tomorrow morning at 8, be sure to check back for pictures and more fun stories. Hoping not to repeat the search for Turkish pizza (see relevant blog post circa July 2011).

Leaving Boston, the TSA bag checked our robots before deciding they were too cool to be dangerous, but it was probably mostly the lack of chemical signatures in their tests. Flight got in on time with no hassles. After a quick bite to eat, hopefully resetting our internal clocks, we picked up our bags and got through customs. And headed out on the train. Here’s a view from the flight

Not to the races, but to something just as exciting. The Northern Bites are heading out of Brunswick bound for the Netherlands. It will be a long, trying journey through bus station, airport, train station but the team is confident it can make it and bring the robots along too. No doubt there will be stories of EJ’s heroic airport good sightings, or Daniel’s expert guidance through immigration. Stay tuned!

Instead of the usual summer lab of Searles 223 this summer, in cooperation with the Department of Theater and Dance, we are some of the last occupants of the Maine Street Station Dance Studio before Bowdoin moves to the former Longfellow School. The robots had a good time dancing while we finished setting up. Here’s some pictures:

trailer

U.S. Open highlights

After some work from Octavian (shoutout to the northern bums) and Ellis last night we now move at full speed again when walking. Along with some other minor changes, our game today should be much more interesting. Tune in the the live stream at 10 and 1 to check us out.

Another victory to end the day. EJ put in some last minute changes to our localization system that really helped us position on the field. It was awesome.