The Impact of COVID-19 on the WormGear Warriors
As everyone knows the Coronavirus and had a great impact on schooling, sports, and the general economy.
COVID-19 has closed down many schools, if not all. As of March 13th, our coaches decided we should no longer continue meeting. As of March 16, Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, announced the closing of all public schools in Illinois. He also advised that all public and social events be cancelled, which soon led to FIRST events being cancelled.
We had been planning an event, which we called “A Gear in Review”. All teams from our division were to be invited to recap their and show what they learned. The event was to be held on April 4th. Unfortunately, on March 20th that event was also cancelled.
Our team then started to look into ways to help our communities through such tough and unusual situations as this. Our team began looking into hospitals and medical facilities that would accept 3D printed face wear, such as facemasks. After learning SM clinics, SLU hospitals, and Emerson Electric were accepting 3D printed face wear, we soon got to work making them.
After also learning that Anderson hospital in Maryville also started accepting homemade cloth masks, our team split up to buy, cut, and sew cloth. We were lucky enough to receive a donation from a local Walmart for cloth and elastic. Through a personal contact at SLU hospital, our team was asked to make hair “bonnets”, which help nurses contain their hair. (see picture below)
We recently received a request from a CN working at Belleville Memorial Hospital for hair bonnets. We hope to continue to receive requests, as we would like to play our part in keeping others healthy.
Having to do work as a team without physically being in contact was difficult, but thankfully we had lots of help from mentors, coaches, and parents.
As of April 7th, we have made 30 hair bonnets and over 100 masks! We plan on continuing to help our community through this difficult time! We can always use some extra hands……. if anyone is willing to donate cloth, elastic, or money to buy supplies, we would greatly appreciate it! Our community needs you and we are all playing a part in helping our communities stay healthy!
-WormGear Warriors
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COVID-19- The Impact On FTC
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Meet 2: 12/14/20
- Match one-
Auto: Missed grabbing foundation, Missed parking in building zone
Teleop: Collected stone, Stacked stone, Stacked stone
Endgame: Collected stone, Parked in build site
- Match two-
Auto: One skystone delivered, Stacked skystone, Foundation in build site, did not park
Teleop: Stacked 4 tall
Endgame: Moved Foundation
- Match three-
Auto: Did not park
Teleop: Grabbed two stones, Stacked two tall
Endgame: Missed Capstone, Moved foundation, Parked in build site
- Match four-
Auto: Collected skystone, parked, missed moving foundation
Teleop: Stacked one high, Moved Foundation
Endgame: Parked, Phone fell out but stayed connected
- Match five-
Auto: Delivered skystone, Moved foundation, parked
Teleop: Stacked two skyscrapers, One stone tall
Endgame: Foundation moved, Parked
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meet #1: 2019
Our first run we were able to stack 3 high, almost cap, to get a total of 57 points , the highest points scored throught the whole match.
The second run we were able to stack 5 high, the highest stacked out of the whole meet, get 2 skystones over the bridge in the autonomous, and park in the zone, to tie at 48 points
Our third run we were able to stack 3 high, but unfortunately that was knocked over in the process of capping. In the end we were able to stack 1 high plus the capstone. We were unable to collect the skystones in autonomous, but we were able to park over the line. We lost this match 18 – 40.
Our 4th run we were able to collect one block in autonomous, but barely missed the parking line. We were unable to stack, though our alliance partner was able to stack 3 high, even though that got knocked down. Our alliance partner got the base into the depot adding up to a final 25 points, winning the match.
Our final run we were able to collect the skystones and park over the line and autonomous. We were able to stack 3 blocks high with the help of our alliance partners in tally up, totaling a score of 51 points, beating the opposing alliance.
At the end of the match we came up with the most points scored, highest blocks stacked, and highest high breaking points (which was 30.3)!