We finally saw University of Florida's robot. It's crazy fast, and would probably damage some crucial part of our hardware if they crashed into us. On the bright side, we haven't seen them pick up any blocks, and last time I saw them test they just spun around in circles because their compass was messing up.
We're currently working out some kinks with the limit switch in the block tray. Sometimes it doesn't know how many blocks we've picked up, so we're attempting to make that more reliable. A team just arrived all dressed in lab coats. They're walking around with their PDAs making notes on everyone else's robots. Classy.
***THIS JUST IN***
Florida's robot, which as I said before, is running -- well, WAS running Windows XP -- fried its hard drive. While this is a regrettable occurrence and we feel sorry for Florida's misfortune...we're experiencing a bit of schadenfreude. Don't tell anybody. It's still very fast, and would still beat the hell out of LUNAR if it hit us.
That's all for now. This internet connection is terrible.
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I bet that the Florida team just told people that their robot's hard drive was fried... it actually tried to UPRISE, and they had to press the Hard Drive Self-Destruct Button before things got too violent. Be wary!
Just think... you guys could be at the Robot Uprising Ground Zero. Decades from now, everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news that the robots had become self-aware and were starting to steal the bricks from buildings.
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