FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff 2009 - The Blue Alliance LIVE!

  • The Blue Alliance LIVE!

    Welcome to The Blue Alliance LIVE coverage of the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff.

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  • Chatroom

  • LIVE Video

  • Nasa TV - Kickoff Webcast

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  • LIVE via Twitter commentary

    This area provides LIVE commentary from the Kickoff! Watch here as news about what is going on get automatically added to this area or follow @thebluealliance on Twitter!


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    Jan 15, 12:28 am

    Today's XKCD is about the 2010 FIRST Game, Breakaway! http://xkcd.com/689/

    Nov 23, 2:41 pm

    Finally getting 2010 events into The Blue Alliance! Have to retool stuff to deal with FIRST's website changes since 2009.

    Jul 19, 9:38 pm

    Just added 2003, 2004 matches to TBA, bringing the total number of match results online to 24,599 matches! Thanks Nick Galotti!

    Jun 25, 3:40 am

    2009 Einstein matches now posted on The Blue Alliance! http://thebluealliance.net/tbatv/event/2009cmp

    Apr 19, 9:44 pm

    Video from Newton, Galileo, and Archimedes on TBA! Waiting on parsing of Curie. http://thebluealliance.net/tbatv/

  • LIVE Flickr Photos

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  • Posted Videos

    Check out our ongoing video coverage at vimeo.com/thebluealliance/


    Kickoff 09 - Field Elements Hands-On from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.
    Kickoff 2009 - Behind the Scenes from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.
    Kickoff 2009 - Initial Reactions from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.
    Kickoff 2009 Intro from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.

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