Last year my writing partners Dan Meggie and I started shadowing this high school robotics team as part of research for a movie. The project ultimately dissolved and we had a real “wait a minute… this was something we were doing for ourselves… now it’s something that we’re doing to help… the youth?” sort of Mighty Ducks moment. Anyway, it’s been insanely rewarding to help the kids make videos. They’re smart and earnest and make me less freaked out about the future.

Their league has a (wonderfully endearingly dorky) song parody competition and our team’s video “MY BOT” is in the semi-finals. Only three percent separate us and the next closest video so if you have a Twitter account, please vote for “MY BOT” and help ‘em out. Only 24 hours left and it’s gonna be a squeaker so your vote would help immensely.

Vote it up:

https://twitter.com/FIRSTweets/status/809760512430981120