{"id":730,"date":"2026-03-09T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:32:54","slug":"the-copperbots-are-busy-preparing-for-their-first-competition-next-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/the-copperbots-are-busy-preparing-for-their-first-competition-next-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"The CopperBots are busy preparing for their first competition next weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CopperBots are busy preparing for their first competition next weekend (March 14 &#8211; March 15) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebluealliance.com\/event\/2026milac\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thebluealliance.com\/event\/2026milac\">Lake City Michigan<\/a>.  We have a lot to finish up, and of course we still need to pack.  But. we&#8217;ll be ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the mentors and volunteers are doing their part to make sure we have spare parts ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-1003x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-1003x1024.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-1505x1536.jpg 1505w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2952-1-2006x2048.jpg 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t take time out to have a little fun and rescue some wildlife that decided to check in on the build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-1425x1536.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2954-1-1900x2048.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CopperBots are busy preparing for their first competition next weekend (March 14 &#8211; March 15) in Lake City Michigan. We have a lot to finish up, and of course we still need to pack. But. we&#8217;ll be ready. Even the mentors and volunteers are doing their part to make sure we have spare parts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copperbots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}