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Possible Spider design considerations
http://letsmakerobots.com/robot/project/tachikoma
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?3637-Alum-Robot-Quadruped-custom-kit
http://www.hexapodrobot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=331
4 legs- http://letsmakerobots.com/robot/project/my-first-robot-quadruped-3-dof-leg
We’ll have to see how well it does getting over and off of the bars on the ramps.
Andriod phone set-up for new FTC season, 2015-2016
Here’s a video series that shows how to set up the Android phone system for the new FTC season. Thanks to GEARSinc for posting these videos.
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Do it! (A video made by campers in the Lego all day camp- 6/2015)
A video of the absurd. Thanks to Michael P. for your dedication to sound editing.
Lego night out- April 24th, 5:15- 9:30, Arbor Day theme.
You might not guess that Legos and plants went well together, but they do! We’re using Arbor day, Friday, April 24th, as our inspiration for a nature themed night of Lego play and innovation. We’ll be building full forests, birds, plants, bugs and nature galore out of legos for 4 full hours of fun. Non-competitive play and adventure await our Lego Engineers.
When: April 24th, 2015, 5:15 to 9:30 pm
Where: UUFP, middle Newport News
Who: The Electrical Invaders team and coach, Brandy Bergenstock
Why: To play with Legos. Is there any better reason to get a gaggle of kids together for 4 hours?
Costs: $20 a child, $15 for additional siblings. *Pizza and gold fish provided.
Please write me directly for registration form and sign-up or questions- bergiemoore@gmail.com
CNU STEM day- Mock FTC competition
We are team 6027, L.E.D. Empire and we will be running the Mock Competition at CNU STEM day with the help of Team Electrical Invaders, Team Duck ‘n Cover, and you. Duck and Cover is providing a full field and will not be in attendance the day of the event. If you know of more teams that are interested, please pass along this e-mail to them. Thank you.
Here are some details for this event:
1. Date: May 30th 11am-4pm. first match will likely start at 11:15am.
2. It is CNU STEM day. http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/StemCommunityDay/
3. We will have a full Cascade Effect Field set-up with computer, router, and controllers to run 30 second autonmous and 2 minute driver controllered matches.
The Mock competition will run with matches about every 15 minutes, rotating the teams who are alliances and opponents. The purpose is for people attending CNU STEM day to see how a FTC competition works, and learn about FTC.
Meet the competition for the Kamen division at states.
We will be in the Kamen division of the state tournament, which means we are competing against these fine teams! (Thanks to Justen for compiling this solid list of competitors.) If you have a site and we missed it, please write us!
generals-3479
snuffleupagus-3804
icatz -4323 FB page
5262 from Battlefield Highschool
warriors-5401
Techie tornados-5414 FB page
geek gods-6124 FB page
———FTC-6193 ELECTRICAL INVADERS———– Yeah US! FB page, like us!
New Twitter page ! The handle is FTC_6193 url: https://twitter.com/FTC_6193
6652 Cyber Huskies
Team Impact-6820
duck and cover-7073
Best All-Around Club of Nerds(BACON)-7080/ these guys are legit. they have their own STEM lab and have been to CERN. I’m jealous.
the blockheads-7117 (Hey, Leigh, it’s your old team! 🙂
shockwave-7171 FB page
Rocktown Robotics-7872
The Evil Purple Sox- 8498 Twitter account
Veritech-8910
As we go through this list, I’m surprised at the number of teams that don’t have any social media or websites. We find it to be helpful for people seeking us out; boy scouts, Navigators, civil groups; as well as helping feel connected to the larger FIRST family, even as we have our bi-weekly meetings held up in a little house on a culdesac. Online connections aren’t not hard to maintain, and you create it on any schedule you want. I hope more teams will outreach through the internet in the future.
VA State Qualifying Match- Feb 28, 2015
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FIRST creates self-evalution rubric for teams
Click to access Team_Judging_Self-Reflection.pdf
“Self-Reflection is an essential life skill. Whether it be our own behavior, job performance, or when brainstorming a new invention, learning how to step back and objectively provide self-feedback is invaluable. Not everyone around us will be willing or able to provide the type of feedback that we need to move ahead and improve. Some situations may not even allow for feedback to come our way. Instead of being left wondering questions like “why?” or “what did I do wrong?” or “how did I do?” over and over, we all need to develop the skill of providing our own feedback after objective self-reflection so we will be able to quickly reflect, adapt, and move forward.
Whenever you find yourself at the end of something, take the time to reflect on the experience. Don’t fall into the over-critical analysis, but force yourself to be objective and notice the small successes, too. In fact, learning what you do WELL is important, so that you keep on doing it. Ask yourself:
- What worked?
- What went well?
- What did you like?
- What would you change?
- How did you feel?
- How did the experience help you grow? “
– by Carin Plante
Our team has written about our “end of the year round up” previously. FIRST created a rubric that can be used by teams to help increase the speed of their improvements and self-evaluate for enhanced performances at future events. What we learn in robotics is not limited to the field, or engineering, and does not have to be limited to just what we bring to our team. This , as in all good leadership skills, is practice for a better life.
PTC creo, 3d printing and Artemis.
PTC Creo is a scalable suite of design software that allows FTC designers to test concepts before building. It helps create and view designs using 2D CAD, 3D CAD, and parametric. Four Electrical Invaders got the chance to attend a class held at the Chesterfield Library, hosted by the Maker’s lab creator, Doc, with the help of CREO expert, Will. Participants learned basic CAD design elements. Through many struggles and trial and error, the Electrical Invaders replicated the model robot on the Textrix sample book. After 3d modeling of the structure of a robot, they began their work on replicating a common part of a robot, the “L” bracket, from scratch.
During our lunch break, the Electrical invaders discovered the labs’ 3d printers. This led to many questions about 3d printing, a demonstration of its ability and an offer to come back and take a class on 3-d printing! Having finished successfully creating model pieces from scratch and being taught how to turn that design into a 3-d printable file we still had an hour left. Doc and Will showed the Electrical Invaders how to play Artemis, a multi-user networked game for pcs and IOS devices. This was a great teambuilding/teamwork games that develops great communication skills.
PTC creo- http://www.ptc.com/communities/academic-program/products/free-software/forms/creo-download
Artemis- http://www.artemis.eochu.com/
Olivia and Justen work out where to find all the options for creating their own “L” bracket.
Ezra puts the finshes touches on his Textris model before heading off to lunch.
Olivia got a 3-d printed octopus!
Thanks for all the helpful hints, Will!
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