Its been a busy week (about 32 hours a week)...planning, drawing, designing, testing, configuring...sort of found a prototype for our design. Trying to put all the pieces together to come up with the most effective, resilient robot for the season!
The scrimmage is coming along. Found out the FIRST would not be able to provide us with the field like in scrimmages past. So, if we want to have a scrimmage, we will have to make a field. Stephens duties have now been shifted to help create and build a field we may use. Things are coming together for the scrimmage, but unfortunately this year our profit margins will be zero or in the red because of the field build!!! Cant wait to see what Feb brings!!! The students are busting their butts to make this scrimmage a success!!!
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| Busy building the field |
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| Robot salvage! |
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| Other Mentors |
Aces High 176 also has a FTC team this year.
FTC is designed for students in grades 7-12 to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.
Our FTC team is called Aces High Too! What a great group of kids in this group. They have their first scrimmage Jan 18, 2014 We wish them the best of luck!!!
Boyfriend always finds time to melt my heart...here he is laying in the sun on a cold windy day! I had the front door open during one of my insanity workouts!!! Love my fur kid!!
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