Tonight we had our first meeting after our first competition. There were a lot of congratulations, but it quickly turned serious. We have a lot of things to work on for the next 4 weeks and we can't let ourselves fall into a state of over confidence. We also started a fund raising campaign using Little Caesars Pizza kits.
Our chances look real good for qualifying for the Michigan State Championship, and we've already started looking toward the road to Atlanta. Fund raising is going to be a hot topic for the next 5 weeks.
The programming team will be meeting tomorrow and Wednesday to begin working out several issues we discovered in Traverse City. We didn't have any huge problems, just some things we noticed that might help us when we compete in West Michigan.
The rest of the team will convene next week on Tuesday to discuss scouting, our Chairman's Award presentation, pit design, button making and more programming.
Team 904 has certainly taken a step up the ladder this year and it feels good.
Showing posts with label Fund Raising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fund Raising. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Mid-summer update
So, just when I make the claim that I'm going to try hard to post something every day, I slip for a few days. But it's not because I haven't been doing anything FIRST related.
Sunday afternoon our FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) team held a fund raiser during a local car show, and I guess we did quite well. Fund raising is a huge part of a successful FIRST team, and doing it in the off-season is a wise use of time. During the school year and especially during build season, time is very hard to come by.
I have a few of my own FIRST projects that I've been working on too. The first of which is programming our VEX robot to follow a line. This has been a bit of a tricky problem and also the sensors are a bit finicky. When all the bugs are worked out of the program, I'm going to make a video and post it to YouTube. I'll post more about that here when the time comes.
Speaking of videos for YouTube, I'm working on a FIRST promo video for our FRC team. At some point I'll probably pass off ownership to my daughter, whom can do fantastic work with a video editor. Nevertheless, the concept for this video has been in my mind for months, and it hadn't taken off. Hopefully now that I've begun work on it, it will get finished by more talented hands.
Anyhow, it's mid-summer and FIRST news is slim these days. When I learn of cool stuff, I'll post it here.
Sunday afternoon our FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) team held a fund raiser during a local car show, and I guess we did quite well. Fund raising is a huge part of a successful FIRST team, and doing it in the off-season is a wise use of time. During the school year and especially during build season, time is very hard to come by.
I have a few of my own FIRST projects that I've been working on too. The first of which is programming our VEX robot to follow a line. This has been a bit of a tricky problem and also the sensors are a bit finicky. When all the bugs are worked out of the program, I'm going to make a video and post it to YouTube. I'll post more about that here when the time comes.
Speaking of videos for YouTube, I'm working on a FIRST promo video for our FRC team. At some point I'll probably pass off ownership to my daughter, whom can do fantastic work with a video editor. Nevertheless, the concept for this video has been in my mind for months, and it hadn't taken off. Hopefully now that I've begun work on it, it will get finished by more talented hands.
Anyhow, it's mid-summer and FIRST news is slim these days. When I learn of cool stuff, I'll post it here.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Fourth of July Fund Raising
Wednesday July 2, 2008 we had some strong storms pass through our area which knocked out the power to most of the region. We were without power for almost 2 full days, but did get it back just before lunch-time on Friday the Fourth.
Our FIRST team usually helps out at a carnival style event that we use as a fund raiser. Students from the team help set up, run and take down those large inflatable bouncy things that kids like to jump on and twist their ankles. It's typically a very safe time; every once in a while someone gets an owwie, but after a minute or two they're usually back at it.
The Fourth of July fund raiser is usually a very long and hot day, as it was again this year. By the end of the day when all the equipment needs to be packed up, everyone is pretty tired.
We'll be doing something similar in a few weeks, however this will be a volunteer event that our team will be doing for the community.
If you're team does anything like this, leave me a comment. Thanks!
Our FIRST team usually helps out at a carnival style event that we use as a fund raiser. Students from the team help set up, run and take down those large inflatable bouncy things that kids like to jump on and twist their ankles. It's typically a very safe time; every once in a while someone gets an owwie, but after a minute or two they're usually back at it.
The Fourth of July fund raiser is usually a very long and hot day, as it was again this year. By the end of the day when all the equipment needs to be packed up, everyone is pretty tired.
We'll be doing something similar in a few weeks, however this will be a volunteer event that our team will be doing for the community.
If you're team does anything like this, leave me a comment. Thanks!
Friday, January 25, 2008
End of Week 3
We are at the half-way point of our build season, and our robot is almost drivable. I took some pictures on Wednesday, however I am going to wait a little longer before posting them to my Flickr site.
As far as the programming and electrical team goes, we've flow charted most of our hybrid mode and have about half of it coded. We are prepared to download hybrid code and drive code whenever the robot is ready (which I think will be either Monday or Tuesday). As soon as it is drivable, the drive team will begin try-outs and soon a team will be picked. They will then practice as much as possible before the ship date.
The team as a whole is fund-raising like crazy. We're selling Yooper bars (a very tasty chocolate candy bar) and we'll also be selling pizza kits in the next week. We're doing can and bottle drives, hoping people will donate their returnables to the team.
Again this year we are attending 2 regional events in hopes that we come up with a win at one (or both) so that we are eligible to attend the Championship in Atlanta. All of these events are very pricey.
Look for a post soon, I'll be blogging about our baby's FIRST steps.
As far as the programming and electrical team goes, we've flow charted most of our hybrid mode and have about half of it coded. We are prepared to download hybrid code and drive code whenever the robot is ready (which I think will be either Monday or Tuesday). As soon as it is drivable, the drive team will begin try-outs and soon a team will be picked. They will then practice as much as possible before the ship date.
The team as a whole is fund-raising like crazy. We're selling Yooper bars (a very tasty chocolate candy bar) and we'll also be selling pizza kits in the next week. We're doing can and bottle drives, hoping people will donate their returnables to the team.
Again this year we are attending 2 regional events in hopes that we come up with a win at one (or both) so that we are eligible to attend the Championship in Atlanta. All of these events are very pricey.
Look for a post soon, I'll be blogging about our baby's FIRST steps.
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