TEAM DUCT TAPE

Team Duct Tape is happy to count The Breakfast Nook, of Land O’Lakes among our growing contingent of Team Duct Tape supporters.  Owned and operated by the family of one of our team members, who is also an aspiring restaraunteur himself, The Breakfast Nook hopes to soon be featuring a Team Duct Tape signature dish, of [...]

Winning Alliance

2845 (Alliance Captain) Team Duct Tape
2868 Smoke and Mirrors
3837 Force Applied

Finalist Alliance

3830 (Alliance Captain) SkyNet
1369 Minotaur
1902 Exploding Bacon

Judged Awards

Inspire Award - 2868 Smoke and Mirrors
Florida Coach of the Year - Eric Grajales, 1902 Exploding Bacon
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - 348 Lightning
PTC Design Award - 1369 Minotaur
Think Award - 506 Pandara
Connect Award - 2845 Team [...]

All Together Now!
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein
Team Duct Tape Team
TDT members celebrated their sweet success with an abundance of good eats, on Saturday, including a cake declaring “Rip it! Stick it! Done! Atlanta Here We Come!” (which gave the cake decorator [...]

Team Duct Tape is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of TRAK Microwave and Raytheon NCS, towards costs for FIRST World Championship registration and accommodations expenses.  The logistics of getting a team of ten and their families to Atlanta for four days - a party of twenty-two so far- is challenging and the expense considerable. Thanks to TRAK Microwave and [...]

 
Florida FTC State Championship

TDT accepts Connect Award
Months of hard work, improving our robot after each competition, working on perfecting design ideas, meeting with mentors, developing strong programming, and great teamwork and communications paid off at the FTC Florida State Championship yesterday, when Team Duct Tape earned the Connect Award, ranked 1st in the Qualification matches in a field [...]

2009 FL State Championship
Thought others might enjoy and possibly benefit from recommendations TDT members have been given, to help make the most of their Florida State Championship experience:
1) Be familiar with the day’s schedule. Visit http://www.flfirst.org/FloridaChampionship2009.shtml for details.
2) Arrive on time and plan to stay the whole day, regardless of whether you’re in the final matches or not.  [...]

Read about the Florida State Championship in the Tampa Bay Business Journal!