TEAM DUCT TAPE

Neat piece of robotics news from Science Daily (NASA, GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology)
NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries.
Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement [...]

Some great videos have made their way to You Tube from tournaments and championships around the country.  Here are just a few:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlMU9xYFrYU

http://www.youtube.com/user/RobostingerZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxQ4NbS17k
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BBC35577B07E795A&search_query=FTC+robots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBBOBxFHD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xdh-NTW4Mw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQL2_M4mVow

Great minds at play!

Team Duct Tape enjoyed being part of the Studio 10 morning show at WTSP-TV yesterday. We joined FTC team Dynasty from Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, FLL team Brick Buddies and FLL team Mad Beach Marine Robotics to showcase upcoming robotics learning opportunities at the Science Center of Pinellas, including the January 9 [...]

[ December 21, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] A couple of Team Duct Tape members will be joining FLL team Brick Buddies on the CBS Studio 10 TV morning show, at 10 a.m. Monday morning, for their weekly segment on the Science Center of Pinellas . This week, the segment looks at the Science Center’s upcoming FTC qualifying tournament, the  Science Center Bot [...]

On the Everything Robotics blog, there’s an overview on Frank Tobe’s Robot Report of his conversation with Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech’s Director of Robotics and Intelligent Machines.  Christensen, Tobe reports, is optimistic about the future of intelligent automation:
“A few days ago we had a conversation that covered many of the current issues in robotics. Throughout [...]

Hot Shot! Game Results

Winning Alliance

3045 (Alliance Captain) Built And Dangerous (B.A.D.)
1902 Exploding Bacon

Finalist Alliance

1369 (Alliance Captain) Minotaur
3837 Force Applied

Judged Awards

Inspire Award - 1902 Exploding Bacon
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - 3045 Built And Dangerous (B.A.D.)
PTC Design Award - 2845 Team Duct Tape
Think Award - 1369 Minotaur
Connect Award - 506 Pandara
Motivate Award - 409 [...]

An Invitation from the IEEE Florida West Coast Section:
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So just how do you feel about robots? Was the last time that you thought about  them back when that Transformers movie came out? Well, it turns out that right  here in the Tampa area we’ve got a lot of robot activities going on.
In the elementary and [...]

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And Team Duct Tape’s going to be there!

Hosted by East Lake High School’s FRC Team 79 Krunch and the University of South Florida College of Engineering, the 3rd annual Tempest ‘N Tampa off-season robotics event at the USF Sun Dome October 23 & 24 will feature [...]