TEAM DUCT TAPE

To the private donors who’ve been contributing via our Network for Good site, your contributions are deeply appreciated!  Every donation, of every size, is applied completely to FTC Team Duct Tape’s World Championship journey, and all donors will be kept regularly updated about the team’s progress through the rest of our season, and into the [...]

[ March 13, 2010; 11:00 am; ] TDT will be running FTC game demos with other area FTC teams Saturday morning, at the Florida FRC Regional being held at the UCF Arena in Orlando.  We’re looking forward playing for fun and informing others about FTC, and hope to see friends, new and old, there!

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 [...]

Many thanks to Franklin Jewelers of Land O’ Lakes, for their contribution to Team Duct Tape’s FIRST World Championship journey. We’re very grateful for the support of community businesses like Franklin Jewelers, especially during challenging economic times, and will do our very best to represent them and Odessa, FL with class and professionalism! 
Thank you for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Team Duct Tape members had a great time hosting a table during Inventors Weekend at the Renaissance Festival.   As with last year, we drew a good crowd, had fun informating about FIRST robotics, and enjoyed the food and entertainment.  The Bay Area Renaissance Festival remains one of the most successful and surprising far reaching of [...]

[ February 21, 2010; ] [caption id="attachment_1402" align="alignleft" width="432" caption="Looking sharp and ready for state!"][/caption]

TDT members got all decked out in their great new team shirts today, and hunkered down for the start of crunch week, tweaking, cleaning, and making final improvements to their Super Cube before next Saturday’s Florida FTC State Championship.

Members also worked on our display for tomorrow’s Tampa Bay [...]