Team members’hard work and unified presence,on the field and off,earned them the Inspire Award at Middleton Madness this past weekend,and a spot at the FTC State Championship at Embry Riddle in Daytona in February! It was touch and go with the robot sometimes,in what is definitely a challenging game. In the [...] [...]
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Check out this great Tampa Tribune story about our sister team,MISSION imPOSSIBLE Team,which is also sponsored by Learning is for Everyone. We’re really looking forward to participating in our first competition of the season with team 5210! [...] From vlogging for the FTC YouTube Channel to prototyping and brainstorming,to learning and teaching at Middleton High School’s Build It Day last Saturday,TDT has hit the new season running! Two weeks ago we made the acquaintance of a wonderful new mentor,Matt Griswold,an injection mold design engineer with MICRO ,which we [...] [...] From PC Magazine:The special pairs robotics legend Dean Kamen—who also founded FIRST,an organization devoted to pushing kids to science,technology,engineering and math (STEM) fields of research—with Will.i.am,supposedly still Intel’s director of creative innovation and a robotics builder in his own right. The back-to-school special was filmed during the FIRST Championship 2011 so it [...] [...] 36 days to go till the FTC season kick-off –Here’s something to enjoy while you’re waiting,and to build if you’re so inclined;check out Make Magazine and Lets Make Robots (added to our Resources!) [...] Thirty-nine days (39!) and counting till the new season kick-off on September 10th! Just to whet your appetite for all things robotic,check out this great story about the Japanese robot,HIRO,featured in TechCrunch today:When confronted with a new problem,HIRO tries to “remember” past actions and accesses stored information in order to [...] [...] FTCs new season kicks off in September,but Team Duct Tape’s season seems to begin earlier each year! Team members met yesterday for the first of some Getting to Know Robot C programming meetings,to give students interested in better understanding programming some hands on opportunities. We also got the chance to meet a potential new [...] [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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