TEAM DUCT TAPE

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 [...]

Our diverse group of team members are often active outside of their Team Duct Tape experience with a variety of projects and interests.  Two of our programmers carry their love of code into realms beyond robotics . Check out their websites at Chris’s Programs and Projects and Levitank 2D and see great young minds at work.
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[ February 17, 2010; ] TDT is excited to be participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Competition Demonstration conducted as part of the 2010 Engineers Week (eWeek) celebration at Lockheed Martin – Simulation, Training, and Support in Orlando, Fl.   We’ll be joining several other central FL FTC teams at the event, showcasing team achievements and demoing our robot.

We’re really looking [...]

[ February 12, 2010; ] Team Duct Tape will be volunteering at the first ever TEDx Tampa Bay event this coming Friday.  TEDx is a local, self-organized version of the well known TED Talks program, bringing people together at a regional level to share  share ideas worth spreading. This is a great opportunity for TDT students to hear some leading thinkers from [...]

Below, TDT members enjoy a proud moment with Winning Alliance partners, team 3837, Force Applied. Force Applied was a force to be reckoned with and a great and gracious alliance partner.

Winning Alliance of TDT and Force Applied
TDT members really pulled together at the Middleton Last Shot event,  employing  great teamwork at all levels,  and making some [...]

[ February 6, 2010; ] The train’s running a bit slow but we’re still on track for a good showing at this coming Saturday’s Middleton High School Last Shot Qualifying Competition.  More than a dozen teams will compete in this final qualifying event before the Feb. 27 State Championship .at the University of South Florida.

This is our last opportunity to [...]

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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!