TEAM DUCT TAPE

Team Duct Tape members enjoyed a terrific day at TRAK Microwave in Tampa, on Tuesday.  After sharing some background and information about FIRST and FTC, team members shared their Team Duct Tape knowledge and experiences with an impressive crowd of TRAK employees who turned out for a morning of robotics and lunch with Team Duct [...]

[ June 15, 2010; 10:00 am; ] TRAK Microwave was one of Team Duct Tape’s biggest sponsor’s last season, contributing generously to our FIRST World Championship journey, as well as providing mentoring guidance during some of our meetings.  On Tuesday, TDT members are bringing FTC to TRAK,  to give a presentation about FIRST Tech Challenge and demo the Hot Shot! game for [...]

TDT members with Sunlake Media Specialist, Melodie Oleson
Team Duct Tape members had a fun and busy day yesterday, spending a couple of hours at Sunlake High School in Land O’ Lakes, where they introduced a couple of dozen students there to FIRST robotics, most for the first time. A number of students tried their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Well, that was the name of the FLL Qualifying Tournament we volunteered at on Saturday.  And it was great fun revisiting the FIRST LEGO League experience as helpers, spectators and supporters of the two great FLL teams we’re mentoring, Brick Buddies and TechnoForce, both of whom took home awards.
TechnoForce to the Rescue!
TDT members served [...]

Mentoring FLL Team TechnoForce
Team Duct Tape members helped FLL team TechnoForce run through their presentation and technical judging paces yesterday.  This season’s SmartMoves is a challenging game, and FIRST LEGO League teams definitely have their work cut out for them.
But TechnoForce, like Brick Buddies, has risen to the challenge with skill and Gracious Professionalism [...]