TEAM DUCT TAPE

From Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy blog:
PITTSBURGH—A new four-year, $7 million educational initiative by Carnegie Mellon University will leverage students’ innate interest in robots and other forms of “hard fun” to increase U.S. enrollments in computer science and steer more young people into scientific and technological careers.
The initiative, called Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE), is [...]

Way to go Dr. Dan and Umbrella Guy! You’ll catch a couple of glimpses of Team Duct Tape, too.

Steve Willingham, co-coach of TDT, was interviewed at coolTECH by Bernie Borges back in June.  He only had 90 seconds to explain what the Borges was looking at in our booth, and we think he did a great job!  The reporter was particularly interested in the Skypebot , which showed how team members don’t confine themselves [...]

Despite on camera jitters causing one team member to forget what grade he’s in, TDT members pulled off a nice interview with Tampa Bay Technology Forum CEO and President Amy Norman  at coolTECH in June,  that finally made it online. Enjoy!

Team Duct Tape at coolTECH from atLarge, Inc. on Vimeo.

Getting ready for a table run
TDTs LEGO Engineering camp wrapped up with a mini-FLL Tournament, showcasing students new programming and building skills.  Team Duct Tape members even ran them through some teamwork and technical judging paces, for a fuller experience. Family members joined campers to cheer them on in their table runs and everyone went [...]

It works!
Campers are catching on fast to programming and build principles in TDTs 2010 LEGO Engineering summer camp. Even
New programmer
 students who have never programmed before are captivated by NXT G, and today enjoyed learning the magic of loops. In our build class, levers got a good work out,  and some pretty sturdy looking attachments have been [...]

[ June 28, 2010 to July 2, 2010. ] TDT 2009 LEGO robotics campers TDT is hosting our 2010 LEGO Robotics Summer Camp in Odessa, this week, and looking forward to showing a new crop of students a new way to play and learn with LEGOs!

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 [...]