TEAM DUCT TAPE

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 [...]

Post Competition Celebration
TDT members enjoyed reflecting about last weekend’s qualifying competition and our PTC Design Award win, over cake and refreshments at Saturday’s meeting.  We discussed what worked:

teamwork,
team committment,
a great interview,
a pretty good Engineering notebook,
a sturdy robot with a sizeable hopper;

And what didn’t:

an unreliable collection system,
a slow shooter.

We’ll be weighing in with mentors in coming [...]

FWCS-ASME Pres. Pete Grotsky shares interview guidance
Team Duct Tape enjoyed an instructive visit from FWCS-ASME President Pete Grotsky, of Government Programming Contracting and Management Services, who shared his insights on elements of a good interview,  what a quality Engineering notebook should look like, and how a good team conducts itself.   He enjoyed learning about the [...]

Duct Tape Zombie!
TDT members have worked like the living dead (but with a lot more energy!) on their robot the last couple of days –  — trying to complete a robot design everyone feels will be competitive and successful.  TNT was an edifying experience that compelled team members to rework their initial design, after testing [...]

Team Duct Tape enjoyed a full, exciting and verrrryyy looonngg day at the USF Polytechnic RoboBattle qualifying event yesterday, bringing home the Think and Winning Alliance Awards, shared with Ro Ro Ro Ur Bot (#617) and B.A.D. (Built and Dangerous #3045), and finalists for the Innovate and Inspire Awards as well. The Think Award [...]

Mr. Pete Grotsky, of the Florida West Coast Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, joined Team Duct Tape for this week’s meeting to mentor students on good interview and team presentation practices.
He went over things like what makes a good Engineering notebook, dressing for success, posture, voice and attitude, and the importance of [...]

We just added three new resources to our list of links at right, below our Team 2845 Q&A:
FTC Wiki
Engineering Notebook Guidelines (Professional)
FTC Engineering Notebook Guidelines
Check back regularly to see what’s new and to share your ideas and insights.