TEAM DUCT TAPE

[ 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 [...]

FIRST LEGO League coach, Rich Berger, of the FLL Darth Panthers team, sent a reminder out to FLL teams and volunteers today, in preparation for this weekend’s FLL competition at USF Patel Charter school, being hosted by Darth Panthers.   Rich shared a link to an article by FLL operational partner Camille Schroeder.
Rich wrote, “We must [...]

TDT hard at work
TDT members went to work this weekend, incorporating design changes they decided to implement after hearing some useful feedback from Paul Markun at Tampa Technik, and from Madison, at the USF Racing Team.  It’s a good thing our next competition is a couple of months away, because our robot is looking a [...]

Team Duct Tape had a full and fun day at FTCs first qualifying event of the year on Saturday, at Hillsborough High School’s Robomania, bringing home the PTC Design Award. The PTC Design Award ” recognizes design elements of the robot that are both functional and
aesthetic.  All successful robots have innovative design aspects
however the [...]

[ October 24, 2009; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_286" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Team Duct Tape at 2008 TNT"][/caption]

And Team Duct Tape’s going to be there!

Hosted by East Lake High School’s FRC Team 79 Krunch and the University of South Florida College of Engineering, the 3rd annual Tempest ‘N Tampa off-season robotics event at the USF Sun Dome October 23 & 24 will feature [...]

Brick Buddies, an Odessa area FLL team that Team Duct Tape is helping mentor, is now sharing space with Chessnuts on State Road 54 in Land O Lakes (the Sweetbay Plaza/Benedetto’s), and offering a drop-in LEGO Club program and classes for youth, ages 8 and up.  Brick Buddies uses the profit made from [...]

[ September 26, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_272" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="TDT Members at LIFE Fest 2008"][/caption]

Team Duct Tape will be representing FIRST Tech Challenge at Learning is for Everyone’s annual LIFE Fest Celebration of Learning conference, on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL.   This year, Learning is for Everyone has a room dedicated to FIRST robotics, that [...]