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Many Thanks and Happy Holidays from Team Duct Tape!

TDT members enjoyed a recent visit to our long time friend and mentor,Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik. As always,the gift of his time and expertise was deeply valued,so we were humbled to receive a financial contribution from Mr. Markun on top of his expert guidance.  Tampa Technik is a remarkable facility [...] [...]

TDT Enjoys Dunedin Rotary Club Presentation

TDT enjoyed visiting the Dunedin Rotary Club yesterday,and telling members about FIRST and their FTC experiences.   The robot was pretty rough but our Chrises were in good form,and were able to talk about the Get Over It! challenge and their build design process.  They showed Rotary Club members some of their Pro/ENGINEER designs [...] [...]

Working Hard to “Get Over It!”

With enough of a practice field to function as a testing ground for our first robot designs,TDT members got down to the business of building.  There was something for everyone to do,as Pro/ENGINEER designs took shape.  It was a great meeting,and we were delighted to find that lessons learned about more [...] [...]

Robrady Rocks!

Team Duct Tape with Robrady Engineers Team Duct Tape members enjoyed a remarkable afternoon at Robrady Design on Friday.   Lead Graphic Designer Dave Prager kicked off our tour with a look at the many aspects of Robrady product development,from inception to modeling and prototyping.   Senior Industrial Designer Erik Holmen gave us a look at graphic [...] [...]

Middleton Last Shot Competition

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 [...] [...]

LIVE PTC Webcasts for FIRST Teams

Attention FRC and FTC teams! PTC has listened to FIRST teams and heard that you need more live training! PTC has scheduled 3 LIVE WEBCASTS for FIRST teams! 1. Overview of New Robotics Curriculum for FIRST Teams:Geared to FTC teams,but would be helpful to all FIRST teams! Friday,December 18th [...] [...]

Giving Thanks for Friends,Mentors and Supporters

Mentor Paul Markun checks out our robot Thanksgiving is a great time to reflect on all the great people who support and encourage Team Duct Tape members,individually and as a team.  Today,a couple of TDT members visited Paul Markun at his Tampa Technik machine shop in St. Petersburg.   We were treated to a look [...] [...]

PTC Invites FIRST Students to Make Use of their Resources

To all FRC and FTC teams:Let PTC help guide your robot design to success. We offer multiple resources that will help you better understand PTC software and how to use it to your advantage.  We understand that having relevant,easy-to-use training material is critical for teams to adopt and successfully utilize our software and,most [...] [...]