Events
Robout Ruckus
Colonial High School
February 17 2007
A pre-ship event held to get a feel for what it would be like to play a real game of Rack n Roll. Team 945, 1065, 1543, 1902 and others showed up for this event. There was a full field and complete rack. Teams tested out their ramps and manipulators.
Robout Boot Camp
DeVry - Orlando Campus
November 4 2006
The purpose of this event was to help students understand the process of having to build a robot in a short amount of time, and having to compete wether the robot was complete or not. The students created thier very own VEX robots, complete with working drive systems, two sensors, 30 second autonomous mode and 1 minute drive mode. Students from 1065 were split up amongst different teams and into different workshops. The workshops were Mechanical, Sensors, Programing and Advanced programming.
- Mechanical
- Sensors
- Programming
- Advanced Programming
Robout Roundup
DeVry - Orlando Campus
September 23 2006
Several students from out team attended this event. When teams arrived they were given dough nuts and juice, and were allowed to mingle between teams. At about 9:00am the speakers began their presentation. Included was information about upcoming events. They mentioned Robot Roundup, an off season event, Robot Boot camp, a seminar to help teams with their building strategies, and the kick off event. Teams were then dismissed to their am workshops. There was a series of four workshops that team members could choose to attend. Every workshop had at least one student from out team to ensure we could bring back as much information as possible. The workshops included:
- VEX Programming and Building
Students were given a basic introduction on how to assemble their VEX robot and then given 2 hours to create a fully functioning robot that followed the rules set forth by the instructors to be able to participate in the competition that would later come. The students who participated in the programming aspect of the VEX workshop covered programming using EasyC, they had some preassembled VEX robots to tweak thier codes on before downloading the code into the robots that were constructed by the building teams. - Team Organization and Budgeting
Students, teachers, mentors and parents from many different teams attened this workshop. Discussed were costs for FIRST regionals, additional parts, a good way to keep the teams organized. There was open disscussion to give other teams ideas on how to fundrasie and teams could also ask questions. They covered many of the websites that can be found under helpful links on the nav bar. - Programming games in C
Students learned about basic commands and how to practice good coding habits. Using skills that including linking files, including variables and characters in the program, and displaying text on screen; students began to program a game with everyone's favorite Nintendo star Mario. - Designing Sensor Logic Controls
Students learned about digital logic gates and their applications in electronics. Students also got a chance to work with a program that could design and simulate digital circuits allowing students to obtain an understanding of logic gate sensors.