Tonight we did some last minute adjustments on our robot. We are very excited to compete at Lenape this weekend, and we are ready for Chairman’s! And, we are excited to say that we have a pit crew this competition, which was basically nonexistant in previous competitions.
We would like to thank the LuNaTeCs who were kind enough to allow us to come to their shop yesterday and work on our robot. They were a big help to us.
Author: Tin Mints
Springside-Chestnut Hill
Over the weekend, we competed at Springside-Chestnut Hill with 34 other FRC teams. We discovered that there were problems with Rosie 2.0, specifically in the connection between the battery and the breaker. Although we did not advance into the elimination rounds, we made some adjustments on our robot, and we are currently tweaking it so that it will do better at Lenape this weekend.
Our Chairman’s presentation went surprisingly well even though we did not win this award. We are very proud nonetheless, and we are looking forward to present for Chairman’s this weekend. We are all also extremely proud of Erin, who got on the Dean’s List and will be advancing to MAR. We celebrated by getting frozen yogurt, and Patrice even taught us how to do the Nay-Nay dance.
Week 3
Tomorrow kicks off Week 3 at Springside-Chestnut Hill. Since this was our first competition last year as rookies, we have high expectations of doing well. It took the full six weeks of building season to work on our robot for this year’s challenge, Aerial Assist. What a different game this year compared to last year’s challenge, Ultimate Ascent.
We are excited for our Chairman’s presentation tomorrow, but we are very nervous! However, tomorrow will be quite an exciting day with the Qualification Rounds. We’re looking forward to seeing other teams’ robots this year, including the rookie teams! The STEM Mobile will be making an appearance…
Outreach Events and Activities
Events included:
- Robotics 101 at Shelly Ridge- 16 girls attended
- 500 Club Picnic at Shelly Ridge- 400 girls attended over two days
- Girls’ Leadership Conference at Cedar Crest College- 100 girls attended
- Lego Robots at the Springfield Township Building- 67 girls attended
- Robot Girls at the Springfield Township Building- 55 girls attended
- Fall Festival for Ridley-Springfield Girl Scouts at the Princeton Presbyterian Church
- Bridging Ceremony for Ridley-Springfield Girl Scouts at Glenolden Park- 150 girls attended
- Safe Trick or Treat at the Granite Run Mall- 300 kids attended
- Eddystone Seniors Lighthouse Luncheon- 50 people attended
- Flea Market at Upper Darby High School- 400 people attended
- Technology Round Table – 100 of people reached through social media
- Robot Frenzy at the Granite Run Mall- 150 kids attended
- Demonstration at Rose Tree Media Elementary School- 150 kids attended
- Leader Meetings at Penn Delco, Media, and Aston- 50 kids attended
- Year of the Girl Conference at the Philadelphia Convention Center-2000 girls attended
- Lego Fury- E.T. Richardson Middle School