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Latest revision as of 12:37, 9 September 2009
Parent Night 2009 Agenda
Entire Group
- Overview of Robotics at Downingtown
- Team history
- Started in 2004 by Paul Sabatino - First Robtotics Challenge Team 1640
- Vex team started in 2007 as First Vex Challenge team 3155
- Vex team grows to teams 81,82 in 2008 and to teams 81,82,89,1640 in 2009
- Introduction to First Robotics Challenge
- Introduction to VEX Robotics Competition
- Standard set of components - like Erector Set
- Limited metal (cutting and bending, no welding)
- Robots limited to 18" cube, 10 motors and one battery
- Introduction to First Lego League
- Standard code of conduct/responsibility for roboteers
- We should have our code on a different page in the wiki
- Schedule for the upcoming year
- FRC
- FRC Fall Meetings
- FRC Fall Events
- Duel on the Delaware
- Ramp Riot
- FRC Build Season
- FRC Regional Competitions
- Travel event (ie Fingerlakes)
- Local event (Drexel)
- VEX
- VEX Build Season
- Local Competitions
- Penn State Abington - December 5, 2009
- Christopher Dock High School (Lansdale) - January 23, 2010
- Eastern Pennsylvania Regionals (Downingtown) - March 13 2010
- We host this competition as a fund rasing event
- Travel event
- Mid Atlantic Championships - 26,27 February
- Held in Westminster Maryland
- Drive down Friday morning, return late Saturday night
- Parents must attend with their roboteer
- Mid Atlantic Championships - 26,27 February
- FLL
- FLL Build Season
- FLL Events
- FRC
- Fundraising / Sponsors
- Money to sponsor the team comes from donations from sponsors and from Muffin sales.
- Mentors
- VEX mentor training - can tell "left" from "right" and can button a shirt - we teach the rest
- Adult mentor training Tuesday nights 6:30-8:30
Individual Groups - FRC
- FRC tour, tools, etc
Individual Groups - VEX
- VEX Robotics Competition Goals
- Inspire roboteers
- Basic mechanical skills
- Basic design skills
- Communications
- Working in a team
- Have fun
- Everybody participates (builds, drives, etc.)
- Learn
- Everything done safely
- Hand tools only
- Mentor supervision
- Eye protection when doing metal working
- Eye protection when competing
- Hand tools only
- Inspire roboteers
- Overview of VEX robot system
- Mechanical parts (nuts/bolts/plates)
- Motion (motor/servo/gears/chain/bearing blocks/axle)
- Chassis (wheels, legs, tank tread) and drives (2,4 wheel; omni, etc)
- Grippers (claw, protobot grip)
- Sensors (light, switches, sonar, rotation)
- Microcontroller
- Programming using RobotC
- Two Modes - Autonomous and Driver Control
- Make the robot (motors, servos, sensors) work with the driver
- Programming ranges from simple (little interaction) to complex (robot is making key decisions)
- Transmitter
- Battery
- See http://www.vexrobotics.com/product-accessories.shtml for more details
- Clean Sweep game details
- Two teams (red and blue) two robots per team
- Three roboteers per team (driver, operator, coach)
- Team rotates per match
- Move balls from one side of a 12*6 field to the other
- Limited physical contact with other robots
- 20 second autonomous period
- 2 minute driver period
- Two teams (red and blue) two robots per team
- Process
- First 5 weeks robot skills training
- Next 3 weeks game design and build
- at the same time there are classes on Programming
- Mentor directed and focused - ideas and suggestions from the roboteers
- Rest of the season - design and build
- Roboteer directed - suggestions from the mentor
- After week 8 the mentors do not work on the robot
- Oven mitt rule!
- Three / four competitions
- Two - 1 hour drive
- Eastern Pennsylvania Regional - home event
- Over night trip to Westminster MD
- Demonstration - Parents drive the robots
Indvidual Group - FLL
- Overview
- Inspire kids to learn while having fun
- Develope team mentality and skills
- Develope critical thinking process
- Define goals and problem solving strategies
- Have lots of fun!