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What we are doing and the dates we are doing them. These are key items that should be on your schedule!

1 FRC 2010/2011 schedules
2 VEX Roboteers
3 VEX Mentors - Mentor Workshops
4 FIRST Lego League
5 FRC 2011 Kickoff - 8-January-2011
6 DockBots'11 22-January-2011
7 Philadelphia FLL Demo 29 January 2011
8 VEX at Souderton 12-February-2011
9 FRC Ship Date - 22-February-2011
10 FRC Finger Lakes Regional - 3-5 March-2011
11 Mid-Atlantic VEX 4-5 March, 2011
12 VEX at Lionville Middle School 19-March-2011
13 VEX World Championships 14-16-April-2011
14 FRC Championships 27-30-Apr-2011
15 Future Events

FRC 2010/2011 schedules

Important dates are in FRC 2010 Calendar, FRC 2011 Calendar and listed below. We will keep you posted as the dates change and become confirmed.

Just because the build season is over it does not mean that FRC is over. Now comes the fun part of driving the robot at competitions. We have 2 more off season events in 2010. Come cheer DEWBOT VI on as it plays Breakaway

VEX Roboteers

Our new season playing Round Up started September 23 at the Downingtown Robotics Center from 6:30-8:30 PM on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. New and experienced roboteers in 7th to 12th grade are welcome! See our Round Up page for more details.

News updates for Round Up: The best location to find out current information is this website. The VEX-MEN also have a VEX-MEN weekly blog

VEX Mentors - Mentor Workshops

Due to space constraints at the Micklen building we were unable to hold our regular Mentor Sessions. We are having a special all day session on Sunday 7 November from 8:30-4PM at the Downingtown Robotics Center 320 Boot Road. We will cover mechanicals, grippers and grabbers, all the VEX components. In the afternoon we will be doing software and sensors. Contact Bob at VEXMEN dot COM or Foster dot Schucker at STEMRobotics dot Org for more details (Say the emails out loud, it will make more sense)

See you on the 7th!

FIRST Lego League

The second season of the Downingtown Robotics FIRST Lego League is about to start. Registration is now open and is being handled by the Downingtown Area Recreation Consortium. The official kickoff is Friday, September 3, when FIRST will post the new 2010-2011 competition. Our meetings will be held at Lionville Elementary School on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8:00, starting on September 13.

See FIRST Lego League 2009 for information about last years season.

Upcoming events:

FRC 2011 Kickoff - 8-January-2011

The deepest & darkest secrets of FRC's 2011 competition will be revealed to all who attend (and then read the FRC documents)! We will also pick up our 2011 kit-of-parts. Upper Darby High School's Performing Arts Center, Drexel Hills PA. This is the start of the 2011 FRC build season.

DockBots'11 22-January-2011

The VEXMEN teams travel to Landsdale PA to play Round Up. We've been to DockBots every year it's a great event. (Christopher Dock Mennonite High School • 1000 Forty Foot Road • Lansdale, PA 19446)

Philadelphia FLL Demo 29 January 2011

VEX Event at University of Pennsylvania

VEX at Souderton 12-February-2011

A mid winter event at Souderton. (Souderton Area High School 625 Lower Road Souderton, PA 18964)

FRC Ship Date - 22-February-2011

DEWBOT VII is bagged or boxed for competition. End of build season

FRC Finger Lakes Regional - 3-5 March-2011

Rochester Institute of Technology. Will DEWBOT VII clear our name in Kodak-city?

Mid-Atlantic VEX 4-5 March, 2011

Shipley Arena in Westminster MD

Middle School Division is on Saturday March 5.

VEX at Lionville Middle School 19-March-2011

Our biggest Fundraiser and our Biggest Competition. In 2010 there were 28 teams at our event.

VEX World Championships 14-16-April-2011

VEX World Championships to be held at the ESPN Center in Disney World, Orlando Florida. Last year we had two teams qualify and go to the World Championship.

FRC Championships 27-30-Apr-2011

FRC Championships will be held in St. Louis MO. We are trying to go to this event in 2011! start planning now!

Future Events

The Future Events page has events that are more than a year away.

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-== Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebee's - 23 October 2010 ==
-It's our second Flapjack Fundraiser at the Applebee's located at 470 West Lincoln Highway, Exton, PA.  We had a great time at the [[Pancake Breakfast 2009]], come have breakfast with us again!!
-== Ramp Riot - 13-November 2010==
-[[DEWBOT V Ramp Riot]] performance was good, but we are hoping for better this coming November.  This will be [[DEWBOT VI]]'s last hurrah.  Our VEX roboteers will be holding demos for the Girl Scout Girls in Gear program that morning.
-== VEX at Downingtown Middle School 20-Nov-2010 ==
-Our first home VEX event!  Round Up is the game, VEXMEN are set to play!
-== VEX at PSU Abington 4-December-2010 ==
-This is a fun scrimmage day playing Round Up.  (Woodland Library, Penn State Abington, 1500 Woodland Rd, Abington, PA 19001)
-== FRC Kickoff/Brainstorm Practice 11 & 12-December-2010 Noon - 4PM ==
-One of the most important days in the FRC build season is the two days around kickoff.  The first day is when we watch the game, the second is the first Brainstorm Session (normally the next day).  We will recreate the experience across the weekend.  This will give us good practice for a month later when we do it for real.  Bring your thinking caps and your brainstorm skills to this critical training event.
-==Demo - West Goshen Police Bomb Squad Robot - 15-December-2010==
-Is the the Bomb Squad Robot versus [[DEWBOT VI]] face-off we've been dreading?  We hope not, but please come anyway.  The demonstration promises to be both informative and exciting!  The event is open to the  public, we are showing off the new [[Downingtown Robotics Center]].  See you at 6:30!
 ==FRC 2011 Kickoff - 8-January-2011==