DEW Robotics:Current events

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

FRC 2010 schedule

Important dates are in FRC 2010 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. There are two offical events that we do and 5 off season events. Come cheer DEWBOT VI on as it plays Breakaway

VEX Roboteers

Our new season playing VEX Robotics Clean Sweep started September 23 at the Downingtown Educational Center from 6:30-8:30 PM. New and experienced roboteers in 7th to 12th grade are welcome! See our Clean Sweep page for more details.

News updates for Clean Sweep

The best location to find out Current information is this website. To help we will consolidate information into weekly newsletters. We will not be emailing you information, please come here and look it up. There is a large set of Clean Sweep Newsletters to keep you informed.

Last weeks of the 2009-2010 VEX robot season

We are building a number of different robots for the next few weeks. First up are the final touches on Pegasus and Longshot our two World Champion contenders.

We are building four robots to demo starting in April and across the summer as part of our VEX robotics outreach. These robots will be able to play Crossball a simple demonstration game.

VEX Mentors - Tuesday Mentor Workshops

We've completed the last of this seasons Mentor Workshops. See Mentor Workshop for details of what the workshops cover. We will be starting them up in the fall. If you have a need for one across the summer contact Info at STEMRobotics . org to get one set up.

FIRST Lego League

The first season of Downingtown Robotics FIRST Lego League is over, but new LEGO building is coming soon. Come to the Science Fair on May 3 starting at 6:00 PM at Lionville Elementary to see last years robots and get information about 2010-2011. See FIRST Lego League 2009 for information about last years season.

Monty Madness - May 15, 2010

Monty Madness 2010 will be held at:

Montgomery Township High School

1016 Route 601

Skillman, NJ 08558-1799

S.T.E.M. Defined! May 19, 2010

S.T.E.M. Defined night at Downingtown Middle School 7:00PM - 9:30PM. Come and see our robots and hear how we help the district with their STEM Academy initiatives!

Bridgewater-Raritan Battle Royale Saturday May 29, 2010

The offical start of summer is Memorial Day weekend and what better way than to see the East Coast's top robots battle it out?

Bridgewater-Raritan High School

600 Garretson Rd

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

VEX teams will be playing the new game Round Up!

Downingtown Area Robotics Summer Soiree

Date to be determined, but start shopping now for your summer formal swimwear! We will close out a hugely successful 2009-2010 robotics season with a party that will be remembered for years to come.

Duel on the Delaware - October 16, 2010

Duel on the Delaware will be held at:
DuPont Field House
Salem Community College
Carneys Point, NJ

The competition is hosted by Teams 365 and 316. Check out the Event Website and DEWBOT V at Duel on the Delaware.

Ramp Riot

DEWBOT V Ramp Riot performance was good, but we are hoping for better this coming November.

Philadelphia FLL Demo January 29, 2011

VEX Event at University of Pennsylvania

Mid-Atlantic VEX March 4-5, 2011

Shipley Arena in Westminster MD

Middle School Division is on Saturday March 5.

FRC Championships April 27-30, 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.