DEWBOT XI

In contrast to last year, the team goes to kick-off this year with no terrible oath hanging over our heads. Our only goal of real significance is to continue to improve; improve our processes, our design skills, our engineering, our fabrication capabilities, our service to our students and to our community. This all sounds very nice, but will we still win competitions? Will we have the drive and perseverence this requires? This remains to be seen.

DEWBOT XI Build

This is the time of the year that all good roboteers and mentors most love and fear.

I love build season. It is the very heart and soul of the robotics year. I love the challenge, the close team work (yes, even the friction resulting from teams working hard under pressure), the prototyping and testing, the false starts and finally finding resolutions to tough design problems. The hard work. The tough decisions. The pressure. The building itself; bringing everthing together and getting all of it working just right. Build season is my favorite time.

I hate build season. The sleep depravation. The angst born of seemingly unreconcilable design demands. The fear that this year's robot will not live up to expectations. The parts that just don't come together and the systems that refuse to work reliably. Why do I do this to myself every year?

An old wise guy once said to me: Nothing difficult is ever easy.

Official Events

Kick-off - 3-January-2015

Hatboro-Horsham - 27-Feb - 1 March-2015

Lenape - 20-22 March-2015

MAR Championship - 8-11 April-2015

FRC Championship - 22-25 April-2015

Other Events

DAR FLL Scrimmage - 22-November-2014

Downingtown's third annual FIRST LEGO League Tune Up, the D-Town Dust-off, at the CCIU TCHS-Brandywine in Downingtown, PA.

This non-qualifying event was hosted by Downingtown Area Robotics in cooperation with the TCHS to help area FLL teams gain experience and prepare for their Qualifiers in this year's game, WORLD CLASS^SM! 15 area teams participated.

Downingtown Area Robotics-TCHS-Penn FLL Qualifying Event 2014 - 7-December-2014

Downingtown's third annual FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Event was held on 7 December, 2014 at the CCIU TCHS Brandywine Campus in Downingtown, PA. This competition was hosted by Downingtown Area Robotics to allow area FLL teams to compete and qualify for the Penn FLL Championship in this year's game, WORLD CLASS^SM!

MAR Team Day at Dorney Park - 11-July-2015

Media

In light of our recent competition performance, the team continues to receive media attention. Summarized below, together with the team's media output.

Photo for 2015 FIRST Championship facebook page

DEWBOT X is featured in FIRST's 2015 Championship facebook page.

2014 FRC Photo Gallery

Five of the 63 marketing tool photos in FRC's 2014 gallery show DEWBOT X and/or our drive team.

Team Sab-BOT-age made the photo banner on the FIRST website

3^rd photo of 7. Patrick Curran, Abbilyn and Siri Maley at the 2014 FRC Championship. Photo at right.

Teams

Welding

People

Team Sab-BOT-age is what it is only due to the efforts of the people involved. DEWBOT XI's success will be in the hands of the students, mentors and parents engaged. The team's very existence is possible only through the gracious generosity of our sponsors.

DEWBOT XI Students

DEWBOT XI Mentors

Sponsors 2015

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