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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!

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 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.

Presetation & Demonstration at FIATECH - 5-Oct-2010

Team 1640 has been invited to make a presentation and robot demonstration to FIATECH during their annual meeting on 5-Oct at the Sofitel, Philadelphia.

About FIATECH: FIATECH is a consortium of industries and companies from the industrial, power, and retail markets that, of necessity, build large assets such as refineries, power plants, large commercial buildings, or manufacturing facilities. In addition, it includes the leading providers of engineering, design, and construction services...

We thank our long-term sponsor, Bentley, for this gracious invitation.

Franklin Institute Demonstration - 9-Oct-2010

Team 1640 has been invited to give a robot demonstartion at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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.

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.

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.