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|Team members: Please look at the  '''[[Team Announcement]]''' page to find the latest on the schedule, events, etc. Remember to read about '''[[ DEW_Robotics:Current_events | Current Events]]''' coming your way, and the '''[[News]]''' of what we've done!
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|<big><big><big>Latest Events</big></big></big><br>
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See '''[[FRC Calendar | FRC Calendar]]''' for the latest schedule. Then read about '''[[ DAR_Upcoming_Events | Upcoming Events]]''' and the '''[[News]]''' of what we'd done!
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[[DEWBOT XIX Seneca | FMA District Seneca Event]] was [[DEWBOT XIX]]'s competition debut. 1640 finished qualification matches ranked 2<sup>nd</sup> in a field of 27 teams. we captained the 2<sup>nd</sup> alliance, joined by teams 272 (Cyber Crusaders) and 6860 (Equitum Robotics).  We won our first two Playoff matches, but then we[[DEWBOT XIX Bensalem | FMA District Bensalem Event]] suffered failure of our scoring mechanisms and were eliminated in the next two.
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The team received the Innovation in Control Award and earned 54 District Points.
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[[DEWBOT XIX Bensalem | FMA District Bensalem Event]] was 1640's 2<sup>nd</sup> Qualifying Event.  The team finished qualification matches ranked 11<sup>th</sup> in a field of 31 teams with an (8-4-0) record.  Sab-BOT-age was invited by team 4373 (RooBotics) to join the 3<sup>rd</sup> Alliance which was completed by Team 9014 (Vulcan Mechanics).  We made it through Quarterfinals but were eliminated by the 4<sup>th</sup> Alliance in Match 12 (Round 4).
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Team 1640 received the Innovation in Control Award.  We earned 44 District Points at this event bringing our total to 90.
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'''Contact us at FRC1640@gmail.com -  All team meetings are at 190 Exton Square Mall'''
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'''We are currently meeting at 427 Creamery Way, Exton, PA.''' If you know of space we could use please contact any of the [[Mentors]] or email us at FRC1640@gmail.com. [[Special_Steering_Committee_for_Leaving_DRC_2011-3-11 | This page has details about the space we need]]
 
 
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:[[Image:FRC logo.jpg|100px|right|alt="FRC Logo"|link=http://usfirst.org]]About [[FIRST Robotics Competition]]
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:[[Image:VEX logo.jpg|right|100px|alt="VEX Logo"|link=http://www.vexrobotics.com/]]About [[VEX Robot Challenge]]
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=Who we are =
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* [https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc FIRST Robotics Competition]
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'''Downingtown Area Robotics''' in Downingtown Pennsylvania, is a group of Students, Mentors and Sponsors, that knows it's important to get students interested in '''STEM''' ('''S'''cience, '''T'''echnology, '''E'''ngineering and '''M'''athematics) based careers.  We do this through competition robotics.  Our robots work in teams of two or three, working together as team on a common goal (not the robots that try to destroy each other.)
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Driving the robots in Competitions is a small part of what we do.  From the beginning we teach each roboteer valuable life skills like communications, planning, getting a group consensus, cooperation and negotiations.  We also bring to life STEM skills in areas of electronics, mechanics, pneumatics, programming by planning, designing, building (and sometimes rebuilding), testing and driving our robots.
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* [[Robot Archives | ''The Robot Archives'']]
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'''FRC Team 2012 Season''' -- [[DEWBOT VIII]] - Our regular off-season meetings are at 6:00-9:00PM on Wednesdays at 427 Creamery Way, Exton.  Please look at the [[FRC 2011 Calendar]] to see all the work nights in the build season & Beyond.  Team members should also check the [[Team Announcement]] page for the latest updates.  Click here for the [[DEWBOT_VIII_Build | DEWBOT VIII Build Season]] daily activity!
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'''VEX 2010-11 Season''' -- Wednesday 6:30-8:30 [[Downingtown Educational Center]]. Our 2010-11 season playing [[Round Up | Round Up (info and schedule)]] has started.
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'''FIRST Lego League''' -- The season for our [[FIRST Lego League 2009 | FIRST Lego League team]] is over. Watch for news of our spring missions. 
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'''Come to one of our team meetings''' or contact us:  FRC1640@gmail.com
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The [[Steering Committee]] meets on the last Friday of the month at 6:15PM  With build season going on and there being a large number of the Steering Committee at the build sessions, there are no formal meeting until the last Friday in April.  If you have an item for the Steering Team contact them at the build session.
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|<big>'''[[Sponsors 2019 | Our Sponsors!]]'''</big>
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== People ==
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<big>'''[[DEWBOT XVIII Students | Our Students]]</big><br>
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<big>'''[[DEWBOT XVIII Mentors | Our Mentors]]</big>
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'''Thank you very much to all of our [[Sponsor | sponsors]]!'''
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'''We would like to express our appreciation to all of our [[Mentors]] that work with the roboteers on a day to day basis.'''
 
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Each [[:Category:Students | student]] that worked on a robot is listed with that[[:Category:Robot  | robot]].  Across the years we have graduated some very impressive students, you may be or soon will be working for our [[Alumni]].
 
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We do a lot of engineering. There are a lot of details and information that go into making a robot right.  For example if you are going to drill a hole for an 8-32 screw you use a #16 drill, but if you want to tap the hole (thread it) you use a #29 drill.  Most of us can't remember all that, so we've created a series of pages that holds all that information.
 
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All of our middle school students are trained on hand tools before they are allowed to use them.  They use hacksaws and files while wearing safety glasses.  Middle schoolers are supervised by either a mentor or one of our senior FRC students while they cut and form metal parts.
 
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== Website Info ==
 
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As of 1 April 2012 there were over 385 pages of content, 4300 pictures (with captions) and 420 documents that described the robots. It's steady growth from May 2011 when there were over 330 pages of content, 3500 pictures (with captions and 310 documents. Our first annual snap shot was in April 2010 there were over 280 pages of content, 2500 pictures (with captions) and 280 documents.  You can see how much the site has grown!
 
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If you have problems finding a specific page, try the search box in the left hand menu.  Just type a few words about what you are searching for, it works just like Google.
 
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We often get the question, ''Why a Wiki?'' and the answer is '''collaboration!''' All of the members of Downingtown Area Robotics can update the site.  This allows each individual group (like the mechanical or programming teams) to keep information current.  While other websites have sizzle, we think its more important to have lots of relevant content.  For example all the details of our award winning [[4-Wheel_Pivot_Drive | Pivot Drive]] are online, from the first early prototypes to the most current drawings. 
 
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Our team members use the pages to describe and track build information, strategy, ToDo items for build sessions, parts orders, etc. Many other teams have internal wiki's they use for the same purpose, ours is on the web so you can see the inner workings of our team.
 
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The Downingtown Area Robotics website is made with valid [http://validator.w3.org/check/referer XHTML] and [http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator CSS] and complies with               
 
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[http://www.contentquality.com/mynewtester/cynthia.exe?Url1=http://www.team1640.com Section 508 accessibility guidelines.] This site is powered by [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki], the same software that powers [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia].
 

Latest revision as of 11:45, 13 April 2024

DB17 FIRST Championship 20220423-15.jpg
DEWBOT up a pyramid
Finalist FRC Championship
DEWBOT XVIII
DB14 FRC Championship 180426-11.jpg
Latest Events

See FRC Calendar for the latest schedule. Then read about Upcoming Events and the News of what we'd done!

FMA District Seneca Event was DEWBOT XIX's competition debut. 1640 finished qualification matches ranked 2nd in a field of 27 teams. we captained the 2nd alliance, joined by teams 272 (Cyber Crusaders) and 6860 (Equitum Robotics). We won our first two Playoff matches, but then we FMA District Bensalem Event suffered failure of our scoring mechanisms and were eliminated in the next two.

The team received the Innovation in Control Award and earned 54 District Points.

FMA District Bensalem Event was 1640's 2nd Qualifying Event. The team finished qualification matches ranked 11th in a field of 31 teams with an (8-4-0) record. Sab-BOT-age was invited by team 4373 (RooBotics) to join the 3rd Alliance which was completed by Team 9014 (Vulcan Mechanics). We made it through Quarterfinals but were eliminated by the 4th Alliance in Match 12 (Round 4).

Team 1640 received the Innovation in Control Award. We earned 44 District Points at this event bringing our total to 90.

Dates for upcoming events:

Contact us at FRC1640@gmail.com - All team meetings are at 190 Exton Square Mall

Meeting Schedule
Team Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
FRC 1640 12:00 - 8:00pm 6:00 - 9:00pm 6:00 - 9:00pm 6:00 - 9:00pm 6:00 - 9:00pm 12:00 - 9:00pm
"FRC Logo" "FTC Logo" "FLL Logo
FRC Team 1640 REGISTER FOR FLL

How to Volunteer

Downingtown Area Robotics Resources
 Our Sponsors!

Our Students
 Our Mentors

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