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| | '''Remember to read about [[ DEW_Robotics:Current_events | Current Events]] coming your way.''' | | '''Remember to read about [[ DEW_Robotics:Current_events | Current Events]] coming your way.''' |
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| | + | ==[[DEWBOT XVIII Hatboro-Horsham | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event]] - 3-5 March-2023== |
| | + | Hatboro-Horsham was DEWBOT XVIII's competition debut. How did it go? Not bad. 1640 finished qualification matches ranked 6<sup>th</sup> in a field of 34 teams. We ended up 4<sup>th</sup> Alliance Captain with 341 (Miss Daisy), 6808 (William Tenent Robotics) and 816 (Anomaly - which replaced 6808 after they broke in the first eliminations match). We were eliminated in Semifinals. |
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| − | ==[[Techgirlz Robotics Workshop 2017 | Techgirlz Robotics Workshop]] - 23-Sept-2017==
| + | The team received the Engineering Inspiration Award. This is a big deal. |
| − | Downingtown Area Robotics hosted its second Robotics Workshop in cooperation with [http://www.techgirlz.org/ Techgirlz]. Thanks to Laura and Akhila for organizing and planning this event, and also to Sai and Meghana for instructing. Once again, a great success and a lot of fun.
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| − | ==Downingtown STEM Demo - 18-September-2017==
| + | We earned 46 District Points. |
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| − | ==[[2017 FRC 1640 Team Picnic | Team Picnic]] - 2-August-2017==
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| − | ==MAR Dorney Day - 22-July-2017==
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XIII Indiana Robotics Invitational | Indiana Robotics Invitational]] - 14 & 15 July-2017==
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| − | ==[[2017 Binder Picnic | Binder Picnic]] - 3-July-2017==
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| − | ==[[2017 FRC 1640 Team Dinner | Team Dinner]] - 24-June-2017==
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| − | ==Congratulations to our Graduates==
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| − | Our graduating students brought the team through a period of amazing growth and success. We thank them and wish them success at University and beyond.
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| − | :*Madi - Co-Captain - Avon Grove Charter School
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| − | :*Sullivan - Avon Grove Charter School
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| − | :*Aashay - Downingtown S.T.E.M. Academy
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| − | :*Joshua B - Downingtown West High School & CCIU TCHS
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| − | :*Patrick- Downingtown East High School
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| − | :*Jarryd - Downingtown East High School
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| − | ==1640 '''Archimedes Sub-Division CHAMPIONS''' at [[DEWBOT XIII FRC Championship | FRC Championship]] - 26-29 April-2017==
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| − | Despite our middle of the pack ranking, we were the 2<sup>nd</sup> pick of the 1<sup>st</sup> alliance comprising 1058 (PVC Pirates - Captain), 67 (The HOT Team) and 2137 (T.O.R.C.). Together, we won Archimedes Sub-Division and advanced to Einstein! Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the finals. From a historical perspective, the team has won at the (Sub-)Division level during three of the past five years ([[DEWBOT IX FRC Championship | 2013]], [[DEWBOT X FRC Championship | 2014]] & 2017); and finished as Sub-Division Finalist in [[DEWBOT XI FRC Championship | 2015]].
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XIII FIRST Mid-Atlantic Championship | FIRST Mid-Atlantic Championship]] - 6-8 April-2017==
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XIII Seneca | Seneca ]] - 24-26 March-2017==
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XIII Westtown | Westtown]] - 10-12 March-2017==
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| − | The Westtown event is co-hosted by teams 1391 (based at the Westtown School) and 1640. Steve Compton (1391 Head Mentor) serves as Event Coordinator, while [[User:MaiKangWei | Clem McKown]] (1640 Head Mentor) serves as Volunteer Coordinator. This was our 2<sup>nd</sup> year of co-hosting this event and our experience showed! This event ran much more smoothly than last year's.
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| − | This was 1640's first SteamWorks event. How did we do? Okay, but not as well as we imagined. We finished qualifications in 18<sup>th</sup> (of 31) with a 5-7-0 record; not impressive. We got 4 rotors running in one qual match, though, and we finished as semifinalist and received the Innovation in Control award for our CVT swerve design & control strategy. We earned 33 points towards MAR qualification and Meghana became a Deans' List semifinalist!
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| − | ==International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers Event - 16-February-2017==
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| − | Downingtown Area Robotics attended the Philadelphia annual conference of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers at the Lincoln Financial Field. Students on the communications team created brochures, business cards, buttons, and a tri-fold display to be used for this event and future outreach projects, and debuted DAR’s new website in public for the first time. Eight FRC and FTC students set up a display table, including a CVT swerve module and a student-welded FTC chassis, and took turns discussing DAR with visitors to the table. Students were able to meet with other vendors at the event, learning professional networking skills, discussing DAR with potential sponsors, and making connections with local companies (securing at least one exciting potential job offer for a DAR student). Students also had the opportunity to tour the Eagles’ locker rooms and stadium, and learn about some of the “green” innovations such as solar panels and waste recycling recently implemented at Lincoln Financial Field.
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| − | ==FRC 1640 alumna and WPI student Lucy Stuehrmann is engaged in the [https://www.facebook.com/veniceprojectcenter.wpi/videos/1834408910145507/ Venice Project Center]==
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| − | Sab-BOT-age alumna Lucy Stuehrmann is helping to unearth Patterns in Venetian History:
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| − | *To design and create a web-based system to visualize archaeological data.
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| − | *To design and create a mobile app to collect archaeological data.
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| − | *To experiment with analytical cross-referencing techniques based on the collected data.
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| − | *All this is the project of digital archeology
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| − | *Presentation on 14 December to San Lio Church at 16:00
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| − | [https://www.facebook.com/veniceprojectcenter.wpi/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&qsefr=1 The Venice Project]
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| − | ==[[Downingtown FLL Regional Qualifying Tournament 2016 | Downingtown FLL RQT]] - 10-December-2016==
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| − | Our 5<sup>th</sup> annual regional qualifying tournament. Hosted at the CCIU. With 25 teams, out largest qualifier ever.
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| − | ==[[Downingtown FIRST LEGO League Scrimmage 2016 | D-Town Dustoff]] - 3-December-2016==
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| − | Downingtown's fifth annual FIRST LEGO League scrimmage, the '''D-Town Dustoff''', was held at the CCIU TCHS-Brandywine in Downingtown, PA. 26 teams attended, far and away our largest event yet. This non-qualifying event was hosted by [[About Downingtown Area Robotics|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, Animal Allies<sub>SM</sub>!
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| − | ==[[FTC 7314 Eastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2016 | Eastern Pennsylvania FTC Qualifying Tournament]] - 19-November-2016==
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| − | FTC 7314 was really not ready for this competition. Our competition robot didn't even attend (because robots that move are just so much more interesting than those that don't). So we brought ''Budget Bot'', our prototype chassis. ''Budget Bot'' can do just one thing: push the beacon buttons. One important point: it can do this in autonomous, and this is a useful ability.
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| − | It turns out that ''Budget Bot'' performed well. So did the team. We finished qualifications as 4<sup>th</sup> seed and were joined by FTC teams 8528 [http://rhymeknowreason.weebly.com/ Rhyme know reason] and 7055 [https://www.facebook.com/Cruzin-Comets-552899078109601/ Cruzin Comets Alpha] to form the 4<sup>th</sup> alliance. Alas, the 1<sup>st</sup> alliance defeated us in semifinals and went on to win the tournament. Congratulations to 1<sup>st</sup> alliance teams 9372 (Standard Model), 9971(LANbros) & 6964 (Team IGUtech) on their victory.
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| − | Three DAR volunteers assisted in this event.
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| − | ==[[MAR Vision Day 2016 | MAR Vision Day]] - 12-November-2016==
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| − | Team 1640's use of vision processing gave the team a conspicuous competitive advantage during the 2016 season. Laura, the key developer of this vision processing system, led a robotics vision processing workshop for local FRC teams. 18 teams attended.
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| − | ==1640 '''CHAMPIONS''' at [[DEWBOT XII Ramp Riot | Ramp Riot]] - 5-November-2016==
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| − | This was our first win ever at Ramp Riot! As 1<sup>st</sup> Alliance Captain (from a field of 36 teams). FRC Team 1640 (Sab-BOT-age) were joined by alliance partners 225 ([http://www.techfire225.com/ TechFire]), 321 ([http://robolancers.com/ RoboLancers]) and 272 ([http://frc272.com/ Cyber Crusaders]). Thank you for pulling together with us for this victory!
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| − | We were 5-0-0 in qualifications and 6-0-0 in eliminations. A lossless day.
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| − | In addition to willing, we won the 1<sup>st</sup> Seed Award.
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| − | [[User:MaiKangWei | Clem McKown]] and [[User:Aweissman7 | Andrew Weissman]] served as volunteers (Judge & Referee, respectively).
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| − | ==[[SWE16| Society of Women Engineers Demonstration]] - 27 - 29 October-2016==
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| − | FRC Teams 1640 (Sab-BOT-age) and 341 (Miss Daisy) highlighted FIRST's role in inspiring young women to pursue education and careers in Science and Technology at the 2016 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Conference on 27 & 28 October.
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| − | ==1640 '''CHAMPIONS''' at [[DEWBOT XII Duel on the Delaware | Duel on the Delaware]] - 22-October-2016==
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| − | We finished quals as 1<sup>st</sup> seed (of 34) with an official 5-0-0 record which was actually 6-0-0, as we played and won a proxy match (which didn't count for us). We invited teams 341 ([http://www.team341.com/ Miss Daisy]) and 5420 ([http://www.sjrobotics.com/velocity/ Velocity]) to join us in the 1<sup>st</sup> alliance. Our alliance went on to become Champions in 7 hard-fought matches.
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| − | The event was also an important training opportunity for the team. Both Eric and Joshua G drove; both Sam and Akhila operated the robot; Becca joined Josh B in the pit.
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XII Havoc | Havoc]] - 24-September-2016==
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| − | A rookie off-season event hosted by FRC 708. This was a first event for a number of our new students. Unfortunately, we really didn't really come ready. Repairs we knew we needed to do weren't done. Systems weren't really working. As a result, the pit was a busy place, fixing all of the problems we had hitherto deferred.
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| − | We got our heads back in the game as well. In the end, we did okay and seeded 2<sup>nd</sup> in quals with a 5-1-0 record and 16 Ranking Points. 4342 ([http://www.demonrobotics4342.org/ Demon Robotics]) and 5181 (La Salle Robotics) joined our alliance. We did not make it into finals.
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| − | ==[[Techgirlz Robotics Workshop 2016 | Techgirlz Robotics Workshop]] - 17-Sept-2016==
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| − | Downingtown Area Robotics hosted its first Robotics Workshop in cooperation with [http://www.techgirlz.org/ Techgirlz]. Thanks to Laura and Akhila for organizing and planning this event, and also to Sai and Katie for instructing. A great success and a lot of fun. I expect we'll do this again.
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XII Picnic | Team Picnic]] - 10-August-2016==
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| − | At Shadyside Park, West Bradford. Very well attended.
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| − | ==[[TCHS Summer Program Demo | Robot demonstration for CCIU Summer Program students]] - 1-August-2016==
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| − | FRC 1640 hosted a well-attended robot demonstration for summer program students at the CCIU's Technical College High School. DEWBOTs [[DEWBOT X | X]] and [[DEWBOT XII | XII]] got to show their stuff!
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| − | ==[[DEWBOT XII Indiana Robotics Invitational | Indiana Robotics Invitational]] - 15-16 July 2016==
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| − | ==[[MAR Team Day 2016|MAR Team Day]] at Dorney Park - 9-July-2016==
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| | Older news items can be found in:<br> | | Older news items can be found in:<br> |
| | + | [[News Archive 2019]]<br> |
| | + | [[News Archive 2018]]<br> |
| | + | [[News Archive 2017]]<br> |
| | [[News Archive 2016]]<br> | | [[News Archive 2016]]<br> |
| | [[News Archive 2015]]<br> | | [[News Archive 2015]]<br> |
Hatboro-Horsham was DEWBOT XVIII's competition debut. How did it go? Not bad. 1640 finished qualification matches ranked 6th in a field of 34 teams. We ended up 4th Alliance Captain with 341 (Miss Daisy), 6808 (William Tenent Robotics) and 816 (Anomaly - which replaced 6808 after they broke in the first eliminations match). We were eliminated in Semifinals.
The team received the Engineering Inspiration Award. This is a big deal.
