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The Sugartown Elementary Robot Fair is hosted annually by Sugartown Elementary School's Junior FIRST LEGO League program. The well-attended event brings together robotics programs from around the area to celebrate and communicate their work and the benefits of hands-on STEM education for K-12 students. Downingtown Area Robotics (especially Siri Maley) helped found the schools robotics program in 2008.

2010

At the 2010 Sugartown Lego Expo on 16-April, Downingtown Area Robotics was represented by FLL, VEX and FRC teams and robots.

Participants:

FRC: Paul, Carly, Matt, Sasha, Nicole, Douglas, Michael, Jen, Ben R, Anthony

Vexsters: Jack, Tommy, Nathan

FLL: Jarryd

Mentors: Mike Rizzo, Foster Schucker, Scott Featherman, David Moyer, Clem & Faith McKown, Gary Deaver, Steve Rhoads, Bob Whalen, John Weissman, Rita Wall

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  DEWBOT scores

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  and again

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  Drivers Sasha and Carly

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  Mike Rizzo exercises some gentle crowd control

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  the business end of DEWBOT VI

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  DEWBOT gathers an audience

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  Enthusiastic Vexsters

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  FLL set-up

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  Scott Featherman describing the robotics program

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  FRC Students answering questions about DEWBOT

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  Scott Featherman

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  Not perfect Bedlam, but good enough

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  DEWBOT passes before audience

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  DEWBOT keeps scoring

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  FLL robot in action

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  FLL robot in action

2009

Both the FRC and the Vex teams participated in Sugartown Elementary School's Robot Fair on 17-April.

Participants:

FRC: Siri, Paul, Matt, Heather & Carly

Vexsters: Corey, Jack

Mentors: Mike Rizzo, Jon Davis, Foster Schucker, Matthew Rusnak, Clem & Faith McKown, Susan Rogers

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  Dewbot V entertaining at Sugartown

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  Dewbot V entertaining at Sugartown - Matt

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  Dewbot V entertaining at Sugartown

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  Siri, Paul & Carly at Sugartown

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  VEX robot line-up

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  VEX bots at work