TDT members with FTC Director Ken Johnson TDT members spruced up for the Tampa Bay Engineers Week Banquet last night,and had a great time connecting Ken Johnson speaking with Minotaur member with engineers from a dozen different societies. They also enjoyed meeting with FTC Director and the event’s keynote speaker,Ken Johnson and sharing some of their [...] [...]
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Team Duct Tape would like to extend hearty congratulations and best wishes to Team Minotaur #1369,the Florida FTC State Championship Inspire Award winners,and Spontaneous Combustion,team 3123 (Alliance Captain),Pandara #506 and Serious Business #3736,all members of the Winning Alliance,as they ready for the FTC World Championship in St. Louis in [...] [...] Double Balance in Autonomous! We’ll start with the funny part –in our third Finalist Alliance match,our robot went head to head (literally!) with team 3123 robot’s in a bid to balance on the blue bridge. Our robots met on the blue end,since our robot overshoots the middle a bit and then backs up and [...] [...] [ February 12,2011;] Team Duct Tape is headed to State today,for early check in and inspections,before a full day of competitionon Saturday . It’s going to be an exciting event,with a field of 30 great competitors. Our Engineering Notebook is updated, the robot’s tweaked and tightened,the autonomous programs are finished (more or less),the buttons [...] [...] …as we’re gonna be! Game on at Middleton Madness tomorrow! Got through hardware and software inspection tonight,and had a nice time catching up with friends in teams Hydra and Minotaur. Now as long as everything works in practice as well as it works in theory,we’re good to go! [...] [ December 4,2010;] TDT members worked hard over their holiday break,meeting on three separate days before and after Thanksgiving to refine programming ,practice driving and make final tweaks. The duct tape was flying,too,as those not working on the robot at any given time,worked on their team “look,”and give-aways. (There’s definitely a learning [...] [...] [ November 3,2010 to November 4,2010. November 3,2010 to November 4,2010. ] TDT members are heading to Orlando to the Orange County Convention Center this week,to spend two days at the Rockwell Automation Fair ,where they’ll be exhibiting in the FIRST area. Students are looking forward to showcasing their hard work,and eager to see technologies on display at the Fair. They’re especially looking forward to [...] [...] |  Our coffers are drained from our World Championship run. Your contributions will help us cover 2012-13 costs for registration,new tools and equipment,and tournament costs. All donations made through Learning is for Everyone are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please type "Team Duct Tape" in the comment section of your Network for Good donation. Thank you!  Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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