A Team Duct Tape parent caught this interesting piece in the Journal of New England Technology:“…higher education has become a “choke point” between high school programs like entrepreneur Dean Kamen’s FIRST Robotics Challenge and the companies that form the robotics industry,according to David Barrett,a robotics professor at Olin and a member of the [...] [...]
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We held our first formal post-season meeting today —or perhaps a very early *pre-season* meeting,depending on your perspective. We’ve got quite a line-up to see us through June! Some of our upcoming activities and programs include:An FTC Demo at Berean Academy in Lutz this month,where some of our members attend school CAD training [...] [...] Checking out the robot The Team Duct Tape tent was hopping on Sunday,as a steady stream of Renaissance Festival goers,at MOSI,checked out our robot(s) (we had a little sumo bot on hand,too!) ,our clockwork display and tabletop catapult, and learned more about FIRST robotics. We made some terrific acquaintances Sunday,too,starting [...] [...] Visitors learning about our robot and FIRST robotics Team Duct Tape hosted a display booth at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival today,on the grounds of Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI),as part of the festival’s Inventors Weekend. Visitors enjoyed being greeted by our robot dispensing information brochures about our team and about FIRST [...] [...] [ March 21,2009 to March 22,2009. ] 514 years after Leonardo DaVinci designed a humanoid automaton –a robot —Team Duct Tape will display their student built and designed robot at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival during the Inventor’s Weekend on March 21st and 22nd. Join us to hear about FIRST robotics opportunities at which Leonardo would have marveled,and learn [...] [...] A little footage of our Big Day at state. [...] [ April 15,2009 to April 17,2009. ] The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Event, April 15-17,2009, will be held in conjunction with the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship Event and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival,held at the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta,Georgia. The event will be a two-day culmination of the 2008 FTC season,bringing together [...] [...] Raytheon – Network Centric Systems is providing a live webcast of today’s event,starting at 10am at www3.DeepThunder.com Enjoy! And look for the duct tape hats! Team Duct Tape [...] |  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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