FRC 4607 is as busy as ever. During the summer months we ran our annual RoboCamp for kids in grades 3-8 (two separate camps - 3-5 and 6-8). The team built two tee shirt cannons - both short range and long range models for indoor and outdoor respectively. We have been working on two different drive trains (one we started on last summer and didn't need for 2015) and a newer drive train.
We have two HUGE undertakings right now.
We realized we needed new blood that was ready to roll when they come into FRC. So we threw everything we had at creating feeder programs for FRC. Becker now has three new FLL and three new FTC teams that we just got under way. This was big for us as we had none at either level prior to this.
We also saw that teams in out state Minnesota needed a training day prior to kick-off to bring teams up to speed. We are also working with St Cloud State University to host a training day in December. We have great partners in Bison Robotics (NDSU's robotics club) and the Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association. The newly formed Central Minnesota Robotics Hub (including teams 3276, 3023, 4607, and 5542) is also working on this project.
Most of this can be found at our new website
http://beckerrobotics.com/jumpstart/
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