New all-female FIRST Team @ Westinghouse

[jeremiah.pegues]

We have started a new all-girls team at westinghouse. Along with the G-house Pirates, we now have a second team here. Does anyone have any ideas for a team name?

I have yet to find out the team number.

Today, Ana presented us with the challenge of having an all girls team, and we were excited to accept it. We still have to share the same robotics room though, and its not all that big either. It will be exciting to see what ideas we come up with independently in the same room. I can imagine how hard it would be to do that, but we have yet to find out

Any suggestions?

[Alan Anderson]

Ninjas? Nah, too obvious.

I'd try "Westinghouse Wenches", but only if everyone feels good about it.

[GaryVoshol]

Um, you made a new team now, for this year? How's that work - I thought registration was closed.

[Taylor]

The girl-centric Indianapolis team is called POWER - Preparing Outstanding Women for Engineering Roles. Acronyms seem to be popular these days.

[Rachel2177]

It depends on how your team wants to go about the name. I'm go to an all girls school so obviously my team is all girls and we are called the Robettes, you should decide what kind of name you want first, like either a girly name or not

[N7UJJ]

Two years ago, we had an all girls VEX robot team. "Wenches with Wrenches" was the leading choice until someone broke out the dictionary and wenches can have a negative meaning. Bummer

Last year we went to three regionals. We did not want to take everyone to all of them (missing too much school) so at the San Diego regional we had an all girls crew. Not quite the same as a true all girls team, but the females certainly participated in the hands on building and driving since they knew they have to drive, maintain and repair the robot in S.D. They did a great job

We are going to do it again this year and the building is a lot more coed this year.

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Um, you made a new team now, for this year? How's that work - I thought registration was closed.

Sometimes Registration is more closed than others. If somebody pops up at the last minute and donates enough to get a team started, FIRST will accomodate them. They can also be fairly flexible about payment for events, if they are sure they will get paid eventually. I wouldn't expect to see any new teams past today though.

Personally, I like Alan's contribution for a team name.

[Chaos Marine]

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Chaos Marine

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

I know there is a Fem-Bots in Sacramento, CA. If I recall correctly their number is 692. Incidentally I think they were the first team to experiment with autonomy in FIRST robots. They were doing it at a couple of years before it became part of the game.

Originally Posted by Chaos Marine

Is the name Fem-Bots taken?

Yep.

I'd suggesting something along the lines of Women Exceeding Nationally Challenged Habits, or something along that thread. It seems you folks are proud of the all girl part, so make sure to pick a name that shows it, and still shows a unified, intelligent front.

[danshaffer]

i saw a lego league team (probably near San Jose, CA) called 'Girls Excited About Robotics', with a gear theme.

[GoldenAI]

How about S.I.M >>>> a Sisters Inner Machine

eh...girls are only human on the outside anyway...jk lol

[GoldenAI]

lol my friend just came up with a funny one....

NNJB - No Nuts Just Bolts (haha...lets not take this seriously)

[chelseymelsey]

We just started an all-girls team at our school with only three members, but anyways we are named the Sweetie Pies.

[jeremiah.pegues]

and we still havent come up with a name...

nonetheless we are working on two robots and i guess a name'll just pop up! of course you guys can still throw suggestions at us