2014 Orlando Regional

[jstiles]

The Regional Planning Committee is excited to announce the Oasis will be open again for workshops. Here is the schedule:

Thursday March 13, 2014
Technical
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Animatronics, Central Florida Makerspace
12 p.m.- 1 a.m. 3D Printing, Orange County Library System
1 p.m.- 2 p.m. Engineering Design, Robot in 3 Days
2 p.m.- 3 p.m. Gearboxes, Modulux
3 p.m.- 5.p.m. Pneumatics, Central Florida Fluid Power Society.

Non-Technical
10 a.m.-11 a.m. Scouting with SPAM
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Judges/Chairman’s Award Chat
12 p.m.- 1 a.m. NEMO Meeting
1 p.m.- 2 p.m. Big Bacon Theory of Image and Marketing
2 p.m.- 3 p.m. Women in STEM Panel
3 p.m.- 4 p.m. Fundraising

Please pass this on to the teams you are working with so they can take advantage of the education opportunity.

Jim
Regional Planning Committee

[Swan217]

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Also A bit of a revision & details on the tech sessions:

Brooks Zurn is an inventor, the founder of Gadgetcat online shop & Sunshine Labs Consulting, & member & neighbor of Familab Makerspace. She will be presenting Wearable Electronics
Pat Sterace is a renowned animation designer & creator of StarBot Animatronic Platform & animatronicshop.com & member of Familab Makerspace. He will be presenting Animatronics, Servos & Papercraft in Design Prototyping.
Ann Collins is the Assistant Manager of the Orange County Library's Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center For Technology, Innovation & Creativity. She will be presenting 3D Printing.

Originally Posted by jstiles

The Regional Planning Committee is excited to announce the Oasis will be open again for workshops. Here is the schedule:

Thursday March 13, 2014
Technical
10 a.m.-11 a.m. Wearable Electronics - Brooks Zurn, Familab & Gadgetcat.com
11 a.m.- 12 p.m. Animatronics, Servos & Papercraft - Pat Sterace, Familab & animatronicshop.com
12 p.m.- 1 a.m. 3D Printing, Ann Collins, Orange County Library System
1 p.m.- 2 p.m. Engineering Design, Robot in 3 Days
2 p.m.- 3 p.m. Gearboxes, Modulux
3 p.m.- 5.p.m. Pneumatics, Central Florida Fluid Power Society.

Non-Technical
10 a.m.-11 a.m. Scouting with SPAM
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Judges/Chairman’s Award Chat
12 p.m.- 1 a.m. NEMO Meeting
1 p.m.- 2 p.m. Big Bacon Theory of Image and Marketing
2 p.m.- 3 p.m. Women in STEM Panel
3 p.m.- 4 p.m. Fundraising

Please pass this on to the teams you are working with so they can take advantage of the education opportunity.

Jim
Regional Planning Committee

[Abhishek R]

624 is extremely excited to be going to Orlando, and from all these programs and other cool things (any match video at all alone is amazing) seems to be very well run and helpful for teams to learn. However, one seemingly off topic question...is the venue the main court of the UCF Arena or is it a smaller or practice court? I.E, is this an accurate image of the venue http://colleges.niche.com/images/sta...492/?v=083ACD8

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

624 is extremely excited to be going to Orlando, and from all these programs and other cool things (any match video at all alone is amazing) seems to be very well run and helpful for teams to learn. However, one seemingly off topic question...is the venue the main court of the UCF Arena or is it a smaller or practice court? I.E, is this an accurate image of the venue http://colleges.niche.com/images/sta...492/?v=083ACD8

It is the main floor of CFE Arena. The pits are directly adjacent in the practice arena.(the old UCF arena which used to house the Florida Regional)

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by dodar

It is the main floor of CFE Arena.

Why am I not in Orlando yet...this has to be one of the coolest venues for a regional I've heard of. Makes it feel so much more like a sport.

[801DOC]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Why am I not in Orlando yet...this has to be one of the coolest venues for a regional I've heard of. Makes it feel so much more like a sport.

Congratulations on your win at the Alamo and I am looking forward to seeing you in Orlando.

The Orlando Regional, in my opinion, is about as close as one can get to the look and feel of the Championships from the venue to the quality of the teams.

You can find a site layout and pit map here:

http://www.orlandofrc.org/events2014.html

From the looks of it, y'all have a good spot.

Safe travels and see you in a few days!

Doc

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by 801DOC

Congratulations on your win at the Alamo and I am looking forward to seeing you in Orlando.

The Orlando Regional, in my opinion, is about as close as one can get to the look and feel of the Championships from the venue to the quality of the teams.

You can find a site layout and pit map here:

http://www.orlandofrc.org/events2014.html

From the looks of it, y'all have a good spot.

Safe travels and see you in a few days!

Doc

We're excited to have our pit neighbors back! (Assuming no more accidents! *knock on wood*). And on the other side, it looks like 624 has the best pit in the venue. If either of you (or anyone) needs anything, just stop by and we'll see what we can do. Good luck teams!

[ttcole1254]

Thanks to the Orlando Regional Planning Committee, RoboVisionOD will again be providing “1st Robot Videos … On Demand” for the Orlando Regional this year. Match videos will now be in full 720p HD. A single wide angle lens camera will provide view of the whole field at all times. The HD format will help with scouting and you can keep track of your favorite teams without cut away to other robots. Our goal is to upload the videos within ten minutes after each match completion. A new offering this year is an Android app on the Google Play Store called RoboVisionOD. Firsters can down load the app and watch the videos on their mobile Android devices. You can also check out our website http://www.RoboVisionOD.com to view match scores, stats, schedules and Full HD videos anywhere, on your phone or on the computer. Other non-Android mobile devices, such as iPhones and Windows Phones, should still be able to watch the matches through the website http://www.RoboVisionOD.com

Thanks to the EngiNERDs Team 2337, the RoboVisionOD app is also available for some of the Michigan District events this year. Our goal for the app this year is to provide “1st Robot Videos … On Demand” for the following events: Orlando Regional, South Florida Regional, Southfield Regional, Kettering University Regional, St. Joseph Regional, and Troy Regional.

Please download the app and visit our website. As always, please let us know what works and what doesn’t as we continue to improve on the technology.

[JohnFogarty]

I really like how they placed the rookie pits right in the center of the oldest teams in FIRST FLA's pits. I don't know how long they've been doing that, but nonetheless it's awesome.

If any teams need anything printed, (black and white only), come by 4901's pit and talk to me. I know I had several teams come by and take advantage of it at Palmetto. I will also print strategy maps out for any team that wishes to utilize them. We love them as they help us form better strategies from match to match with our alliance partners.

(Having competed once already I'm glad to let you all know that 4901 has never incurred a tech foul.....ever.)

[EricS-Team180]

...secure those bumpers and bring your 'A' game. No safety zones, but those technical fouls will turn a match quickly. This is gonna be fun....see you bright and early on Thursday

Eric

[Solive]

Thanks for posting all the great information. Team1421 is excited to be in Orlando this year. Usually our first regional we attend each year is Bayou in New Orleans. This year we get to warm up in the Sun Shine State first. Looking forward to a great competition.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Solive

Thanks for posting all the great information. Team1421 is excited to be in Orlando this year. Usually our first regional we attend each year is Bayou in New Orleans. This year we get to warm up in the Sun Shine State first. Looking forward to a great competition.

The scheduling thing is a funny thing--us South Carolina teams used to go to other events as a warmup for Palmetto, but now that they're Week 1 that's blown wide open.

At Orlando, there are only five teams that have competed already this year:

624 (Alamo, Champions, Chairman's, 10-0, 1st seed)
1772 (Palmetto, Quarterfinals, 6-3, 12th seed)
1876 (Palmetto, Quarterfinals, 9-0, 2nd seed)
4451 (Palmetto, Not Picked, 3-6, 53rd seed)
4901 (Palmetto, Not Picked, 3-6, 48th seed)

I haven't seen 624 (I suppose their Alamo run speaks for itself), but all four Palmetto-going robots were running pretty well as they were bagged. 1772's has been in good hands since Palmetto, and I know 4901's going to use a lot of that withholding allowance with improvements to the loading mechanism on top of a solid truss shooter. 4451 surely has an ace in the hole to get back to the finals (you never know what's going to roll out of the garage!), and while I don't have a source on 1876, they're right there on the beach and can't be that worried about anything.

[Moon2020]

I will also have my printer/scanner/copier with me at the Inspection Table.

Safe travels to all the teams. See some of you Wednesday evening!

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

I really like how they placed the rookie pits right in the center of the oldest teams in FIRST FLA's pits. I don't know how long they've been doing that, but nonetheless it's awesome.

If any teams need anything printed, (black and white only), come by 4901's pit and talk to me. I know I had several teams come by and take advantage of it at Palmetto. I will also print strategy maps out for any team that wishes to utilize them. We love them as they help us form better strategies from match to match with our alliance partners.

(Having competed once already I'm glad to let you all know that 4901 has never incurred a tech foul.....ever.)