PNW FRC Teams - LEAP event in November

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NW FRC Teams,
Team 1540, the Flaming Chickens, has been working with Autodesk and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) on a cool new pre-season event for FIRST Robotics Competition teams…LEAP, Linking Engineering And Philanthropy. Thanks to Autodesk, this competition also comes with serious financial awards for the winning three teams so read on.

LEAP is an event that encourages FRC students to apply the skills they’ve learned in FIRST towards real-world challenges for area non-profits. It works with different organizations to provide an opportunity for these students to gain experience, while also developing actual solutions that will benefit others. OMSI has volunteered to go first and they have a pressing need. They are redesigning much of the museum around design-based themes. The Turbine Hall, for example, will have a set of integrated exhibits under the theme “Move.” They’d like the help of FRC teams to generate creative ideas for the contents of this space.

Autodesk has stepped forward to sponsor prizes for the top three teams. $2,500 for first place, $1,500 for second, and $1,000 for third. This money goes to your FRC team for use this season.

The kickoff (in-person and webcast) is the evening of Nov 20th. Teams will show what they’ve created the evening of Sunday, Nov 23rd to the judges and public.

Many more details and registration are at www.team1540.org/leap. Capacity is limited to the first 20 LEAP teams. A single FRC team can currently register up to 3 LEAP teams. If we get over subscribed we'll dial that back. Anyway, first come first served.