NBC-10 Technology Expo

Competition Off-Season Events
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**NBC-10 Technology Expo **

Attention Robotics Teams !! Please Join Us!!

Team 341, Wissahickon HS/North Montco TCC, in cooperation with** NBC ** will be producing an interactive display at the NBC10 Technology Expo.
If your team is interested in participating at the NBC10 Technology Expo this year here are the details.

Dates: November 8 & 9, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Ft. Washington Expo Center, Ft. Washington, PA (30 min. north of Central Phila.)

Benefits:

  • Display your team information at a major trade show (~25,000 patrons)
  • Receive a small stipend (TBD) or Ramp Riot Discount.
  • Team Name and Number displayed in the Arena Area for length of Show
  • Media Exposure (NBC will cover the event with commercials and News spots)
  • Great Chairman’s Award Activity

Requirements:

  • Supply your older machines (w/ batteries, chargers, and controllers) for display and demonstration.
  • Allow the public to drive your older machines under team supervised conditions.
  • Your team members do not have to be present to participate.

Note:
To ensure the protection of your machine:
*All patron drivers will be directly supervised
*Driving time will be limited to one minute with frequent machine rotation.
*The arena area will have a team supervised power cutoff switch.

We can only fit a few more machines so, this offer is limited. So please reply ASAP if you are interested!
The contact info is below:

Alan Ostrow
Team 341
215-619-8112, ext.: 2956
email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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How many robots is a team supposed to bring? I don’t even know if any of our robots can run except for our current one. And one more quick question. Does a team have to be there all day for both days?
Thanks,
-kel

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*Originally posted by Kel D *
**How many robots is a team supposed to bring? I don’t even know if any of our robots can run except for our current one. And one more quick question. Does a team have to be there all day for both days?
Thanks,
-kel **

Kel:

We are looking for teams that can provide, preferrably, 2 machines. We want to have enough machines, so that we can run all day, but still provide enough rest for the Bots.

You do not have to be there the whole time as long as you can trust us to take care of your machines. (and you can!!)

You can choose when you want to be there. Last year we stayed the whole time and had a blast. There are lots of activities going on at the show.

Hopefully you can make it as a team. If not just stop by and visit! See you there.

Al Ostrow
Team 341

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What an amazing 2 days at the NBC Tech Expo!!

Here are the Top Reasons we loved NBC Tech Expo:

  1. Thousands of people watched our matches and drove our machines.
  2. Approximately 1000 FIRST Pamphlets, Ramp Riot flyers and Ad books were distributed.
  3. Our booth was featured in NBC commercial spots.
  4. Our rookies built up valuable experience repairing and driving under extreme pressure.
  5. The public and our kids had a chance to drive the Segway featured in our booth.
  6. Some really cool celebrities stopped by our booth. Check it out at the address below.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&galleryid=68&perrow=3&trows=4&quiet=verbose&direction=DESC&sort=date

We could not have done this event without the incredible support from our friends Teams 357, 365 and 1218.

A special note of appreciation goes out to :
Bob Hart, NBC-10
Carter Strickland, NEI
Jim Moore, Drexel University
Amy Bartley, BAE Systems

On behalf of the Students, Parents and Coaches of Team 341, Thank You!!!

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A big thanks to Al Ostrow and Team #341. Terrific job educating the public about FIRST at Tech Expo.

We appreciate your hard work organizing the robotics portion of this event.

Also, thanks to #357 and #1218 for your participation.

It looked like a fun event.

Way to go!