HBHS FIRST Robotics

Team 1073 Sanity is Optional

The Force Team

Welcome to Parent’s Night

S. Hay 8 Oct 2014

Parent’s Night Agenda

What is FIRST?

What do the students do at a HBHS FIRST Meeting?

How often does Robotics meet?

What does it take to keep 1073 going?

Benefits to the you/students?

What are the students responsibilities?

Parent Responsibilities?

Successes continue to grow!

FIRST www.usfirst.org

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Improve the design and use of science and technology

Spread the importance of science and technology to students

Challenge all grades to think outside the box

JrFLL: Junior FIRST Lego League (ages 5-9)

FLL: FIRST Lego League (grade 5-8)

FTC: FIRST Tech Challenge (grade 9-12)

FRC: FIRST Robotics Competition (grade 9-12)

FIRST Robotics Competition

Gracious Professionalism = “Doing high quality well informed work that leaves others feeling valuable”

Teams all over the World, numbers starting with team #1.

We are Team 1073

Currently 2850 teams – last team > 5400

New England District Events (Qty 2)

Usually <50 teams

10 District events in NE – we choose 2

Qualify (with points) to attend District Championships

Winners compete at World Championships in St. Louis (April 23-26)

Off-season Events

River Rage – Manchester

Mayhem - Merrimack

BattleCry – WPI

Beantown Blitz - Boston

How do the students Benefit? Life Lessons

Tool skills

Work with an engineering team

Design process

Specific Opportunities Build robot

Program Robot

Drive Robot

Wiring/electrical design of robot

Business Team – Finances, PR, Fundraising, T-Shirts, Website

Strategize on how to play the game

Animation

Video

Friends from around the world

Professional Skills Respect for others

Teamwork

Responsibility

Work Ethic

Business management

Pride in Accomplishments

Communication

Interview Skills

Leadership Skills

Colleges are asking – Are you on a FIRST Robotics Team?

Scholarships

Scholarships Scholarships offered by colleges/universities for

students who have participated in FIRST

www.usfirst.org – FRC – scholarships

Colleges offer FIRST scholarships in addition to merit based

600 individual scholarship opportunities for FIRST students

2008: RIT awarded $6k per year to one of our students

2008 – 2011: BAE provided $1000 to a student of our choice

2011: Florida Institute of Technology - $6k per year

2012: University of Rochester awarded $25k per year

2012: Northeastern awarded full tuition for 5 years

Engineering colleges looking for FIRST participation.

“Doing high quality, well informed work that

leaves others feeling valuable”

What do HBHS students do at a

FIRST Meeting? Meetings are run by the students

Co-Ceos and VPs conduct the meeting.

General 10-15 min status

Robot U – 15 mins

Individual Subgroups have their own

action items

Programming

Designing

Building

Finances

Chairman’s award

Strategy

Driving/Operating Practice

Mentors assist, oversee, encourage,

guide

Student Lead Organization

Student Leads run the team

Interview for their position

Responsible for all tasks within their subgroup

Work side by side with lead mentors

Co-CEOs

Claire Cowan & Kyle Donahue

VP Mechanical

Jeff St. Hilaire

VP Electrical

Alex Baryiames

VP Integration

Athena LaJuense

VP Software

Derek Wider

VP Business &

Competition Stratrgy

Devon Coffey

Mentor Philosophy: Always beside or behind the students, never in front.

How often does Robotics Meet?

Fall

Meeting Times

Meet weekly – Wednesdays 6:30-8:30

Some subgroups may meet more often

Goals

Prepare team for build season

Fundraising

Train Rookies on tools, software programs, etc

Off-season events

Specific Projects (crate, mobile base, hovercraft)

Fundraisers Crotched Mountain Ski Passes

Host FIRST Lego League (FLL) Tournament (Nov 22) Sell breakfast food and lunch

Raffles

HBHS kids are Referees

Host Junior FIRST Lego League (JrFLL) Exhibition (Dec 13) Sell breakfast food and lunch

Raffles

Games

HBHS student judge teams’ models

BAE Grant

E-Watt LED Lightbulb sales

Company and Private donations

HBHS

How often does Robotics Meet?

Build Season Meeting Times

Various groups have different schedule

Tech Center open 6 days/week

Mon-Thurs 6:30-8:30

Sat 9-5pm, Sun 10-4pm

All-Hands meetings Wednesday and Saturday

Students expected to attend at least 3 days

Dates of Interest

Kickoff Jan 3, 2015

Stop Build Date Feb 17, 2015

Competitions: March 6-8 and March 26-28

Goals

Design, Build, Test, and Practice Driving a robot that

will successfully compete at the Regional Events

New England District Model All teams from NH, MA, VT, ME, CT, RI

For $5000 – 2 District events

Reading, MA week 2 - Northeastern Week 5

Competition Tasks Cheer for 1073

Fix robot

Drive/Operate robot

Fix robot

Mingle/shmooz with other teams (make friends)

Check out other teams/robots

Have fun

The Robotics Team and all that we do really only makes sense AFTER

attending a regional competition.

2013 Ultimate Ascent

3rd District event?? $1000

Perfection

Highest point event to qualify for District Championship

2nd District = hands off for mentors Same awards

Same 2 day competition

Students run the show Strategy

Scouting

In the pits

Talk to the Judges

World Championships

General Rule – “We will go when we earn it”

2010 World Championship in Atlanta See FRC, FTC, and FLL robots/teams from around

the world!

400 FRC teams

Vendors available to talk with students/mentors

Teambuilding activities (Robo Prom, dinners, card games, squirrels, Atlanta Aquarium)

Compete against the best!

2015 St. Louis - Apr 22-25, 2015 Must qualify at District Championships

30 teams will qualify

How often does Robotics Meet?

Spring Meeting Times

Meet weekly – Wednesdays 6:30-8:30

Some subgroups may meet more often

Goals Use all that we have learned and mastered at Off-Season

events BattleCry – WPI

Mayhem in Merrimack or Beantown Blitz - Boston

Final fix of any issues after competitions

Demo Robot to the school at Pep Rally

Demo Robot to sponsors/community

St. Louis?

Student Responsibilities Grades

Academics are priority 1!

Having trouble? There are plenty of smart kids and many mentors at a meeting – ask for help

Attendance

Attend All-Hands meetings

Attend Fundraising events

Attend as often as possible during Build Season to responsibly support their subgroup

Attendance quantity will be looked at if we need to limit the number of students that can go to events in which travel is required.

Effort - consistent

Parent Responsibilities No fee (yet)

Transportation to/from school

Need to feed the troops on weekends during Build Season Each family signs up for 2 lunches

Volunteer Time/Food for Fundraisers FLL

JrFLL

Student transportation/hotel cost (Team can provide financial support if needed)

Skills that can be passed on to team?

Company donations?

Directly help subteams - Mentors

Mentors in 2014

Bob Beaulieu

Michael Blum

Michael Catalanotti

Sanjay Cherian

KC Cowan

Ken Donahue

Steve Goyette

Elizabeth Heath

Allan Kabel

Jeff Kabel

Ginnie Pittman

Randy Pittman

Steve Ross

Ken St. Hilare

Glenn Taylor

Jeff Wider

Mentors Needed the Most in…

Integration

Systems Engineering

Resource allocation

Design schedule

Mechanical

Need one mentor per “mechanism”

Looking for 1-2 more mentors in mechanical

Website

Finances

What does it take to keep 1073 going? Robot $$

Food during build season weekends

Mentors – not possible without parents and mentors

2010:

40 students + 20 mentors = Champions

2011

65 students + 25 mentors = Innovation Award, Engineering Excellence, Finalists, Off-season Champions

2012 71 students + 25 mentors

2013 78 students + 15 mentors

Where can you help?

Where you can help:

Fundraisers FLL (November 22)

JFLL (December 13)

Build Season Food Weekend Food (Sat lunch/dinner, Sunday lunch)

Mentor

Task List

Business/Work Donations

Team 1073 Successes Grow the students

Prepare them for the professional world

Inspire STEM

Scholarships College Scholarships every year

Awards 2003 – GSR Rookie Award

2003 – GSR Website Award

2005 – GSR Safety Award

2006 – River Rage Champions

2007 – GSR Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award

2009 – GSR and Hartford – Delphi’s Driving Technology Award

2009 – WPI Battle Cry – Best Battle Cry

2009 – Mayhem in Merrimack – Spirit Award

2009 – River Rage Best Robot Costume (R2D2)

2010 – GSR Champions

2010 – GSR Coopertition Award

2010 – GSR Woodie Flowers Award

2010 – Beantown Blitz Finalists

2010 – Mayhem in Merrimack Champions

2011 – GSR Woodie Flowers Award

2011 – Innovation in Control Award

2011 – Hartford Engineering Excellence Award

2011 – Hartford Finalist

2011 – Battle Cry Champions

2011 – Mayhem in Merrimack Champions

2012 – River Rage Champions

2012 – Hartford Judges Award

2012 – Mayhem in Merrimack Champions

2013 – Judges Award – GSR

2014 – River Rage Costume Award

2014 - UNH Industrial Design Award

2014 – Northeastern Judges Award

www.theforceteam.com

Sue Hay

Sue.Hay@sau41.org