19-20 Season: Skystone
FLL Workshop - 6/24/2019 - 6/28/2019
Robert Half Presentation - 10/31/2019
V6+ organized and met with Robert Half International to introduce FTC. We prepared a short presentation explaining the aspects of FTC and our journey throughout the season. We followed with a robotic demonstration, both parties answering and asking questions as we went. Through this event, we learned more about real-world businesses.
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Community United Elementary School Presentation - 11/1/2019
For the second time, V6+ (along with the veteran FLL team, Hyper Geek Turtles) traveled to an underserved community in Oakland to meet with the low-income school, CUES. Our goal was to teach and inspire students about STEM. We set-up and prepared two brief presentation about STEM and its benefits for two different age groups. We introduced FIRST and its programs – FTC and FLL – by briefly explaining each. At the end, we captivated the audience by demonstrating two lego robots and our robot. We also took many questions from the interested students.
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Boston Dynamics - 11/2/2019
We met with Tao Ran, a DVHS alumni and engineer at a robotics company. He shared his life story and professional experiences. He told us about how he overcame his devastating injury and still persevered, pursued his dreams, and inspired those around him. He said his dream is "to create a robot suit so that other people in the world don't have to be constrained to a wheelchair anymore.
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Windemere Ranch Middle School Presentation - 11/19/2019
We went to Windemere Ranch Middle School to give a presentation of our robot and introduce the students there to FIRST programs. Many of the people in the audience were interested in starting an FLL or FTC team, and came to ask us questions about how to start a team.
Thanksgiving Dinner Volunteering - 11/22/2019
We went to Crosswinds Church to volunteer and help prepare 1250 Thanksgiving meals for local families in need. We felt good serving our community by helping prepare 1250 meals.
Tri-Valley Thanksgiving Gala - 11/27/2019
We went to a local Thanksgiving Gala to share the programs of FIRST, what we have done in FTC, and demonstrate our robot. We were able to share our experiences and show off our robot to interested adults and kids alike. Many were interested and inspired and asked several thoughtful questions.
Facebook Tour - 12/30/2019
We met with Mr. Phan, a Facebook employee, who gave us a tour of the facility. He explained possible future career plans and what he does at Facebook, as well as how the company and work is managed. We took this time to give a short presentation about our team to him and other passersby. We learned more about real-world companies and the endeavors Mr. Phan is currently working on.
FTC Scrimmage with 3 other teams - 1/12/2020
We met with FTC teams Hyper Geek Turtles, Turbo V8, and Tech.No.Logic for a scrimmage. We got to practice self-scoring, running our robot, and working with alliances. We prepared for our competition and helped the other teams prepare as well.