Paly Robotics

Here is an itinerary for our trip to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Regional.
Attached is also the travel packet, and a school permission slip for parents to sign.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
7:00AM Meet at Robotics Lab
7:30AM Leave on Bus for Las Vegas
8:00PM Arrive at St. Tropez and settle down (Approx. Time)

Thursday, March 26, 2009
7:45AM 3 Team Reps to uncrate
8:30AM Pits and Machine Shop open
8:30AM - 12:00PM Registration and inspection
10:00AM - 5:00PM Practice rounds
12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch
8:00PM Pits and Machine Shop close

Friday, March 27, 2009

Hello Everyone,

The Silicon Valley Regional is the first competition we participate in. It is March 12-14. Because it is during the school day on Thursday and Friday, you will be missing class on those days if you choose to attend.
If you do decide to come on Thursday and/or Friday you must fill out the attached field trip permission form.

Here is the agenda for the regional posted by FIRST: Agenda .

This is all at the San Jose State University Event Center. Here are directions provided by FIRST along with the "2008-09 CONSENT, RELEASE, HOLD HARMLESS AND AUTHORIZATION TO REPRODUCE PHYSICAL LIKENESS" form which is required by FIRST: Directions & Form.

The permission slip for the SCHOOL is attached below.

Paly Robotics now has a Twitter!

To sign up you need a free twitter account.
Just go to twitter.com/roboticslab

We hope to be using twitter as one way we relay information to the team, such as when we will be opening the lab, etc.

1) CAL Games- (10/24-10/25)
- Saturday, Pits Open At 7am
-Saturday, Opening Ceremony is at 8:30am
-If you would like to car pool please meet at the woodshop at 7am. Call Alek at (203) 247-1890 with any questions.

2) Sign up to learn stuff!!
-Nobody has signed up yet; we need to know what you want to learn.

3)Safety Animation is being worked on.

4) Chris introduced Twill Tech. For more info visit www.twilltech.com

1. CAL Games (10/25) in San Jose
-We need to:
~Finish fixing arm
-Driver Tryouts are THIS Saturday at 1.
-Times will be posted here soon.

2. Safety Animation
-The rules have been released by FIRST

3. Learn Stuff: Lathe, Mill, Weld, Programming, etc.
-Let us know what you want to learn, and we will be happy to oblige.
-On the white board, write your name

4.Chis's News
-Got more money for Laser Finger
-The Fogarty Institute (helps get ideas to market) may add the Laser Finger to their education division.

There is no school on Thursday and Friday, so we will not have a meeting.
We WILL open the lab on Saturday starting at 1pm.

Hope to see you there!
Alek Ornaf
Captain

1.Introductions, name and grade of everyone on the team

2.What is FIRST?
-For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
-This is the main competition that we compete in each year, and is what we use most of our resources for.

3.What are the subteams?
-Build- construct the robot.

-Public Relations- contact sponsors to raise money to compete in competitions

-Animation- a separate FIRST challenge in which the teams makes a 30 second animation using 3d Studio Max.

Sponsors are what makes Paly Robotics possible. We take no money from our high school, so all of our activities are covered by grants and private sponsorship.

We accept donations from private enterprises and families, but also encourage companies to sponsor the team. Our sponsors gain many benefits, such as logo placement on robots and the website, sponsorship plaques, and a tax deduction (as we are a 501.3(c) non profit organization).

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Here is a complete list of our sponsors for the 2008-2009 season. Thank you all for your generous contributions!