EDEN PRAIRIE ROBOTICS

FIRST Robotics Progression PROGRAM TARGET AGE COMPETITION First Lego League (FLL) Grades 4-6 Research and Robot components (NXT Mindstorms) First Tech Challenge (FTC) Grades 7-8 Robot (uses NXT base with TETRIX components) FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Grades 9-12 Serious robotic components! FRC FLL FTC

Mentors, Mentors, Mentors All three programs are dependent on the involvement of volunteers or mentors. A mentor’s role is to help run a team in FLL & FTC, share a skill, provide supervision, provide snack Without mentors, teams cannot exist.

What is First Lego League? Robotics using Lego Mindstorms NXT

Example of Nature’s Fury competition field with elements in place. Person with water: 15 30 30 People: 12 each 2 people one region : 33 3: 66 25 Pets with people : 15 20 30 if clear 25 5 per each stack 30 Equipment in red : 3 each 20 20 10 People: 18 each 16 23 31 Robot in red : 25 Yellow: 20 Blue: 30

What is First Lego League? Research Component

First Lego League: Research Research a topic related to the Challenge Theme. Create an innovative solution to a problem in the Challenge Field. Present your research and solution in a fun and creative way at the competition.

Competition Regionals in November-December State in Late January 4 Scoring Categories Robot Design Robot Game Project Core Values

What does the season look like? Spring/Summer – Teams Form August – challenge mats released – teams start meeting (some teams are just now forming) September – Official Challenge released Labor Day. Teams start meeting 2 times a week October – November – teams continue meeting 2 times a week, increasing as competition approaches November is crunch time November – December – Regionals Late January – State tournament for advancing teams

Benefits for FLL Participants Learn how to think through engineering challenges and process flows Exposure to computer programming Research and presentation skills Teamwork

Volunteers are Needed! 2 needed per team. Ideally – one takes charge of robotics the other on research. All volunteers will be background checked. No managers, no team.

What is FIRST Tech? Challenge? A competitive, head-to-head robotics competition that uses a sports model. Robots are larger and more complex than the FLL robots Same base field each year but different challenge

TEAMWORK Game Strategy Mechanical Engineering Research & Documentation Electrical Engineering Marketing & Fundraising Software Engineering

Season Schedule Fall Aug. - See your robot at the MN State Fair Sept. - Season challenge released Sept. to Nov. - Meet 2x week Winter Dec. - CRUNCH TIME – Extra meetings as required by team to complete robots Jan. – Regional qualifiers and driving practice Feb. – Regional competition Apr. – World competition in St. Louis MO.

First Robotics Challenge Eden Prairie High School Grades 9-12

Upcoming EP Robotics Events Car Show - August 2015 @ EPHS

Closing Questions? Next steps - REGISTRATION Demos