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Rockville Robotics. FIRST LEGO League 2012/2013 Organizational Meeting Thursday, June 7, 2012. Rockville Robotics. Experiences with autonomous robotics Focused on middle and older elementary school students Programs Summer Camps FIRST LEGO League Teams Family Robotics.
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Rockville Robotics FIRST LEGO League 2012/2013 Organizational Meeting Thursday, June 7, 2012
Rockville Robotics • Experiences with autonomous robotics • Focused on middle and older elementary school students • Programs • Summer Camps • FIRST LEGO League Teams • Family Robotics
FIRST LEGO League 2010/2011 • Centaurs Team 8543 • Saturday 2-5pm at the Rockville Methodist Church • Biobricks Team 11197 • Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-5:00pm, at Gaithersburg Teen Center • Cyberkids Team 11327 • Saturdays, 1pm to 4pm at a private home in King Farm • Tournaments • Competed in Maryland FLL Qualifier Tournament at UMBC, January 29 • Team 11197 advanced to the State Tournament at UMBC, February 26
FIRST LEGO League 2011/2012 • Centaurs Team 10125 • Saturday 2-5pm at the Rockville Methodist Church • DynaBrixTeam 11465 • Sunday 2-5pm at the Rockville Methodist Church • Biobricks Team 12927 • Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-5:00pm, at Gaithersburg Teen Center • Brick Heads Team 10124 • Saturdays, 1-4pm at a private home in Rockville • PokebotsTeam 10130 • Saturdays, 1-4pm at a private home in Rockville • Tournaments • Maryland FLL Qualifier Tournament at Universities at Shady Grove, January 15 • Teams 10125 and 10124 advanced to State Tournament at UMBC, January 29
FIRST LEGO League 2012/2013 • 2012 Senior Solutions • Releases August 28, 2012 • Robotic competition and project • FLL teams will focus on keeping seniors independent, engaged, and connected • build, test, and program an autonomous robot to solve a set of missions • research, develop, and share their innovative senior solutions • experience teamwork engineering
Resources • Science Center to support 5 teams • Two LEGO Mindstorm Kits • Two Computers with Mindstorm software • Game parts ($65) • Competition table (8x4ft) • Training sessions for kids and parents • High school mentors • Local qualifying tournament • Team Costs • Team Registration ($225) • Tournament Registration ($65) • Facilities
What You Need to Do • Fill out Survey so we can help form teams • Identify a coach • Determine meeting schedule • Help find a meeting location • Plan a 1stmeeting in September Contact - Bob Ekman robotics@rockvillesciencecenter.org http://www.rockvillesciencecenter.org/robotics/