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{{HotTopic}} ---- == Throw-down at Regency Apartments! == [[Image:Regency_Apartments_Throwdown_PreStart.jpg|600px|right]] On Thursday, Steve met up with our new mentors at Regency: Crystal, Blake and Amy for the first of the 2009-2010 throw-downs. They turned on the music, assembled the field, set up the robots and began competing in fast-paced, heart-pumping 2 minute rounds. There were 10 kids and a number of parents cheering the action on. Each kid was Driver, then Operator, then Field Reset. They also rotated through all of the robots that were on the field. There were two converted ProtoBots (the intake wheel had been converted to a paddle), and two Explorer Claw robots, one of each type for each alliance. They played a variation of the Elevation game from last year All-in-all, it was a great time. '''Next throw-down is October 22 at the Church Farm School from 6-8PM. See you there!''' == Low-Cost FIELD! == Note the field in the picture above! I built that field using the [http://www.vexrobotics.com/docs/vex-robotics-competition-field/low-cost-perimeter-rev-c.20090427.pdf Vex Robotics site instructions] and PVC. There is NO REASON for every club/team not to have a field! It was easy to put together, and the cost was nominal (at most ~ $100. I think that my costs were closer to about $75.00) The result is very lightweight, yet sturdy, and transportable! Join us at one of our throw-downs and take a look. Steve ---- ---- '''Welcome to STEMRobotics!''' We are a non-profit group that is bringing '''S'''cience '''T'''echnology '''E'''ngineering and '''M'''athematics ('''STEM''') to students by using competition robotics. Driving the robots in Competitions is a small part of what we do. From the beginning we teach each roboteer valuable life skills like communications, planning, getting a group consensus, cooperation and negotiations. We also bring to life STEM skills in areas of electronics, mechanics, pneumatics, programming by planning, designing, building (and sometimes rebuilding), testing and driving our robots. == Workshops == Tuesday nights: 6:30-8:30pm. We will be working through the Yolande Petersen Guides below in Resources. (Downingtown Education Center, 355 Manor Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335) Our primary resource is ''VEX for the Technically Challenged''. See [[Mentor Workshop]] for a week by week description on what is planned and [[Summer 2009 Mentor Workshop]] for what happened at each session. == Events == The [[STEMRobotics:Current_events | Current Events list]]!! Don't miss the [[Summer of Fun 2009]] Some of our past events have been: ;Radcorp Summer of Fun 2007: We held a number of robot build nights and some competitions. ;[[Summer of Fun 2008]]: More events and more competitions! == STEM Sites == We are setting up [[STEM Sites]] has incubators for robotics teams. Click the link to learn more. == Resources == [[Image:VexRoboticsCompetitionLogo.png]] [[Media:Steps_to_starting_a_VEX_robotics_program.pdf]] -- CMU's guide to Starting a Vex Robotics Program. [[Media:VEX Robots for Beginners.pdf]] -- a guide to building VEX robots [[Media:VEX for the Technically Challenged.pdf]] -- a detailed guide on building VEX robots, we use this for the Mentor's class. [[Media:Robot Recipes.pdf]] -- a collection of cool VEX robots that you can build [[Media:Clueless Coach.pdf]] -- timeless tips and ideas on how to be a competition robotics coach Carnegie-Mellon's Summer Programs for Educators: http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/educators/professional_dev/index.htm [[VEX Programming]] Information about the VEX Programming environments == Mid-Atlantic VEX Partner == STEMRobotics is one of the groups that make up the VEX Partners in the Mid-Atlantic area. Teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virgina work together sharing ideas and resources. The [[Mid-Atlantic VEX Partners]] also coordinate events and workshops. == Sponsors == '''STEMRobotics is sponsored by:''' [[Image:Kaloke logo.gif]] ::''[http://www.kaloke.com Kaloke Technologies]'' is an inital sponsor of our events. [[Image:radcorp_sm.png]] ::''[http://www.radcorp.com RADCorp]'' is another of our inital sponsors. [http://www.techentourage.com Techentourage] is a new sponsor for 2009 and 2010. If you would like to sponsor competition robotics and getting '''STEM''' education to middle and high school students please contact us!
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