This is from the recent alumni gathering we did to reunite our schools past FIRST members.
Monday, February 18, 2013
AHHH! IT'S THE LAST DAY!
We don't have much left. Still, with the time ticking down, we're rushing to finish. having the robot done is top priority. With a lot of people here, we are certainly not short on manpower. It looks like we will be a force not to reckon with this year at the competition... I just hope I didn't speak too soon.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Home Stretch...
The build team is finishing up on the robot.
This is our last weekend to work. We're in crunch time mode as the rest of us finish our assignments and reach our last few goals. The website is nearly finished for those looking forward to the unifying blogspot for the 203 robotics team.
The programming team has finished all all virtual programming. They still need to test the robot and fix any bugs.
Good luck to all the other teams in the upcomming competitions.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Campbell's Soup Foundation Continues Support of Team #203
Campbell's Soup Foundation enters its 15th year of support with another donation to Camden County Tech Robotics Team #203. Jim Pruneski, Vice President of Global Engineering presented a check to Dr. Teri Stallone, Principal and FIRST Advisors Anthony DePrince and Mr. McAlpin along with student team representatives at Campbell's Soup HQ in Camden, NJ.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Pics from Sat Jan 12...Goals Built, Frisbee Launcher Prototype, and more...
Here are some pics and video from our very productive workday on Saturday:
Our Imagery, Graphics,and Web Team Working Hard:
Our programing team collaborating on the Robot's Code:
The Frisbee (Disc) we have to throw:
One of our parents helping to build one of the Disc Goals
Mr. Ritter and some team members working on the prototype disc launcher
Testing our different wheels and ideas for the launcher:
Organizing the thousands of parts we have assembled over 15 years of FIRST!!
Duct Taping the wheel to get more grip...Duct tape, the old standby! LOL
Making sure our mock disc goal is the right height:
Making sure the Frisbee goal is stable and safe!
YEA! Two mock goals constructing to Rocky to practice with!
Some of our Team members in front of the Frisbee goals!
Video: Testing our Disc Launcher
Friday, January 11, 2013
Well we are on our way!!!! Tomorrow will be one week since we learned of this year’s FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION (FRC) challenge….. ULTIMATE ASCENT!
In just over 5 weeks we will need to have ROCKY THE ROBOT 2013 ready to accurately throw 11 inch Frisbees and climb an 8 foot tall pyramid.
My goal is to send weekly, if not more often, updates regarding the team to both parents and students.
WORK SCHEDULE
As stated before and at the family meeting, we meet everyday afterschool. We also are meeting Saturdays. On Saturday, January 12 we will be meeting at 12:00noon in the robotics room. We should be wrapping up around 5PM.
PARENT / FAMILY BOOSTERS
Parent Booster Chair Brenda e-mailed everyone regarding support for snacks on Saturdays. Please check her e-mail for more information and be sure to respond to her. Brenda’s e-mail is cctsfirst.boosters@gmail.com.
Also, if any parent wants to volunteer let me know, and we can certainly use the help.
FUND RAISING
Please be sure to let me know if you have any leads for potential funding opportunities or team sponsorships. We are always looking for creative ways to keep our program going.
ONLINE RESOURCES
We will be maintaining a blog with these updates, pics, and more for our team. Check out our blog at http://cctsfirst.blogspot.com/. We will be developing the new team website in the near future, which will include this blog and more. Stay tuned for more information.
Also, you can read about FIRST Robotics, the competition, and more at FIRST’s website at www.usfirst.org. This is a valuable resource. Also, checkout www.chiefdelphi.com which is a great forum and discussion board for everything FIRST robotics.
PROGRESS UPDATE
This week we established our project management team and appointed students Frank F. as senior project manager and Jeff S. as junior project manager. We also established our team structure for this year and working groups as follows:
2013 FIRST TEAM
Working Group Team Assignments
TEAM ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Anthony DePrince, Team Advisor / Mentor (Administration / Operations)
Mr. Andrew McAlpin, Team Advisor / Mentor (Mechanical)
Mr. Otto Ritter, Instructor / Mentor (Project Management)
Ms. Sandy Castagna, Chaperone/Mentor
Frank F., Senior Student Project Engineer / Team Captain
Jeff S., Junior Student Project Engineer / Team Captain
WORKING SUB-GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
Programming / Controls
RJ P., LEAD
Andrew S.
David G.
M
Ryan R.
Jonathan B.
Cullen B.
Tyler H.
Construction / Building
Jakob M. LEAD
Carmen S., LEAD
Adam H.
Tony K.
Adam H
Sean S.
Alex C.
Brian M.
Colin Y.
Graphics / Imaging
Sarah H., LEAD
Anika W.
Ian H.
Susie T.
Brianna J.
Safety
Jackie K., LEAD
Isiah, M., LEAD
Del H.
Arthur S.
Matthew G.
Business / Planning / Fundraising
Colin Y., LEAD
Victor F., LEAD
Britany D.
Domininique N.
Michael T.
Spirit
Tony K., LEAD
Andrew S., LEAD
Jakob M.
CAD / Inventor / Design
David G., LEAD
Blair F., LEAD
Aaron S
Kordell M.
Anthony S.
Website/ Video / Photo / Blog
Robert P., LEAD
Alfonso B.
Anika W.
Briana J.
Susie T.
Research / Scouting
Yazmin R., LEAD
Matt K., LEAD
Blair F.
Robert P.
Khalil B.
In addition, the team has been focusing on strategy development for this year’s competition as well starting to build a prototype Frisbee launcher. Also, our build team is starting to build the field elements that we need to test and practice on. Our programming team is in the process of testing various software configurations on our test chassis. The safety team leads conducted a safety seminar this week, and all of the other working groups are working hard to meet their individual tasks….
We have a nice, hard working group of students this year… We are very excited about our potential. Students keep up the hard work and dedication. Parents thank you for your support!!!
GO ROCKY!!! GO FIRST!!! GO CCTS ROBOTICS!!!!
Tony DePrince, FIRST ADVISOR
In just over 5 weeks we will need to have ROCKY THE ROBOT 2013 ready to accurately throw 11 inch Frisbees and climb an 8 foot tall pyramid.
My goal is to send weekly, if not more often, updates regarding the team to both parents and students.
WORK SCHEDULE
As stated before and at the family meeting, we meet everyday afterschool. We also are meeting Saturdays. On Saturday, January 12 we will be meeting at 12:00noon in the robotics room. We should be wrapping up around 5PM.
PARENT / FAMILY BOOSTERS
Parent Booster Chair Brenda e-mailed everyone regarding support for snacks on Saturdays. Please check her e-mail for more information and be sure to respond to her. Brenda’s e-mail is cctsfirst.boosters@gmail.com.
Also, if any parent wants to volunteer let me know, and we can certainly use the help.
FUND RAISING
Please be sure to let me know if you have any leads for potential funding opportunities or team sponsorships. We are always looking for creative ways to keep our program going.
ONLINE RESOURCES
We will be maintaining a blog with these updates, pics, and more for our team. Check out our blog at http://cctsfirst.blogspot.com/. We will be developing the new team website in the near future, which will include this blog and more. Stay tuned for more information.
Also, you can read about FIRST Robotics, the competition, and more at FIRST’s website at www.usfirst.org. This is a valuable resource. Also, checkout www.chiefdelphi.com which is a great forum and discussion board for everything FIRST robotics.
PROGRESS UPDATE
This week we established our project management team and appointed students Frank F. as senior project manager and Jeff S. as junior project manager. We also established our team structure for this year and working groups as follows:
2013 FIRST TEAM
Working Group Team Assignments
TEAM ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Anthony DePrince, Team Advisor / Mentor (Administration / Operations)
Mr. Andrew McAlpin, Team Advisor / Mentor (Mechanical)
Mr. Otto Ritter, Instructor / Mentor (Project Management)
Ms. Sandy Castagna, Chaperone/Mentor
Frank F., Senior Student Project Engineer / Team Captain
Jeff S., Junior Student Project Engineer / Team Captain
WORKING SUB-GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
Programming / Controls
RJ P., LEAD
Andrew S.
David G.
M
Ryan R.
Jonathan B.
Cullen B.
Tyler H.
Construction / Building
Jakob M. LEAD
Carmen S., LEAD
Adam H.
Tony K.
Adam H
Sean S.
Alex C.
Brian M.
Colin Y.
Graphics / Imaging
Sarah H., LEAD
Anika W.
Ian H.
Susie T.
Brianna J.
Safety
Jackie K., LEAD
Isiah, M., LEAD
Del H.
Arthur S.
Matthew G.
Business / Planning / Fundraising
Colin Y., LEAD
Victor F., LEAD
Britany D.
Domininique N.
Michael T.
Spirit
Tony K., LEAD
Andrew S., LEAD
Jakob M.
CAD / Inventor / Design
David G., LEAD
Blair F., LEAD
Aaron S
Kordell M.
Anthony S.
Website/ Video / Photo / Blog
Robert P., LEAD
Alfonso B.
Anika W.
Briana J.
Susie T.
Research / Scouting
Yazmin R., LEAD
Matt K., LEAD
Blair F.
Robert P.
Khalil B.
In addition, the team has been focusing on strategy development for this year’s competition as well starting to build a prototype Frisbee launcher. Also, our build team is starting to build the field elements that we need to test and practice on. Our programming team is in the process of testing various software configurations on our test chassis. The safety team leads conducted a safety seminar this week, and all of the other working groups are working hard to meet their individual tasks….
We have a nice, hard working group of students this year… We are very excited about our potential. Students keep up the hard work and dedication. Parents thank you for your support!!!
GO ROCKY!!! GO FIRST!!! GO CCTS ROBOTICS!!!!
Tony DePrince, FIRST ADVISOR
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