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Build It! - Philadelphia Workshop & Scrimmage

Event Information

Build It! and Drive It! is a two part series to help teams jump start their robot design, build, and programming, as well as providing practice time on the field. Veteran teams Freire Charter School 5488/Robodragons and Central High School 5320/RoboLancers Gold and 6676/RoboLancers Crimson are joining forces to host and run these events.  Mentors and lead students from these schools will work directly with teams to help them prepare for their first Meet or Tournament.

Build It! will be focused on initial robot building and programming.  Bring your parts, tools and laptops!  A full Block Party! field will available to test your robot.

Drive It! will continue the build/programming/driving fun with a focus on incremental robot improvements and plenty of Block Party! field practice.
Date
Saturday November 9, 2013

Venue
Freire Charter School
High School Gymnasium

Registration
Registration is open.  Register your team on the Event Registration page.

Refreshments
There will be a snack bar open that will have snacks, drinks, and a pizza lunch for sale.

Agenda
 9:00
  Registration
 9:30  Design / build / program with mentor support
  Block Party! field available for practice
 12:00  Lunch Break
 1:00  Continue build / program with mentor support
  Block Party! field available for practice
 3:00  Event Complete



Registration Information

Registered



Event Details

The details:
On Saturday, November 9th, from 9am to 3pm you are welcome to come down to Freire Charter High School (5488) for a Build It! Workshop and Scrimmage.

Each team that attends will be assigned a senior and junior team member of the Robodragons to assist you with your robot building and programming.

In addition, for your Build It! experience we are teaming up with Central High School (5320 & 6676) and their mentors. They will also be available to assist you in whatever your teams needs are.

There will be a snack bar open that will have snacks, drinks, and a pizza lunch for sale.

If your robot is field -ready, there will be a fully functional FTC Block Party field for your use.

Why come:
The Robodragons are a 3 year veteran team.  We finished first in the inaugural city series meet last year and qualified for the Pennsylvania State Championship. We are a team of 25 strong that have experience in the various parts of robot design, programming, are competition tested, and have been through umpteen rounds of judging.

Where are we located:
Freire Charter High School
2027 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA  19103

How can you get here:
There are 2 parking garages (Park America & Patriot Parking) at 2101 Sansom St. that have good rates and are very close. If you are driving down 21st street, crossing Chestnut, then make your first right onto Sansom St. Patriot Parking on the left has an early bird special for $10. Park America is on the right.

Street parking is $5 for 2 hours.

For teams in the city, there is a trolley stop at 22nd and Market and a variety of buses that stop on our block.

For teams coming from the suburbs, the regional train lines stop at Suburban Station, from which is a short walk to our school.

How to register
Navigate to http://www.ftcpenn.org/event-registration

What should you bring:
Your robot, parts & kit
Tools 
Laptops
Power strip

What we will provide:
Wi-fi
Two cafeteria tables
One power hookup
A competition ready Block Party! field
Experts in various states of robot build
Power tools
Extra laptops