Event Information
Date
Saturday September 21, 2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Living Learning Center
University Room
450 Schoolhouse Rd
Johnstown, PA 15094
The Living Learning Center is in B-1 of the Campus Map https://www.johnstown.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/upj-campusmap.pdf
Agenda
| 9:00 AM | Teams Arrive and Check-in |
| 9:15 AM | Workshop Sessions Begins |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Workshop Sessions Resume |
| 3:00 PM | Event Complete |
Team Powered
This event is hosted and managed by FTC Team 8645 Robotic Doges.
Event Details
Workshop Series
Design It!, Build It!, Program It!, Drive It!, and Jump Start! are a series of teams-helping-teams workshops to help teams start or advance their robot design, build, and programming skills, as well as providing practice time on the field. Coaches, mentors, lead students, and volunteers will work directly with teams to help them prepare for their first scrimmage or Tournament. Jump Start! is a single workshop combining aspects of the above series tailored to the needs of the attending teams.
- Design It! is focused on game strategy and robot design, with initial robot building.
- Build It! continues the robot build process with help for initial programming.
- Program It! is focused on programming in either Java/Android Studio, OnBot Java, or Blocks. Bring a laptop that either is or can be set up for one of the development environments.
- Drive It! provides the opportunity to test and tweak your robot on a full competition field. Practice with and against other teams.
- Jump Start! brings elements of Design It!, Build It!, and Program It! together tailored to the attending teams needs.
Share your expertise with other teams! Contact ftc.events@pennfirst.org if you would like to present/lead/support a topic area at any these workshops. Non-robot/programming topic areas are also welcomed, including engineering notebook, judging, fund raising, outreach, etc.
What To Bring
These are hands on workshops. To get the most out of the workshops, please bring what you can of the following as appropriate for this workshop:
- Engineering Notebook
- Programming laptop / CAD laptop
- FTC New Technology components: modules, cables
- Driver station and robot controller phones, OTG USB cable, USB hub
- DC Motors, Servos, cables and wires, slotted screw driver
- Robot parts – Tetrix, Matrix, and other parts
- Tools
- Gamepads
- Charged batteries and charger
- Power strip
- Safety glasses
Team Registration Information
Participating Teams
| Team # | Team Name | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10563 | Kiski Cougars | The Kiski School | Saltsburg, PA |
| 11792 | Botsburgh | Sci Tech Gen | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 13535 | BrainBotz | Community | Meyersdale, PA |
| 14700 | TigerBot | Young Scholars of Western PA Charter School | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 16011 | Fayette 4-H Robotics | Fayette County 4-H - Penn State Extension | Uniontown, PA |
| 16269 | Guthrie Geeks | Hanover Library Robotics Club | Hanover, PA |
| 16564 | Digital Devils | Central Cambria | Ebensburg, PA |