Event Information
Date
Saturday October 9, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue
West Philadelphia High School
Cafeteria
4901 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19139
Agenda
| 9:00 am | Teams Arrive and Check-in |
| 9:15 am | Workshop Begins |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm | Workshop Resumes |
| 3:00 pm | Event Complete |
Event Host
This event is hosted and managed by the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition.
Event Host Special Requirements
All people present at a Philadelphia Robotics Coalition event must provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This requirement applies to event staff, volunteers, coaches, mentors, students, and spectators. See http://roboticscoalition.org/covid for full details.
Team Powered
This event is hosted and managed by the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition and supported by FTC Team 18572 West Philly Speedbots.
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
- Robot electronic and mechanical parts
- Driver station controller and robot controller
- Gamepads
- Charged batteries and charger
- Tools
- Power strip
- Safety glasses
Team Registration Information
Participating Teams
| Team # | Team Name | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5320 | RoboLancers Gold | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA |
| 5514 | Parkway RoboHounds | Parkway Center City Middle College | Philadelphia, PA |
| 6676 | RoboLancers Crimson | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA |
| 8730 | RoboGriffins | Academy at Palumbo | Philadelphia, PA |
| 12308 | Bodine Ambassadors | Bodine High School | Philadelphia, PA |
| 13347 | Binary Bots | Project HOME | Philadelphia, PA |
| 16941 | RoboLancers Cobalt | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA |
| 18572 | West Philadelphia SpeedBots | West Philadelphia High School | Philadelphia, PA |