April 29, 2011: USFirst.org Robotics Championships 2011 @ Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO.
Got to escort teams of kid and coaches (between first and third grade) between their presentation table to their review session at their designated times. Assisted in judging by running tallies between the main area and the judging area. Helped create award certificates for the final presentation. Kept things running smoothly to accomplish everything from sign in to awards within a 4 hour window. Also assisted with the presentation of the medals for all of the children that participated in the event. Their were 29 teams from 11 states that were involved in the events for JFLL.
Got to escort teams of kid and coaches (between first and third grade) between their presentation table to their review session at their designated times. Assisted in judging by running tallies between the main area and the judging area. Helped create award certificates for the final presentation. Kept things running smoothly to accomplish everything from sign in to awards within a 4 hour window. Also assisted with the presentation of the medals for all of the children that participated in the event. Their were 29 teams from 11 states that were involved in the events for JFLL.
It was interesting. Their are 4 levels of competition. JFLL, FLL, FTC, FRC.JFLL (Junior FIRST Lego League) involves kids in grades K - 3 and has kids do research on some chosen topic area. The teams then select some topic within that topic area, do research, and build a lego model. This year's topic was "Body Forward" All topics for JFLL and FLL were related to the body.
FLL (FIRST Lego League) is geared to grades 4-8. This team get to build robots out of lego robotics kits. All geared towards completing some basic missions relating to the topic. Some missions might include having a robot place a band aid on a patient or retrieving a syringe or mending a fake bone.
FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) is geared towards kids in grades 9-12. These kids get to build robots that run though an obstacle course and complete some assigned tasks.
FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) is also geared to kids in grades 9-12. Here kids completed one of 2 possible types of robot competitions. One competition involves getting large inner tubes on hooks 12 feet in the air. Their is also a side mission of having to get a little robot up a pole the quickest. The other big competition is an areal act of building a flying robot that is controllable enough to land on various platforms. Ground robots will also try to gather and shoot balls into a box.
FLL (FIRST Lego League) is geared to grades 4-8. This team get to build robots out of lego robotics kits. All geared towards completing some basic missions relating to the topic. Some missions might include having a robot place a band aid on a patient or retrieving a syringe or mending a fake bone.
FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) is geared towards kids in grades 9-12. These kids get to build robots that run though an obstacle course and complete some assigned tasks.
FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) is also geared to kids in grades 9-12. Here kids completed one of 2 possible types of robot competitions. One competition involves getting large inner tubes on hooks 12 feet in the air. Their is also a side mission of having to get a little robot up a pole the quickest. The other big competition is an areal act of building a flying robot that is controllable enough to land on various platforms. Ground robots will also try to gather and shoot balls into a box.
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