FIRST RoboticsFIRST RoboticsKick-off Meeting!Kick-off Meeting!

July 8th, 2004

IntroductionsIntroductions

• Kim O’Toole – Team Lead• Judy & Mark Graham – Penfield

Parents• Linda Martina – Penfield Teacher

• Team Member Introductions

OverviewOverview

• FIRST• Year’s Schedule• Meetings• Subteams• To Do• Activity

F.I.R.S.T.F.I.R.S.T.

FFor IInspiration and RRecognition of SScience and TTechnology

What does this mean? It means that we are here to Inspire high school students by involving them in the engineering process.

InspirationInspiration

“I tell you and you forget…”

“I show you and you remember…”

“I involve you and you learn…”

Year’s ScheduleYear’s Schedule• June-Sept ’04June-Sept ’04 Recruiting & Organizing• Sept-Dec ’04Sept-Dec ’04 Team building Meetings

held once a week at night• Jan-Feb ’05Jan-Feb ’05 Design and Build Phase:3-5*

nights a week, weekends as needed• March-April ’05March-April ’05 Competition Time!!

Competitions are Thurs-Sat. and teams can attend 1-5 regional competitions (based on location and timing) and one national competition (based on qualification)

*Note: this is team commitment time, not individual

June – September ‘04

June 2004• Harris Recruiting (beginning month)• Harris Recruiting meeting (end month)July 2004• Harris Kick Off Meeting • Harris Planning/Teambuilding meetings (1)August 2004• Harris Planning meetings (determine team leads)

(2)• Develop HS Recruiting Strategy• Meet with HS Reps to plan HS recruiting

*Note: Summer meetings are optional

September-October ‘04• September 2004• High School Recruiting Event (Demo)• Harris Demo/Extra recruiting• Harris Planning meeting (1)• High School Recruiting meeting (1)• Team meeting (2) 2hr Teambuilding, Intro,

Activity• October 2004• Team meetings (4) 2.5hrs each, activity &

learning• Subteam meetings – Fundraising, Animation,

Team leads, Webpage

November-December ‘04

• November 2004• Team meetings (4) 2.5hrs each, activity &

learning• Subteam meetings – Fundraising, Animation,

Team leads, Drive Train, Mechanical, Electrical• December 2004• Team meetings (3) 2.5hrs each, activity &

learning• Subteam meetings – All• Decide on Logos/Name

January-February ‘04• January 2005• Team meetings (2/wk) Design & Build• Weekend meetings (1/wk) Design & Build• Subteam meetings – All• February 2005• Team meetings (2/wk) Design & Build• Weekend meetings (1/wk) Design & Build• Subteam meetings – All• Complete Build• Ship Robot (February 22, 2005)• Driver Training• Local Rochester Competition??

March – April ‘04

• March 2005• Driver Training• Clean-up, catalog• Attend Competitions• Volunteer @ Competitions• April 2005• National Competition?• Clean-ups• Preparation for summer

(demos/competitions/etc)

Summer Meetings

If you have time to be involved over the summer, these are the plans

• July 29th – 30 min roundtable– Update on tasks, budget

• August 12th – 30 min roundtable– Update on tasks, budget, fundraising ideas– Plan HS & Harris recruiting & Demos

• August 26 (?)– Finalize recruiting & demos– Finalize tasks & activities

Preseason MeetingsPreseason Meetings

• Team Meetings:– 2 to 2.5 hours after work 1/week– Quick Team/Subteam Discussion– Teambuilding Activity (most)– Learning Activity (most)

• Subteam Meetings:– On an as needed basis, recommended

1/week– Time & Location are up to subteam

SubteamsSubteams

• Mechanical/Fabrication

• Electrical/Programming

• 3D Animation• Webpage• Strategy/Drive/Rules• Spirit/Logo

• Fundraising• Business/Marketing• Photography/

Videography/Documentation

• Team Leads• Chairman’s Award

Mechanical/Fabrication

• Mechanical Design of all subassemblies

• Fabrication and Assembly of all subassemblies

• Preseason: Mechanical Meeting Activities, Drive Train & Arm

Electrical/Programming

• Electrical Layout of all components• Wiring of Motors• Programming the controller• Driver Controls• Preseason: Electrical &

Programming Meeting Activities, Access Software

3D Animation

• Create an entry for the 3D Animation Competition

• Uses Autodesk Inventor• Preseason: Obtain & Learn

Autodesk Inventor, start as much of the animation as possible

Webpage

• Design & Implement a Team webpage for Information & Announcements

• Preseason: Find domain & space for webpage, get webpage up and running, help students with webdesign/layout

Strategy/Drive/Rules

• Know all game rules• Train the drive team (drivers and

coaches must be members of this team)• Develop game and alliance strategies• Preseason: Read last year’s manual,

Meeting Game/Strategy Activities, Locate all potential drive team members

Spirit/Logo

• Develop the team Name and Logo Art• Ideally this is a student design• Create the submission to FIRST• Create all signs & robot decals with

the logo• Buttons & Spirit Paraphernalia• Preseason: Locate Vendors, come up

with team name/ideas & logo

Fundraising

• Develop & Organize Fundraisers for the team

• Keep track of Fundraising budgets and distribution

• Preseason: FUNDRAISE!!!, keep track of fundraising budgets

Business/Marketing

• Budgeting• Harris/Team Marketing• Business Aspects & Planning for

the team• Travel Arrangements• Preseason: Arrange budget, make

travel arrangements, plan

Photo/Video/Documentation

• Take and Log all Photographs and Video of team events/meetings

• Work with Marketing team and Spirit/Logo team to create Team Paraphernalia

• Keep track of all team Documentation• Preseason: Photo/Video all activities,

fundraisers, etc. Develop a system for team documentation (online?)

Team Leads

• 2 Harris Representatives• 2-3 High School Faculty• 2 Parents• 2 Students• Responsible for running team meetings,

activities, and making sure that all subteams are on track

• Controls the schedule• All FIRST interaction and submissions

Chairman’s Award

• This will be a small group, responsible for understanding what goes in to a chairman’s award submission for FIRST, and getting ideas to implement it for 2006

• This team will not meet regularly

To Do!!To Do!!

• Tasks for Summer Handout

• Team Preseason Projects• Team Preseason Competitions• Tasks

Activity!!Activity!!

Balloon RocketCompetition!

Thanks for Coming!Thanks for Coming!