The FIX IT team is part of the Knuth League in Washington State. Continue reading “League 2 competition”
League 2 competition
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Makerspace—our new home and sponsor
The FIX IT team is excited to announce that our new home is at Makerspace Victoria.
FTC Scrimmage, Dec. 4
On Sunday, Dec 4, FIX-IT helped run the first FTC Scrimmage ever held in British Columbia. Six of the B.C. teams were at the event. It was a lot of fun. Continue reading “FTC Scrimmage, Dec. 4”
FLL Scrimmage at St. Margaret’s
On Dec. 3, we ran a Scrimmage for sixteen of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams in the Province. The event was hosted by St. Margaret’s, the FLL partner for BC. Continue reading “FLL Scrimmage at St. Margaret’s”
Success at League 1
We traveled down to Arlington for League 1. There were 13 teams (including us) for this season’s inaugural event.
Visit to see dairy robotics
Today, we went with WestCoast Robotics — official dealers of Lely North America — to see how robotics helps reduce labour requirements and increase production on a dairy farm. In this case, Van Valley Farms.
Continue reading “Visit to see dairy robotics”
BC Kickoff
We held a kickoff event in the lobby of the Engineering & Computer Science building, University of Victoria, for the new teams that have set up in Victoria. Continue reading “BC Kickoff”
Washington State Kickoff
We were in Auburn, Washington, today, to see the release of this year’s game Velocity Vortex.
We were all impressed by the focus on autonomous scoring this year. Continue reading “Washington State Kickoff”
To Seattle for the FTC Kickoff
Going down to Seattle for the FTC Kickoff event, we arrived early in order to visit the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Mayan Adventure Summer Camp – summary
Our 5-day LEGO Mindstorms summer camp for 9-14 year-olds has ended. We had 9 kids in all. Continue reading “Mayan Adventure Summer Camp – summary”