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”
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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.
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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”
FIXIT at Aboriginal Back-to-School Picnic
More than 1,100 students celebrated the soon-to-start school year with the annual Aboriginal Back to School Picnic on the lawn of Government House in Victoria, August 13, 2016.
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One-day robotics workshop at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Today we did a robotics workshop as part of the summer day camp at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.
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This year’s Game Challenge: our guess
Baskets hang at each of the four corners. Part of the game is to score game elements into these baskets. While your partner is scoring in a basket (from a certain distance away, perhaps), you position your robot beneath the basket to collect the elements. That act alone may give you points or your robot can then score those elements in another way.