Hello Team Paradox! Yeah, we’re talking to you!

Our rookie year has been possible in large part due to your mentoring and hospitality. The La Costa Canyon Robotics Team appreciates your guidance and patience as we learn to navigate your machine shop and the bigger world of FIRST Robotics Competition.

With Kickoff this Saturday, we’re excited to have your support in our rookie year! GO TEAM PARADOX!

 

Our pre-season chassis is coming along just in time to get started on our official 2015 robotics season chassis. Check out our progress…

 

We are waiting on wheels and motor controllers which should arrive this week, but the chassis itself is solid and precise. Excellent work by the entire team!

 

 

 

LCC Robotics received a $6,000 grant from NASA to help our rookie team get off started in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Thanks, NASA!

Thank you, Nordson ASYMTEK, for choosing LCC Robotics to receive a grant this season! We’re proud to have you as a sponsor.

Special thanks to Stephen des Jardins for facilitating the process!

We have a new team sponsor: Dassault Systèmes

We received licenses for SOLIDWORKS CAD software to help us design our robot in our rookie year.

Thanks, Dassault Systèmes!

TEAM REMINDER: Register with FIRST as soon as possible.

Please complete the FIRST Robotics Competition registration  process:

FIRST Robotics Competition Registration

Thanks,

Coach Fine

We now have a team calendar on the right-hand side of our site. This will list all our upcoming events.

Our next team meeting is on Wednesday at Lunch in Mrs. Thile’s room.

Here are a few items we’ll cover:

1. Update on the status of our NASA rookie team grant request
2. Find a time to meet after school at SDA with their robotics team leaders, mentors and teacher/advisor to plan how we will work together this season
3. Divide up list of potential sponsors and write letters requesting funding
4. Having parents fill out required forms from US FIRST to allow you to be an FRC team member

See you there!

p.s. here’s another YouTube video to inspire you. Dave Lavery is the Program Executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters. Dave talks about how the FIRST Program relates to the real world.

For anyone interested, there is an opportunity to help elementary and middle-school teams this weekend. We’ve put together a practice FIRST LEGO League tournament in conjunction with a local FLL team, The Pithons. The tournament is this Sunday.

FIRST LEGO League Practice Tournament
Sunday, October 5^th, 2014
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Valley Club (2280 Calle Barcelona)

Hey LCC! If you’re interested in robotics, join us Wednesday at lunch in Room 600 for our first club meeting.

We’ll be planning our rookie season in the FIRST Robotics Competition.

See you there!

If you have time, check out these video about FIRST Robotics:

(Apologies for the Biebs…)