Team 980 has an exciting post-season schedule through Fall of 2010. This very important part of our year features competitons with the best teams in FIRST and robot exhibitions to attract new students, sponsors and mentors. Team 980 is looking ahead to a successful 10th season in 2011; much of our future success is tied to our 2010 post-season.
On May 13, Team 980 demonstrated our robot at the annual Lockheed-Martin SpaceDay event in Riverside. Team 980 partnered with local Teams 2493 (Robokong) and 3295 (Poly Techs) to expose hundreds of elementary school students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in action.
Team 980 is registered for the prestigious Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI) event in Indianapolis on July 16-17. The field of 82 teams includes 8 of the 12 teams appearing on Einstein field at Championship. We are making upgrades to our robot over the next few weeks. We plan to meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6 pm) and Saturday mornings (10 am) throughout June to get the robot ready for shipment by July 4. Team 980 members will receive e-mails regarding our plans and progress – check frequently!
We plan to compete in California off-season events: the Fall Classic (SoCal) and CalGames (Bay Area). The event locations have not yet been determined, but we’ll know this before IRI. Demonstrations and presentations to schools and sponsors are also on the horizon. We may be invited to demonstrate our robot at the Boston Scientific annual picnic on Saturday, June 12 (stay tuned for news!). We will hold student-led demos at a few schools in the fall – next year’s seniors are key players in these demos.
Team 980 succeeds because we set high goals. If we plan well, work smart, and do the little things right, good things happen. Come join the fun!
