Michael Coleman

New TETRIX Bevel Gear

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:18:46 -0400

Have you seen the new TETRIX® Bevel Gear? The bevel gear and bearings pack includes two heavy-duty aluminum gears along with two Delrin bearings which allow for the transfer of the direction of motion at 90 degrees.

2011 FTC Kickoff

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:59:08 -0400

I am looking forward to revealing the new FTC game to teams at the Florida kickoff on Saturday, September 10th.

This free event is sponsored by FTC & FRC teams 1902, Exploding Bacon and it is open to the public. We will offer technical workshops that directly relate to the new robot game, reveal the game, display the playing field for teams to explore, and hold a game Q&A session. The kickoff event will be held at the Orange County -University of Florida/IFAS Extension Education Center located at 6021 South Conway Road in Orlando. The web site for the education center is found here: ocextension.ifas.ufl.edu/

Kickoff Schedule:

12:15 p.m. - Check-in
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Sensor Workshop.
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Mechanical Design Workshop.
2:30 p.m. - Game reveal and teams explore the playing field.
3:30 p.m - Game Q&A

I can’t wait to see my FIRST friends at kickoff. The robotics off-season has lasted too long!

Southwest Airlines LUV’s Florida FIRST Tech Challenge

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:03:45 -0400

I am pleased to welcome Southwest Airlines as the newest sponsor of the Florida FTC program. Southwest Airlines is providing 10 roundtrip tickets to St. Louis to help FTC teams travel to the FTC World Championship! Southwest Airlines is also providing 10 roundtrip tickets each to the Florida FLL Championship, FRC Orlando Regional and FRC South Florida Regional tournaments. The announcement is found here:

http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/southwest-announces-first-10-winners-showing-luv-our-communities-1600-ticket-giveaway

2011 FRC Chairman’s Award Winner

Thu, 12 May 2011 10:55:31 -0400

This is the Chairman’s Award video submission for the 2011 FRC World Championship Chairman’s Award Winner. The video does a fantastic job of showcasing the team’s journey and addressing the award rubric.

FTC Florida Championship Photos

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:40:14 -0400

Are you suffering from the FTC postseason blues? Photos of the FTC Florida Championship will cheer you up. www.flickr.com/photos/geared2learn