First Meeting

  
    After a few hiccups, we finally had our first meeting today.  The FRC teacher was out today, so I had both her kids and my own.  We probably would have combined our sections today anyway, however, as our plan was to have the "veterans" of FRC in past years speak about their experiences to the new recruits.

    The FRC students talked a bit about their first year in a robotics club, then answered some questions from the new students.  Then, we showed the FTC kickoff videos, and a few more of the FTC and FLL videos that are available on the USFirst.org website.  The new recruits got a bit more excited, and we began to brainstorm ideas for the design of our robot.  We discussed advantages and disadvantages to different methods of having the robot pick up the balls and delivering them to the scoring areas, and each student made a quick sketch of what they thought our first robot would look like.

    We're all looking forward to getting together again on Monday...