It's been a great past couple weeks. We've made some media appearances and a few successful fundraisers. We've raised about $9300 to date and are so close to reaching our goal of $12,000.
Since our last post, we spent alot of time at the Fair making ourselves known to the world. We were visited by Tom Flanigan, a reporter from NPR. He interviewed Cory Jackson and made a story about us! Find the story on our website: http://sailroboticsclub.com/news.html
Last weekend was all about fundraisers. On Thursday we had a blast at our benefit concert on campus. Also, on Saturday, we hosted a pancake breakfast at Applebee's and a benefit dinner at the Miccosukee Land Co-Op. All in all we made about $1000 that weekend.
We've only got a few events left before build season starts. One of them is our live music concert at The Engine Room on December 7, 6pm. Featuring live music by the SAIL Bluegrass Ensemble, Libby O'Neill and Company, and The Typsy Gypsies. Checkout the fundraising page on our website for more details.
This just in. On Monday December 5, the ABC 27 will be interviewing us on their morning show. More details to follow. We're going to be on TV!
Lastly, a big congratulations to our lead mentor, Jasun on becoming SAIL's new "Teacher of the Year!" He will go on to be considered for the district wide award. WOOOT!!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
FRC Here We Come!!
We did it! We now have enough money to pay for the entry fee to the competition!!! The next step is to raise the extra $6000 we'll need for spare parts, materials, travel, etc.
Last night's open house was a huge success!! We raised the rest of the money we needed to get to competition but more importantly, we came together as a team and made it all happen. Sage and Dylan spent about 8 hours straight getting the Robot ready to show off along with lots of help from Cory, Matt, Jake, Jerris, and more. They got the arm mounted and wired and fixed lots of issues with the gearbox. Emily was essential in getting everything organized. Everybody pitched in somehow, if that meant making posters, bringing in food and drinks, setting up tables, chairs, projectors, decorations, and more...
We also had a disc golf tournament earlier this month! Thanks to all who came out including volunteers and players. We made about $300.
Appearances at First Friday, the downtown Saturday market, and Earth Fare are also keeping us in touch with the community.
We have about $6000 right now and we're not done yet. We still have to raise about $5000 more to be able to build a rockin' robot and pay for travel, shirts, and swag too.
We have alot more upcoming fundraisers to do that. These include Robot Driving at the Fair from Nov 3 - 13, a benefit concert on Nov 17, Pancake Breakfast at Applebees on Nov 19, Benefit Dinner at the MLC on Nov 19, Live Music at The Engine Room on Dec 3, and more.
We are also asking that you text "clorox8905" to 44144. The winners (most votes) will receive a $50,000 grant from Clorox!
Other than fundraising, Roger is finally looking like the robot that we've been trying to get him to be for a long time. His gearbox is finished, his arm is up and running, he can follow lines autonomously, he can see with his new camera, and he can even talk through his new speakers! He's finally hanging tubes and "scoring points." There are a few more things to be done that will make him even better but he is well on his way!
So proud to be a part of this team!
Last night's open house was a huge success!! We raised the rest of the money we needed to get to competition but more importantly, we came together as a team and made it all happen. Sage and Dylan spent about 8 hours straight getting the Robot ready to show off along with lots of help from Cory, Matt, Jake, Jerris, and more. They got the arm mounted and wired and fixed lots of issues with the gearbox. Emily was essential in getting everything organized. Everybody pitched in somehow, if that meant making posters, bringing in food and drinks, setting up tables, chairs, projectors, decorations, and more...
We also had a disc golf tournament earlier this month! Thanks to all who came out including volunteers and players. We made about $300.
Appearances at First Friday, the downtown Saturday market, and Earth Fare are also keeping us in touch with the community.
We have about $6000 right now and we're not done yet. We still have to raise about $5000 more to be able to build a rockin' robot and pay for travel, shirts, and swag too.
We have alot more upcoming fundraisers to do that. These include Robot Driving at the Fair from Nov 3 - 13, a benefit concert on Nov 17, Pancake Breakfast at Applebees on Nov 19, Benefit Dinner at the MLC on Nov 19, Live Music at The Engine Room on Dec 3, and more.
We are also asking that you text "clorox8905" to 44144. The winners (most votes) will receive a $50,000 grant from Clorox!
Other than fundraising, Roger is finally looking like the robot that we've been trying to get him to be for a long time. His gearbox is finished, his arm is up and running, he can follow lines autonomously, he can see with his new camera, and he can even talk through his new speakers! He's finally hanging tubes and "scoring points." There are a few more things to be done that will make him even better but he is well on his way!
So proud to be a part of this team!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
October Update
We would like to thank the parents, students, and companies whose contributions make our club possible. We appreciate all the support of food, time, tools, money, and supplies that have already been donated.
This year we have sent out 60 sponsorship letters, applied for 10 grants, hosted a disc golf tournament, and been at several first Fridays. We have raised $3,500 on our goal of $12,000 to build a competition ready robot. We have 1 month to reach a fundrasiing milestone of $5,000 to enter the competition. Here is our upcoming schedule:
Octo - Update
· Saturday, October 15th
Saturday Market on Park Avenue, We will be doing demonstrations and telling the community of our team goals. We hope to see all the parents out; students please sign up to bring supplies.
· Thursday, October 27th 5:30-7:00pm
OPEN HOUSE! We will be holding a dinner and informational about our team, scholarships, and what to expect during build season. This will be at SAIL starting in the Cafeteria at 5:30 for dinner.
· Thursday, November 3rd
OUR $5,000.00 FEE IS DUE FOR THE FIRST COMPETITION
· Saturday, November 19th 8:00-10:00am
Pancake Breakfast at Applebee’s on Appalachee parkway.
Breakfast is $5 pre-registration $6 at the door for a pancake, sausage, fruit, and egg breakfast.
Food and Finance
We meet every Thursday and usually stay till 5:30 or later. We would greatly appreciate Parents signing up to bring in a light meal. For additional information please contact us. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
If you have any additional questions please contact us at:
Jasun Burdick- Lead Mentor jasun.burdick@gmail.com
Emily Gardner- Lead Student emilygardner2011@gmail.com
Robotics email address octo.pi.rates@Gmail.com
Website: http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/burdickj/Robotics/Robotics.html
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Amazing!
It's been another productive couple weeks. It's been very impressive to see and feel the energy at our meetings.
Fundraising:
Much thanks to Donna Hawkins from the PTSO for helping us make follow up calls to potential sponsors! This is much appreciated.
The disc golf tournament is right around the corner! Let's get the word out and get more people to sign up. Also, let's check with Mike to see if there is anything we need to do to prepare for it.
Dylan has been heading up the Bake Sales and is also organizing our first Smoothie Sale tomorrow during school. But, we need to do more! We only have a little over a month to raise $3000 more! Let's ALL pitch in and help fund raise. Do whatever you can think of ask friends, family, businesses, post on Facebook, etc. If we don't achieve this goal, there will be NO robot competition for us this year!
Roger the Robot:
He is coming along stupendously. The key ways in his wheels seem to be staying in now. We'll have to monitor these to make sure that the fix is holds up. His solenoids are finally working and the pneumatics system is 90% up and running. His autonomous line tracking is also working except for a few minor changes that need to be done to the code. That's right, he can drive himself now! His arm supports have also been re-attached and he is looking more and more like a finished robot. The team working on the gearbox has done great by making the box smaller and minimizing the flex and play in the gears. Once that is complete, we will be able to attach it to Roger and try to grab and hang some tubes.
And More:
The crate is in the process of being built. We made some headway last week but now we are in need of some tools before we can finish that up.
Blayne has been teaching the noobs how to program. The more programmers we have, the more we'll be able to divide up the work during build season.
Also, Megan did great in writing up a tutorial for Autodesk and getting all the new recruits to learn that as well.
Very proud of all the hard work,
Team Mom
PS Thanks to DJ for babysitting during club!
Fundraising:
Much thanks to Donna Hawkins from the PTSO for helping us make follow up calls to potential sponsors! This is much appreciated.
The disc golf tournament is right around the corner! Let's get the word out and get more people to sign up. Also, let's check with Mike to see if there is anything we need to do to prepare for it.
Dylan has been heading up the Bake Sales and is also organizing our first Smoothie Sale tomorrow during school. But, we need to do more! We only have a little over a month to raise $3000 more! Let's ALL pitch in and help fund raise. Do whatever you can think of ask friends, family, businesses, post on Facebook, etc. If we don't achieve this goal, there will be NO robot competition for us this year!
Roger the Robot:
He is coming along stupendously. The key ways in his wheels seem to be staying in now. We'll have to monitor these to make sure that the fix is holds up. His solenoids are finally working and the pneumatics system is 90% up and running. His autonomous line tracking is also working except for a few minor changes that need to be done to the code. That's right, he can drive himself now! His arm supports have also been re-attached and he is looking more and more like a finished robot. The team working on the gearbox has done great by making the box smaller and minimizing the flex and play in the gears. Once that is complete, we will be able to attach it to Roger and try to grab and hang some tubes.
And More:
The crate is in the process of being built. We made some headway last week but now we are in need of some tools before we can finish that up.
Blayne has been teaching the noobs how to program. The more programmers we have, the more we'll be able to divide up the work during build season.
Also, Megan did great in writing up a tutorial for Autodesk and getting all the new recruits to learn that as well.
Very proud of all the hard work,
Team Mom
PS Thanks to DJ for babysitting during club!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Keep Up The Good Work!
The last two weeks have been extremely productive. Students we were able to work together to successfully get our bot ready for the first friday fundraiser at RR square where we raised about $100.
Miguel has also been rocking the bake sales and we've got about $20 from that in just the first week.
Last week, our newbies came and helped out too. We got our wires cleaned up and organized, our materials ready to build the new crate, loads of sponsorship letters sent out, and alot of good work done on the arm gearbox, wheels, and pneumatics.
We finally made the trip out to JCPenney to show off and received a few donations from their customers while we were there. We just received confirmation from the store manager that they will be returning as a sponsor again this year with a grant of $2000!!!
We have an order in for more safety glasses. This year we're going to have a sign out system to try not to lose any more.
Let's keep it up. There's still alot to work on!
Fundraising remains numero uno in priority. There are lots of grants to fill out, the disc golf tourney and next first friday coming up, and some more events to plan.
Other than that, we can work on fixing up Roger's arm, wheels, and pneumatics. The crate is ready to be built and the cart needs designing. There's so much more, see the "To Do" list on the links page.
Miguel has also been rocking the bake sales and we've got about $20 from that in just the first week.
Last week, our newbies came and helped out too. We got our wires cleaned up and organized, our materials ready to build the new crate, loads of sponsorship letters sent out, and alot of good work done on the arm gearbox, wheels, and pneumatics.
We finally made the trip out to JCPenney to show off and received a few donations from their customers while we were there. We just received confirmation from the store manager that they will be returning as a sponsor again this year with a grant of $2000!!!
We have an order in for more safety glasses. This year we're going to have a sign out system to try not to lose any more.
Let's keep it up. There's still alot to work on!
Fundraising remains numero uno in priority. There are lots of grants to fill out, the disc golf tourney and next first friday coming up, and some more events to plan.
Other than that, we can work on fixing up Roger's arm, wheels, and pneumatics. The crate is ready to be built and the cart needs designing. There's so much more, see the "To Do" list on the links page.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Welcome Back!
Hey everyone,
Hope you had a great summer. School is back in session and lots of work is already underway. Meetings are every Thursday after school.
Priority number ONE is fund raising. We've got to get $6000 by November. Yup, that's only TWO months away! So far we were generously given $600 from the PTSO. Thanks so much to them!!
We had a good fundraiser at Railroad Square last night. People seemed very impressed by Roger the Robot and we sold some juggling balls too. Everyone worked super hard to make that happen. We've got about $800 total so far and we've got to keep up that spirit and get to our goal.
Club day was also yesterday. Roger also made an appearance there and we've got a long list of new recruits. We've got a lot of seniors this year so let's teach them all we know so they can pass on the knowledge for many more years after you're gone.
We've got the disc golf tournament to plan, car wash(es) to set up, grants to write, first Friday part deux, sponsorship letters to write and send, computer parts to sell, and a ton more!
Other than fund raising, there's still lots to be done. We've got to get our materials together and build the shipping crate and robot cart. Let's get those done before build season starts so it's done and out of the way. We've also got to finish Roger. The more we practice working on him and programming him, the better prepared we'll be for next season!
Hope you had a great summer. School is back in session and lots of work is already underway. Meetings are every Thursday after school.
Priority number ONE is fund raising. We've got to get $6000 by November. Yup, that's only TWO months away! So far we were generously given $600 from the PTSO. Thanks so much to them!!
We had a good fundraiser at Railroad Square last night. People seemed very impressed by Roger the Robot and we sold some juggling balls too. Everyone worked super hard to make that happen. We've got about $800 total so far and we've got to keep up that spirit and get to our goal.
Club day was also yesterday. Roger also made an appearance there and we've got a long list of new recruits. We've got a lot of seniors this year so let's teach them all we know so they can pass on the knowledge for many more years after you're gone.
We've got the disc golf tournament to plan, car wash(es) to set up, grants to write, first Friday part deux, sponsorship letters to write and send, computer parts to sell, and a ton more!
Other than fund raising, there's still lots to be done. We've got to get our materials together and build the shipping crate and robot cart. Let's get those done before build season starts so it's done and out of the way. We've also got to finish Roger. The more we practice working on him and programming him, the better prepared we'll be for next season!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
2 weeks, 14 days, 336 hours
We have had a great week. We are finally mobile and our arm is growing in height and hopefully dexterity. Our drive system is so smooth it glides around the room. It now has to be tought how to follow lines. Here is our most recent YouTube link.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
27 Days left and we are on schedule.
Which means we have no idea what the future awaits. Our robot temporarily named Rob has finally cut its umbilical cord and become wireless. We are now prototyping our arm and gripper, sending our minibot through revisions, increasing our control through programming and getting ready for to go from 2 to 4 wheel drive and Mechanum wheels. Its going to be "epic".
See our YouTube video of our first steps.
Thanks to everyone who has gotten us so far. Half way just means we climbed a huge mountain. Rest, and take a moment to see the road ahead. We have a long way to go.
~JaSun
See our YouTube video of our first steps.
Thanks to everyone who has gotten us so far. Half way just means we climbed a huge mountain. Rest, and take a moment to see the road ahead. We have a long way to go.
~JaSun
Friday, January 21, 2011
32 Days left! Pressure is on
We are 2 weeks through our 6 week build season. We have fund-raised $10,500 dollars and are estimating the season to cost $12,000.
We have spent our time brainstorming, designing, testing components, and programming. So far we have 2 joysticks that can wirelessly control motors through a Wifi connection and an enormous desire to build an epic robot.
We are taking our CAD drawings over to our sponsor the Mag Lab this weekend to begin fabrication of our chassis and arm. We are hoping by the end of the week to have a platform that we can practice driving and begin understanding the interactions with forces and momentum.
Thanks to our major sponsors: JCPenney, Mag Lag, SAIL HS, and Leon County Schools and all the mentors, parents, staff, and of course the students that actually make things happen.
SAIL Robotics Web site (updates, calendar, photos,...)
FIRST Robotics Competition
~JaSun
First Team 3502
We have spent our time brainstorming, designing, testing components, and programming. So far we have 2 joysticks that can wirelessly control motors through a Wifi connection and an enormous desire to build an epic robot.
We are taking our CAD drawings over to our sponsor the Mag Lab this weekend to begin fabrication of our chassis and arm. We are hoping by the end of the week to have a platform that we can practice driving and begin understanding the interactions with forces and momentum.
Thanks to our major sponsors: JCPenney, Mag Lag, SAIL HS, and Leon County Schools and all the mentors, parents, staff, and of course the students that actually make things happen.
SAIL Robotics Web site (updates, calendar, photos,...)
FIRST Robotics Competition
~JaSun
First Team 3502
Monday, January 10, 2011
Kickoff and Open House
The FIRST Kickoff was in Orlando this past Saturday. The game challenge was finally revealed to the 60+ teams that will be competing this year and we received our kit of parts. We are now 4 days in to our build season. The goal is to have a design to work on by Friday.
Open House yesterday was a huge success. The media, parents, students, mentors, and general supporters were all in attendance. The game animation was displayed and the brainstorming sessions began immediately! An enthusiastic crew! We even got the robot control panel hooked up and are almost ready to start running some motors. Much thanks to the PTSO for providing food and drinks!
Let's keep the energy flowing!
Open House yesterday was a huge success. The media, parents, students, mentors, and general supporters were all in attendance. The game animation was displayed and the brainstorming sessions began immediately! An enthusiastic crew! We even got the robot control panel hooked up and are almost ready to start running some motors. Much thanks to the PTSO for providing food and drinks!
Let's keep the energy flowing!
Get Ready, Get Set
January 4th, 2011
On Saturday the 8th the build season will begin. We will have 6 weeks to design an autonomous and remote controlled robot. That will be competing against 64 other bots March 10th in Orlando, FL. We have set our goal on being the best rookie team and winning the all Star Award and continuing to nationals.
Robotics Open House
January 10th 6:00 to 8:00 pm
@ SAIL HS
We will be brainstorming solutions to solving this years challenge.
On Saturday the 8th the build season will begin. We will have 6 weeks to design an autonomous and remote controlled robot. That will be competing against 64 other bots March 10th in Orlando, FL. We have set our goal on being the best rookie team and winning the all Star Award and continuing to nationals.
Robotics Open House
January 10th 6:00 to 8:00 pm
@ SAIL HS
We will be brainstorming solutions to solving this years challenge.
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