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  1. MIT Alumni Association Demo at Google
  2. Concours d’Elegance Fundraiser
  3. Botball International Championships Conclusion
  4. Summer Barbecue
  5. Western Digital Demonstration
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Aug 10

MIT Alumni Association Demo at Google

Thanks to Jim Beck, the FRC Regional Director who coordinated a Robotics demo with Lynbook High’s Funky Monkeys and the MIT Alumni Association at Google. The Robotics team went to the Google headquarters on August 28 and performed a short demonstration of their robot’s abilities for the MIT group. Afterwards, the Robotics team introduced the alumni to FIRST Robotics by demonstrating the robot and talking about the various First Robotics Programs. The event was a success, getting many of the alumni hyped up about volunteering and helping out with FRC, FLL, and FTC.
Jocelyn Shieh
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Aug 10

Concours d’Elegance Fundraiser

Hey Everyone,

Our team members went to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance yesterday. Although the weather was a bit sketchy in the morning, we were able to sell about $8000 worth of churros, pretzels, and ice cream. With all that, we have gained about $850 for the team, including tips. There were a lot of cool cars, both old carriages and new prototypes. There were also a lot of famous people including Kazunori Yamauchi, Jay Leno, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was pretty interesting when Arnold Schwarzenegger came to our stand to buy a pretzel. Even though the work was sometimes exhausting, overall I think this was a great success. :D

I would like to thank Tom for managing the event and the parents, Mr. Majumdar, Mr.Sreedharan, and Mr. Sato for providing rides to and from the event. Of course, I would like to thank all the members who participated.

-Reo Sato

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Jul 10

Botball International Championships Conclusion

Hi everyone,

Wow! Global Conference of Educational Robotics (GCER) is finally over, and I must say, we did quite well. Competition was stiff, as we went head-to-head against some of the best teams from around the world. Despite the challenge, we did fairly well, with one of our teams seeding 9th out of over 64 teams in the tournament.

Overall, our robots performed wonderfully. The results of months of hard work before GCER were highly competitive and well engineered robots. Despite having to rebuild several machines due to the dismantlement required for shipping, all robots were working by the practice rounds and ran admirably during competition. The duck-grabbing Legobots all did great; in fact, Team 10-0170′s Legobot achieved a perfect operational record, placing all the clean ducks on their target positions every time. The hair triggers worked as they were designed, grabbing Botguy quickly and efficiently (and drawing the attention of judges and other teams alike).

Although we were quickly eliminated in the double elimination finals due to bad luck and last minute changes to the software, we still had a great performance, ranking as a quarterfinalist. Many teams were impressed by our mechanisms, such as the 4-bar linkage in our Legobot and the hair-triggers on our iCreate robots. Team 10-0170 received a Finalist award and a Judges Choice award for Best Design and Engineering.

Aside from competition, we spent time hanging out, playing billiards, bowling, watching movies, and visiting tourist attractions. We met and talked with cool people from around the country. We visited an ancient pyramid-like mound in Cahokia, which was the hub of life for the Mississippian Natives Americans. Although we didn’t get to enter the famous St. Louis Arch, we still had a really good view of it, and it certainly looked impressive.

It was an exhausting trip, but it was worth it, as we all had lots of fun and performed quite well. We all learned a lot of new concepts and expanded our understanding of science and engineering. It was fun working as Oak Grove Eaglebots, and there are still things that can be learned and improved. We hope that we can maintain our relationship with them in the future.

Best Regards,

Haochuan Ni

Lynbrook High School Robotics Team

Vice President 2010-2011

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Jun 10

Summer Barbecue

Our team members kicked off the summer with the intra district robotics BBQ on June 12th. Joining us were Monta Vista, Cupertino, Homestead, and Prospect robotics teams. We would like to thank them for their participation and making this event very enjoyable. People had lots of fun slugging water balloons at each other and playing Ultimate Frisbee.

It was very fun, and we hope to maintain our relationship with the other robotics teams. In addition, congratulations to the graduating seniors of 2010. We wish you good luck in your college and future life!

-Chinmay

We were all so wet that this didn't really do anything

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Jun 10

Western Digital Demonstration

Hi Team,

We, the Funky Monkeys from Lynbrook, and the Quixilvers from Leland gave a joint robot demonstration at the Western Digital company grounds in their annual Engineer Day to express our gratitude for the company’s generous sponsorship. It was a great event; crowds of people, engineers and heads of the company, were fascinated by our sophisticated machines that were largely made in 6 weeks. The audience were excited to see the robots kicking soccer balls, driving over the 13 inch bump, and extending the lift. Our members engaged in active conversations with the company employees, and they displayed enthusiastic interest at our robots’ abilities and team accomplishments.

Our team and Leland’s team were invited on the front stage (pictured below) where both teams presented gifts to the company CEO, John F. Coyne. It was a great demo, and we hope to continue our relationship with Western Digital in the future.

- Haochuan

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