28
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
Team Member
17
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. 
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
18
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
19
Jun 10
CalGames 2010 Kickoff Meeting
Dear Team, Parents, and Mentors of the Lynbrook Robotics Team, and Lynbrook Staff,
Lynbrook High School and our Robotics Team, FIRST Team 846, has been selected to host the 2010 CalGames Robotics Competition! The competition is scheduled for October 23-24, 2010.
The Kickoff Meeting for the 2010 CalGames will be held
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Saturday June 19th, 2010
Room 608 at Lynbrook.
We are asking for adults, especially parents of Active Members of the robotics team, to help us host the CalGames Competition. Lynbrook High School and Team 846, as the host for the 2010 CalGames Robotics Competition, need to provide a strong presence at this meeting so that we understand our obligations, both to manage the arrival of 36 teams, and to provide food services for approximately 1500 people.
Please contact me by phone or e-mail to help us host this event and to attend the kickoff meeting. It will be advantageous for you to discuss our needs as the host team prior to the kickoff meeting. I look forward to hearing from you!
- David Giandomenico (aka Mr. ‘G’)
Lynbrook High School Robotics, FIRST Team #846
Teach Coach
