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Team Lance-A-Bot Podcasts

Be sure to listen to our interviews below! On 3-17-16, Team Lance-A-Bot 4237 and MegaHurtz 5056 discussed their teams and this season. Our representatives were Maddie Dale (freshman, Design Team member), Drew Craven (junior, Design Team Lead), Michael Conard (senior, Programming Team Lead), and Brad Smith (teacher). On 4-21-16, Team Lance-A-Bot, the Average Joes, and the Robotarians discussed state competition, world competition, and the Dean's List scholarships. Our team representatives were Deanna Fife (Team Captain) and Kyle Vanderweide (Electrical Team Lead).

WSJM Radio is running a new weekly show featuring discussion on FIRST Robotics. The show is a partnership between the radio station and the Sunset Coast Robotics Alliance, a new organization formed to carry out projects that call for the involvement of multiple teams. Robotics Roundtable is moderated by Ray Gustafson, the station’s program director, and Tim Dunaj, judge advisor at the St. Joseph Competition. The show airs live with a podcast available on wsjm.com. Robotics Roundtable began airing in late February.

Listen to the 3-17-16 here!!

Listen to the 4-21-16 here!!

St Joseph District Competition Recap

The drive team, team leads and the mentors went on Thursday evening to set up the pit and get the robot through inspection. It also turned out to be a golden opportunity for scouting other teams. And the pit and the robot both look amazing this year! Check back later for photos of the team in action.

During the qualifying rounds, our bot consistently breached each of the defensive elements and was able to assist other bots attempting to go through (coopertition points). We had problems with our shooter, vision and climbing arm, but we expect to have these issues resolved for our next competition.

Team Lance-A-Bot came home with the Entrepreneurship Award and a Hard Hat Safety Award which recognizes a notable safety program. In addition, Hananiah Hardin, one of our Safety Captains,earned the “Safety Star of the Day” award on Friday, March 11 for helping to create and maintain a safe environment at competition. Kyle Vanderweide and Drew Craven were interviewed as our nominees for the FIRST Dean’s List Scholarships. Programming Team mentor, Richard Thomas, was introduced as our nominee for the Woodie Flowers Award for outstanding mentor.

We are looking forward to meeting many new teams at the Lansing Competition. If you aren’t able to attend, you can watch live coverage of the event online at www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan.

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