Fall is the best time to get Mentors and Team Members ready for the robot build and Spring competitions. Training events are open to FIRST Robotics Competition members and mentors as described. Please follow the instructions listed for registration, or contact the individual listed for more information. This is not a complete list! As updates become available, information is posted under “NEWS” and the Email Blast Archive.

FRC Training Sessions

Hosted by ICC Engineering / Itasca Community College / Grand Rapids, MN

The ICC Engineering Department and Student Mentoring Group will be hosting three events for the 2013 FRC season.  These trainings and the pre-competition event are being held in an effort to help area teams navigate through their build season with opportunities to receive training and guidance as well as network with other teams.  These trainings are free to area teams and lunch will be provided by ICC.

Training Dates

Saturday, December 1^st– Pre-Season Training Event - 10:00am-3:00pm
This training will be a splash of workshops on various topics – Everything from getting  your team going on the basics to thinking beyond the basics and  building your toolbox of knowledge.  Attached is the training flyer with schedule, session descriptions, and registration information (please register by November 19^th)

Saturday, January 19^th – Post Kick-off Work Session   
ICC Engineering will host this workshop for any teams that would like to bring their robot to this point for a group work session.  Instructors, engineering students, and experienced team members  will provide guidance and troubleshooting help on robot design, building concepts, a safety and inspection challenges to be aware of, programming, etc.  This would be at the end of week 2 of the build season where the robots (for some) are coming together and others may be a bit stuck.  This is an excellent time for teams to network and help each other out.  A schedule and registration deadline will be sent out in mid- December.

Pre-Competition Scrimmage - Sunday, February 17^th– 8:30 – 4:00 pm
The pre-competition event will be an all-day event with time for teams to continue work on their robots, test and re-test on some of the course components, and by the end of the day be running some mini-competitions against other participating teams.  This was a great experience last year with teams helping each other out to resolve problems and share ideas.  A schedule and registration deadline will be sent out in mid- December.

LabView Training - Mentors’ Workshop - Mahtomedi, MN

Thursday, October 18th, 5:00 pm- 9:00pm - Register

Mahtomedi High School

8000 75th Street North

Mahtomedi, MN 55115

Contact: Alex Masters - alex.masters@ni.com

 

LabVIEW Training - Mentors’ Workshop - Minneapolis, MN

Saturday, October 20^th, two sessions offered:

Morning Session - 9:00am-12:30pm - Register

Afternoon Session - 1:30 pm - 5:30pm - Register

Location of both sessions: University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Campus

STSS Building Room 131A

222 Pleasant St. SE,

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Contact: Alex Masters, alex.masters@ni.com

 

Mentors: If you have any additional questions please contact Renee Becker, FIRST Senior Mentor for Minnesota, rbecker@usfirst.org or 414-704-1415.

 

PTC presents CAD TRAINING for FTC and FRC Teams

Hands-on Workshop

Saturday, October 27, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: PTC’s Blaine office,3785 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Blaine, MN  55449

There is no cost for the Workshop. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Register

New Curriculum for the 2012-2013 Season:

• Learn about the engineering design process
• Learn how to be effective in brainstorming and program management
• Learn how to create a live project in Windchill
• Learn how to create an impressive engineering notebook in Mathcad
• Learn how to assemble a robot and test its kinematics and motion in Creo

 

Dunwoody College of Technology

2012 Saturday High School Robotics Seminars

Saturday sessions, 8:00am – 12:15pm

Saturday, October 13, 20, and 27.

Saturday, Nov. 3, 10, and 17

Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 and 15 

 

Location: Dunwoody College of Technology, 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55403

You must RSVP for your seminar via email to guarantee a spot! Seminars are limited to the first 12 students that RSVP. Send email with desired date, time and seminars to E.J. Daigle, Dean of Robotics & Manufacturing, edaigle@dunwoody.edu. Confirmation emails will be sent within 48 hours.

Seminar Descriptions

• Basic Electricity & Electronics – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to describe and build simple circuits, utilize meters to test for shorts/opens and make proper electrical terminations.
• Shop Skills & Hand Tools – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to utilize various hand and shop tools to cut, file, drill and tap different materials used in the build process.
• Industrial Robotics – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to describe how robots are used in the real-world. Students will be exposed to Fanuc 200i industrial robots and program simple instructions using the R-J3 Controller and teach pendant.
• Intro to LabVIEW Programming – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to utilize both the front panel and block diagram to create basic LabVIEW VIs. Students will be exposed to data types, Boolean functions, loops, math functions and compare instructions.
• Intro to Java Programming – Upon completion of this seminar, students will be able to program simple Java code using appropriate classes, data types, loops and comments.

 

GO FIRST Design Training - Mock Kickoff

Saturday, November 10, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

STSS Building, Room TBD

222 Pleasant Street, SE

Minneapolis, MN  55455

Contact: gofirst@umn.edu

 

GO FIRST Design Training - Mock Kickoff

Saturday, December 1, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

STSS Building, Room TBD

222 Pleasant Street, SE

Minneapolis, MN  55455

Contact: gofirst@umn.edu

 

Minnesota SPLASH

Seminars and Workshops

Saturday, December 8, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

STSS Building

Contact: Mark Lawrence, markl56821@aol.com