R o b o f e s t eNewsletter,
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Contents:
(1) Robofest 2007 Registration
Open, Official Rules Posted on the Web
(2) 2007 Programming Workshop
Schedule
(3) LEGO NXTG Programming Class
for Teachers at
(4) Robofest Team Mentors Needed
(5) Robofest 2007 Workshops and
Info. Meetings in
(6) Friends of Robofest Sponsors
Needed for 2007
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(1) Robofest 2007 Registration
Open, Official Rules Posted on the Web
Robofest Team Registration has
officially opened on-line at http://www.robofest.net. Registered coaches may now register teams and
select 2007 qualifying competition locations.
Registration is on a first come first serve basis. Registration for each competition location
will close when the number of teams registered for a site is at maximum
capacity for each site. Please be sure
to register right away so you are able to compete at the competition location
of your choice. If you are not yet
registered as a Robofest Coach, you must first complete a Coach Registration to
be able to enter a team and select a competition site. Should you experience difficulty in the
registration process, please contact admin@robofest.org
You will find newly posted Official
Robofest 2007 Rules (v1.1), and The "Miner Rescue" Game Rules (v1.31),
posted on the website as well. Please
discard your old draft rules and use the Official posted rules on the Robofest
website. You will also find 2007 Rules
for VEX Pentathlon, and the 2007 Pilot Categories of RoboSumo, RoboFashionShow,
and Collegiate Mini Urban Challenge. Also
on the website is an updated PowerPoint presentation file and streaming video
of the Live Webcast Informational Meeting on December 14th. Please view the streaming video of the Miner
rescue game and flash animations of the game.
Please note that the Robofest Season
starts earlier this year. Regional
Competitions will take place in March and April, with the World Robofest 2007
Championship taking place on
(2) 2007 Programming
Workshop Schedule
Robofest has announced its 2007 Free
Programming Workshop Schedule for
The first programming workshop will
be LEGO NXT, held this Saturday, January 13, from
Directions to LTU:
http://www.ltu.edu/futurestudents/directions.asp
LTU Campus Map: http://www.ltu.edu/futurestudents/campus_map.asp
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(3) LEGO NXTG
Programming Class for Teachers at
Lawrence Tech’s Master of Educational Technology
program offers LEGO
NXTG Programming
Class for Teachers starting January 23rd. This 10 week course will introduce concepts
involved in autonomous robotics and how to use robotics education technology to
teach mathematics, science, and computer science in the classroom with Lego
NXT. The class will be held on Tuesday
and Thursdays
(4) Robofest Team
Mentors Needed
Robofest receives many requests on a
regular basis for teams who are in need of someone to help their team with
robotic programming. In or order to meet
this demand, we are putting together a list of volunteer mentors who are
interested in helping out a team of students in their local community. If you are interested in serving as a
Robofest Mentor, please send Robofest a message regarding Mentors. Send your name, mailing address, and
programming experience/specialty to
(5) Robofest 2007
Info. Meetings in
All potential teams, students, coaches, parents, and
volunteers are invited to attend.
*****
10am-12noon
2414 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring TX
77388
(Northside Christian Church - FM 2920 west of Splashtown/I-45)
For more info, visit
http://www.jsoft.com/ts/robotics/RoboFest/
***** Austin Area
Saturday, Jan. 27th
Howson Library, 2500 Exposition
For more info, visit http://www.learning-links.org
(6) Friends of Robofest Sponsors Needed for 2007
Robofest has 2007 Sponsorship
Opportunities at several levels, including individual donor opportunities,
entitled "Friends of Robofest."
Robofest has also created several new Corporate Sponsorship
Opportunities. The 2007 Sponsorship
Opportunities Program can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.robofest.net/2007/SponsorshipLevels07.pdf
Attached is a link for Friends of
Robofest, individual donors to make a gift to Robofest via credit card
(MasterCard, Visa, or Discover) or electronic check. You may make an on-line gift to Robofest by
visiting the following link:
https://www.applyweb.com/public/register?ltualum
When using the on-line giving form,
you must specify Robofest as the gift recipient and also specify your gift
amount. The on-line pledge form is
encrypted with Secure Socket Layer technology to guarantee transaction
security.
All Robofest donations are tax
deductible contributions. Robofest Sponsorship is important in our effort to
keep Robofest a low-cost affordable contest for everyone. We hope you will consider supporting Robofest
in our sponsorship campaign. We
appreciate your support.
Anyone interested in other
sponsorship levels should contact
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CJ Chung,
Associate Professor, Robofest Director
21000 W.
Ten Mile,
admin@robofest.org www.robofest.net
(248)204-3566 Fax: (248)204-3518