Robofest
Newsletter, 3-5-2004
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Contents
(1) Robofest
2004 Registration Status – Still some openings!
(2) Where to buy
the crates?
(3) Free Lego
with Java Programming Class on March 13
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(1)
Robofest 2004 Registration
Status – Still some openings!
Robofest
2004 registration has begun since Feb. 26 around 1pm. Within an hour the Lego
competition division at LTU site became full. (Sorry, also the server crashed,
perhaps due to a sudden heavy demand.)
There
are still some openings at LTU-site for Advanced Robot Division requiring
High-level programming languages such as C or Java mainly for High School
students. This has been a rule that if a coach brings both Advanced/Exhibition
teams and Lego Competition teams to LTU site, you may enter the Lego
competition team at LTU even if it is currently full, since I cannot ask the
coach to go and oversee teams in two different sites at the same time!
There
are still openings at Detroit and Macomb sites! Please note that we will make
sure the same event quality at every Robofest 2004 sites. Students will get
same certificate of achievements and same trophies. Perhaps they have higher
chance to win the winner trophies from non-LTU sites, because many veteran
teams registered at LTU site!
We
are planning a Robofest workshop for Rookie teams in March. Basics of RCX code
and RoboLab will be covered. The date will be announced through this mailing
list.
(2) Where to buy crates?
As announced before, perhaps due to our
Robofest teams, all the crates at Meijers are sold out! After contacting
Sterilite company, we found out that you can buy
crates from “True Value” Hardware stores. To find a location near you, please
go to: http://www.truevalue.com. But recently we heard that the crates
were all gone in some TrueValue stores. So we requested special purchase of the
crates for two Meijer stores. We will let you know when they have them in
stock. Also, a parent informed us that Trevarrow Ace Hardware store (
(3) Free Lego with Java Programming Class
in March
As announced, a free Lego with Java
Programming Class using Eclipse environment will be held in March at LTU:
- Sat. March 13: 9am-Noon (introduction,
setup, basics)
If you are interested in taking these
classes, please email to chung@ltu.edu. Now
only a few seats are available. You must bring your own laptop, Lego RCX brick,
and the IR tower in order to take this class. This class is mainly for high
school students who are planning to enter advanced robot competition division.
Please note that AP Computer Science exam is now using Java from C++. Also, if
you do not have Lego robot to attend the class, please email chung@ltu.edu. I will prepare some robots.
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Lawrence Tech University Computer Science/Robotics Lab
Chan-Jin Chung, Associate Professor,
Robofest organizer
21000 W. Ten Mile, Southfield MI 48075
CHUNG@ltu.edu,
qbx6.ltu.edu/chung, www.robofest.net,
robofest@yahoo.com
(248)204-3504, Fax: (248)204-3518,
Robotics Lab (248)204-3815