Building Futures One Robot at a Time.
On Saturday, December 7, students from Texas Torque will be volunteering at the FTC Meet #1 at Stockton JHS in Conroe. All seven junior high schools started FIRST Tech Challenge teams at the start of this school year. The event runs from 8 AM to 4 PM with matches starting at 11:30 AM. Texas Torque, along with the other FRC teams in Conroe ISD, has been working with the school district to provide volunteers for all the events scheduled.
The last thing on the minds of most students is going back to school, but that is exactly what Texas Torque will do on Tuesday, June 4, from 3 to 6 pm. Summer is a great time to join the team. We are competing in the Texas Robotics Invitational June 28 – 29 and will spend the time between now and then getting our Johnson Division winning robot Takeoff ready. Not only will new members start learning how to design and build robots over the summer, but we are hosting a summer robotics camp for younger kids and can always use more help.
For more information about joining the team, go to our website and click on the Join Us. Not everything has been updated from this past season but there is a link that will let you register with the team and get on our mailing list. Also on the website is a link to our team calendar so you can see when we are meeting. We usually meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer. Just drop in and we can get you started with the team.
For the second time in as many years, Texas Torque has received a $2500 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation. The Gene Haas Foundation donates millions of dollars every year to manufacturing education and the community.
The Gene Haas Foundation was established in 1999, by Gene Haas, founder and owner of Haas Automation, Inc., to support the needs of the local community, through grants to such local charities as the Boys and Girls Clubs, Food Share, Rescue Mission, and others.
Seeing a growing need for skilled manufacturing employees industry wide, the Foundation expanded its mission to include support for manufacturing training programs throughout North America and beyond. By providing scholarship grants, sponsoring individual and team CNC competitions, and partnering with the very best CNC training programs in the world, the Foundation helps expand the availability of high-quality manufacturing technology training worldwide.
We had a lot of fun reintroducing MechaWatt to the community. During a competition at NRG Stadium many years ago, this robot threw a football 67 yards.
These donations were received from the many teams attending The Remix this past September. The Lego kits go to kids staying in the hospital multiple days. Thanks to everyone’s generosity, they have something to build and play with.
