Building Futures One Robot at a Time.
Saturday, February 2nd, nine members of Texas Torque traveled to the Lone Star Convention Center to demonstrate Velociriptar and the fire fighting robots. As part of the Sci://Tech exposition, the team answered questions about robotics, engineering, and FIRST in general. The elementary school aged kids were both fascinated and frightened by the past year’s robot. We met a lot of interesting people and are looking forward to the years when those who attended will be members.
Texas torque attended the Barbara Bush Elementary Science Night with a demo that included lat year’s robot “Velociriptar”. We received many visitors at our demo and were the talk of the night according to Assistant Principal Christina Reichelt. We entertained many different students from grades Kindergarten through 4th. and hopefully inspired many of them to pursue robotics in their futures.
Local FIRST Robotics Team 1477, Texas Torque will be hosting a competition, the Houston Robot Remix, at The Woodlands College Park High School on October 27. Approximately thirty Houston-area robotics teams will compete at the event, which will last from 7:00 AM until 5:00 PM and will be open to the public.
The Houston Robot Remix is funded by the FRC Lone Star Region, which represents robotics teams from the greater Houston area. The event is hosted by FRC Team 1477: Texas Torque. The public is welcome to attend the event, and spectators will have the opportunity to watch exciting matches between highly complex and specialized machines engineered by area high school students.
Check out the “Robot Remix”page for more information on the competition.
The team demonstrated their 2011 robot for around 60 scouts, explaining the various features and systems used and creating an interactive experience for scouts of all ages. Members of Texas Torque volunteered their knowledge and expertise in conducting the class for the Robotics and Electronics merit badges, describing in detail the process of building, programming and competing with the robot. Team members will continue to mentor these scouts as they work through other badge requirements in the coming weeks.
Texas Torque attended U. S. Representative Kevin Brady’s Town Hall Meeting to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education.
The team demonstrated their robot to around 200 children during the Wonders of the Woodlands, a event put together to teach children about how the natural sciences and the world around them interact.
Scott Rippetoe Answers Questions about the Texas Torque 2011 Robot.