Events

Competitions

This season the Robostangs will be attending three district events including one at our own school, Northville High School.  These events include:
  • Greater Toronto East Regional
    • University of Toronto Institute of Technology
    • March 7-10, 2012
      • 1st Michigan team to triple balance with teams 4307, the Trojan Thunderbots, and team1075, the Sprockets.
  • Northville Regional
    • Northville High School
    • March 23-24, 2012
      • Won District Chairman's Award, 3rd seeded team, and the won competition with Team 67, The HOT Team, and Team 3656, The Dreadbots!
  • Troy Regional
    • Troy Athens High School
    • March 30-31, 2012
      • Second Seed Alliance and winner of the Industrial Design Award
  • State Championship
    • Eastern Michigan University
    • April 12-14, 2012
      • Second Seed Alliance. Qualified for Nationals
  • National Championship
    • Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
    • April 25-28, 2012

Outreach Activities

When they aren't at competitions or building robots Robostangs can often be found around the community helping spread FIRST and it's ideals, providing assistance to other teams and helping those less fortunate.  Some examples of such activities are:
  • Robostang Open House
    • An opportunity for members of the community to come learn about FIRST and our team
  • Pennies for Peace
    • The Robostangs have involved the entire Northville High School community in collecting donations for a program known as Pennies for Peace.  This organization builds schools in Afghanistan to benefit children in that area.
  • Northville Holiday Parade
    • The Northville Holiday Parade is a great way to increase community awareness of our team. We have also begun to incorporate our Australian sister team into our float.
  • Robocamp
    • During the month of July in the summer, team members of the Robostangs hold a robocamp where they teach youths interested in robotics how to program in Robolab, a program used by elementary and middle school robotics teams, and how to build a basic robot.
  • Lego Robotics Mentors
    • Members of the Robostangs volunteer to mentor middle school and elementary school robotics teams with competitions such as FLL, Robofest, or Roborally. The mentors guide the team as they try to figure out how to win their challenge.
  • Jr. FLL
    • On March 17, 2012, the NHS Robostangs hosted the very first Northville Jr. FLL Expo for the 16 teams and 80 students. The teams presented their trifold as well as their model to a panel of judges. It was a huge success, and we look forward to expanding it in the future.

Upcoming Events

The Robostangs pride themselves on our ability to involve our community in activities that further their understanding of what FIRST is and what we are about.  Some of these events that will be coming up in the near future are:
  • RoboCamp
    • RoboCamp is an opportunity to have fun with science and technology by learning to build and program Lego robots!  Engineering fundamentals will be taught as students experiment with introductory robot designs and programming techniques.  Four sessions of RoboCamp will be held.  Of these sessions 2 will be "Introductory" RoboCamp" and the other two will be "Advanced RoboCamp".  All sessions are two days long.  Questions?  Email NHSRoboCamp@gmail.com for answers!  If you are interested please print out the Applicationand follow the instructions.
      • Introductory RoboCamp is designed for rising 4th through 6th graders.  These sessions focus on the basics of Lego robot design and programming.  These sessions will be held on July 19th-20th and 26th- 27th.
      • Advanced RoboCamp is intended for 5th through 7th graders that have experience with Lego Robotics.  The curriculum of this camp is set up to teach students more difficult design and programming concepts.  These sessions will be held July 21st-22nd and 28th-29th.