FIRST Lego League
Why STARBASE ROBINS and FIRST Lego League? Eight years ago STARBASE ROBINS ventured into hosting a robotics tournament. We knew very little about robotics at the time and nothing about hosting a tournament. After attending a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition and becoming involved in the FIRST organization, I recognized that the goals of FIRST were in line with our national STARBASE priorities. First off we wanted to enhance the overall quality of our program to better achieve our...
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STARBASE ROBINS LEGO Creation Event STARBASE ROBINS and the Museum of Aviation invite you to share a LEGO creation! The FIRST LEGO League Super Regional robotics tournament sponsored by STARBASE ROBINS and the Museum of Aviation will be on Saturday January 7, 2012. To celebrate, we invite you to build a creation using LEGO (or similar) bricks and parts. Wesley Fondal, Director of STARBASE ROBINS, says “[Allowing the general public to get involved in creating their Lego masterpiece will get Lego lovers interested in how...
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Instructor Andrew Dennis attended the Mars Space Laboratory Launch Workshop on November 21-26 at the Hilton Hotel/Kennedy Space Center in Cocoa Beach, FL. Q: What was the purpose of this workshop? A: The workshop consisted of two days of classes with VIP access to the rocket launch. I did not attend the launch because they changed the date, but I was fortunate enough to receive some pictures from some professional networks. The facilitators from the workshop presented general information about Mars. Some of the information consisted...
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