Build It! Philadelphia

2023-2024 Season - Team Powered Workshop

Event Information

Date

Saturday October 7, 2023
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Venue

Carver Engineering and Science
Cafeteria
1600 W Norris St
Philadelphia, PA 19121

Agenda

9:00 am Volunteers Arrive and Set Up
10:00 am Teams Arrive and Check-in
10:15 am Workshop Begins
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Workshop Resumes
3:00 pm Event Complete

Team Powered

This event is hosted by the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition.


Event Details

Workshop Series

Design It!, Build It!, Program It!, Drive It!, and Jump Start! are a series of teams-helping-teams workshops to help teams start or advance their robot design, build, and programming skills, as well as providing practice time on the field. Coaches, mentors, lead students, and volunteers will work directly with teams to help them prepare for their first scrimmage or Tournament. Jump Start! is a single workshop combining aspects of the above series tailored to the needs of the attending teams.

  • Design It! is focused on game strategy and robot design, with initial robot building.
  • Build It! continues the robot build process with help for initial programming.
  • Program It! is focused on programming in either Java/Android Studio, OnBot Java, or Blocks. Bring a laptop that either is or can be set up for one of the development environments.
  • Drive It! provides the opportunity to test and tweak your robot on a full competition field. Practice with and against other teams.
  • Jump Start! brings elements of Design It!, Build It!, and Program It! together tailored to the attending teams needs.

Share your expertise with other teams! Contact the event host if you would like to present/lead/support a topic area at any these workshops. Non-robot/programming topic areas are also welcomed, including engineering notebook, judging, fund raising, outreach, etc.

What To Bring

These are hands on workshops. To get the most out of the workshops, please bring what you can of the following as appropriate for this workshop:

  • Engineering Notebook
  • Programming laptop / CAD laptop
  • FTC New Technology components: modules, cables
  • Driver station and robot controller phones, OTG USB cable, USB hub
  • DC Motors, Servos, cables and wires, slotted screw driver
  • Robot parts – Tetrix, Matrix, and other parts
  • Tools
  • Gamepads
  • Charged batteries and charger
  • Power strip
  • Safety glasses

Team Registration Information

Participating Teams

Venue: Carver Engineering and Science, Philadelphia, PA 191215320 Work in Progress, Central High School, Philadelphia, PA5321 TechHeroes, Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Philadelphia, PA6540 Rail Splitters, Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA6606 Dobbins Force, Murrell Dobbins High School, Philadelphia, PA6676 Crimson Knights, Central High School, Philadelphia, PA8480 Technabots, Philadelphia High School For Girls, Philadelphia, PA8730 Robogriffins, Academy At Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA9570 Gear Girls, Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Philadelphia, PA13347 Project Home Robotics Team, Project HOME, Philadelphia, PA21680 George FoxBotics, Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA22280 Into the SLAMmer, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA22281 SLAMMMD, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA22282 SLAMPHIBIANS, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA22283 SLAM DUNK, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA22284 SLAM GREG, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA22285 SLAM SHADY, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA23536 Fearless Forklifters, Newtown Middle School, Newtown, PA23998 Mastbaum, Jules E Mastbaum Area Vocational School, Philadelphia, PA
2023-2024 Build It! Philadelphia

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