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ROOKIE TEAMS10 STEPS FOR SUCCESSOCTOBER 2012
AGENDA• Welcome
• 10 Step Process
• Tips on being a successful Robotics team
• Important Reminders
• Q&A
• Contacts
ORGANIZATION• Create sub-team based on your team size
• Identify Leads for each area:
• Student, Teacher, Mentor• Once team is formed, attach students to each area
TIMELINE• Listing of all your key deliverables,
milestones
• Pre-season• Build season
STEP 2 : ORGANIZATION AND TIMELINE
Apr 24-27
Apr 4-6
Mar 28-30
Mar 21-23
Mar 15
Mar 11
Feb 19Jan 5
Build Season
Stop/SHIP Date
Waterloo Regional
GTRWRegionalHerseyCentre
Calgary Regional
March Break
• Kick Off8:30-11:30 Ontario Science Centre
• Inventory of Kit • Mentors Meeting• Kick off & Quick Build Session
Apr 18-21
VEXWorlds
Anaheim California
BASIC ROOKIE TEAM TIMELINE
Worlds St. Louis
2012-13 Season Build Season & Competitions Timeline
May 7May 14
Planning Week
Jun 4
Year End Celebration @ School
May 31
2011-12 Budget &
Team Structure*
Jun 11
Summer SchedulePlanning
2011/12Gr. 8/9/10/11/12Team Selection
Complete
Sep 26
Robotics Open
House
Oct 8
Library Workshop
Oct 15
2011-12TEAM
ORIENTATION
2012-13 Season Program Awareness and Rebuilding of the Team
Sept 21
Sept 6
Grade 9 Orientation
Year in Review and Year Ahead
Planning
Oct 27
FRC Symposium
Nov 17/18
OntarioScienceCentre
*Design•Build•Program•Test•Practise•Practise•Practise
IMPORTANT DATES TO CONSIDER• UOIT March 7-9• Montreal March 14-16• Waterloo March 21-23• Hershey Centre March 28-30 • Calgary April 4-6
Montreal March 14-16
Sept toDec
*Planning*Sponsorship*Mentor TeamAlignment*Workshops*Administration*Community Outreach*Prepare for Build UOIT
RegionalMar 7-9
Team registrationTournament Registration
Sept 25 –Oct 25 – Nov 15
N.I.Nov 24
1241 ROOKIE VIDEOS
https://vimeo.com/50170676 How to run a Team https://vimeo.com/50149452 FRC Pit Crew https://vimeo.com/50156006 What is FLL https://vimeo.com/50157944 Team Organization https://vimeo.com/50162081 Sponsorship Pw:firstrc
GETTING STARTED• 2-3 PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS OR
ENGINEERS
• 2-3 ADDITIONAL ADULTS
• 15-25-? STUDENTS
• FINANCIAL SPONSORS
• A MEETING PLACE
• MENTOR TEAM
• TOOLS
• TIME
Students
School
Parents
IndustryPartnersMentors
Support structure
AGENDAStep 1 Marketing and Registration
Step 2 Organization and Timeline
Step 3 Team Setup
Step 4 Preseason Activities
Step 5 Build Season Activities
Step 6 Competitions
Step 7 Post Season Activities
Step 8 Recognition and Reward
Step 9 Closing the Year
Step 10 Re-Start Planning for new year
MARKETING• Grade 9 Night
• Info session
• Synervoice
• Announcements
• Class visitsREGISTRATION• Process for
application
• Registration Application forms
• Deadline and Fees
STEP 1 : MARKETING AND REGISTRATION
NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF FIRST
• www.firstroboticscanada.org
•www.usfirst.org
• www.chiefdelphi.com
Mechanical
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Design
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Programming
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Electrical
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Management
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
SAMPLE TEAM STRUCTURENOTE: EACH GROUP HAS THREE COMPONENTS FOR SUCCESS
Program ManagementLead Student/Teacher/Mentor
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS(each group must have 3)
• Student Lead
• Mentor/Parent Lead
• Teacher Lead
• + New Student to shadow
WEEK 5 WEEK 6WEEK 3Jan 5
BUILD SEASON TIMELINEJan 11
WEEK 1Jan 18 Jan 25 Feb 1 Feb 9
• Kick Off 8:30 – 11:30 am
• All team to be at Rick Hansen at 12:30 pm to review rules
• Mentors Meeting • Brainstorming• Design Freeze
Jan 14th
• Established robot design
• Mobility system frozen
• General ideas for all mechanisms
• Mechanism Prototyping – Jan14th - 17th
• Build Drive System – Jan 14th - Jan 23rd (Must be completed no later than this date)
Comments:• Frozen means no
more changes!!
• Mechanism Build Jan 17th-21(Completed on the 21st)
• Programmers Begin Coding – Jan 17th
• Have two students lead shipping planning for Feb 19th – read rules well in advance of ship day
• Begin Autonomous Testing – Jan 24th
Comments:• Most FIRST
autonomous only involves the chassis
• Mechanism Integration – Jan 31st- Feb 6th (Completed on the 6th)
Comments:• Wiring is not a
quick job
Feb 15Feb 19
• Robot Done –Feb 7th
• Testing & Perfecting – Feb 7th - Feb 18th (completed on the 18th)
• Driver Training – Days Feb7th - Feb 18th (completed on the 18th )
Comments:• Weight Reduction• “Practiced drivers
make bad robots win, & unpracticed drivers make good robots lose
SHIPPING DATE
WEEK 2 WEEK 4
example
• Practise• Testing• Practise• Testing• Practise
TEACHER/MENTOR ACTIONSTUDENT ACTION• Review Team Guidelines
• Register on STIMS
• Team Name/Color/Logo
• Attend Team Orientation
• Visit www.usfirst.org
• Visit www.chiefdelphi.com
• Know the timelines/deliverables
• Review 2012 game manual with focus on rules
• Register on TIMS ***
• Register for competition ***
• Team Name/Colors/Logos
• Set up Parent Night
• Create a budget
• Create Team Guidelines (code of conduct)
STEP 3 : TEAM SETUP
TIPS…• Stay organized
• Track milestones and deadlines
• Develop Committed members
• Communicate
• Have Fun!
STEP 4 : PRE-SEASON ACTIVITIESREMEMBER –
You are only a ROOKIE ONCE!!!
• Logo, colors, team image
• Attend your mentor team workshops to educate team
• Create and align a schedule with your mentor team
• Community events, fundraising, awareness in/out of school, business plan, marketing initiatives
• PIT design, theme, considerations
• Review of the Awards you are eligible to win
• Create spirit items
• Plan for game team (3+1 students/adult) driver, tool, human, coach
STEP 5 : BUILD SEASON ACTIVITIESJanuary 5th Saturday – Kick off is the official beginning of the FRC season. At kickoff, teams watch a live broadcast of the release of the game rules, learn the password to decode the FRC Competition manual, and pick up their Kit of Parts. Teams have just six weeks to build a functioning robot to compete in the game.
February - until 19th (shipping day)– FIRST provides updates and email blasts throughout the build season to keep teams informed of important changes/improvements to the rules. On Robot Ship Day, teams must STOP WORK on their robot. Teams either seal their robot into an isolation bag, or ship it via FedEx, depending on the location of their first competition.
STEP 6 : COMPETITIONS
• March – Competitions begin. Teams travel to District or Regional competition events to compete in the game and be judged for awards in design, creativity, innovation etc.
• UOIT March 7-9
• Montreal March 14-16
• Waterloo March 21-23
• Hershey Centre March 28-30
• Calgary April 4-6
• April – Teams convene for the FIRST Championship
• Ensure each person/subgroup has tasks at competitions
• PIT schedule and lead
• Spirit Lead
STEP 7 : POST SEASON
• Debrief Session of the year
• Surface Gaps/strengths• Final checks
• Ensure all documentation is stored at a central accessible area
• Photos/video repository• Listing of all
accomplishments• Review final budget
STEP 8 : REWARD AND RECOGNITION
Awards/celebration event
Sponsorship recognition
STEP 9 : CLOSING THE YEAR
•Post the annual report of the year
• Identify critical timelines, tasks to start new year
STEP 10 : RE-START THE NEW YEAR
• Choose new Lead Students
• Identify critical steps/milestones
• Continue to build sponsorships
- ****Rookie All Star (Judges)
This award celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST: to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
- Rookie Inspiration (Judges)
This award celebrates a rookie team’s outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers both within their school, as well as in their community.
- Highest Rookie Seed Award (Robot Performance)
This award celebrates the highest-seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.
- Dean’s List - Woodie Flowers
- World Championship Lottery
ROOKIE AWARDS
**** awards that require a submission
OTHER AWARDS
**** awards that require a submission
- Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler
- Imagery Award- Creativity Award Sponsored by
Xerox- Gracious Professionalism™
Award - FIRST Future Innovator Award - Industrial Design Award- Industrial Safety Award - Innovation in Control Award - Judges Award- Website Award- Animation Award- Excellence in Design Award
MORE YOU CAN DO…
Sponsorship and Fundraising
Community Outreach
Parent Involvement
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER!
* NOV 24 NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS MENTOR WORKSHOP
* FRC BLOGS, FIRST ROBOTICS CANADA WEBSITE
* TRAINING WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE
* JAN 5TH, QUICK BUILD SESSION
* ??? OTHERS
Contactsjohn.hobbins@firstroboticscanada.org
artijaveri@hotmail.com
www.firstroboticscanada.org