Sept. 30th., our team, the NYCityzens, was invited to the Maker Faire, an annual event that the Hall of Science hosts. Several FIRST teams (FRC, FTC, FLL) gather at the Maker Faire every year to show off their creativity and skills. At the Maker Faire there were many original and imaginative creations and inventions that were simply amazing!
Our team presented our various types of LEGO(R) NXT robots in the later part of the afternoon. We showed our audience how the robots functioned, the various types of sensors and parts used to build the robot, and what the robots were programmed to do. Our team received many impressed expressions, and the girl’s robotics team, that our coach teaches, even got a new member!
We even had an “Interactive Station”, where anybody can interact with our remote control robot and jack-in-the-box robotic device, and we even had a “Guess How Many Legos are in the Jar”, which is a game of strategy and luck. Two lucky winners won the “Guess How Many Legos are in the Jar”, and they received mini LEGO kits!
Our team exhibited our Bowling robot and our sister team, Dragonbotz, demonstrated the Chair mission on this year’s field mat.. The Bowling robot had to complete the bowling mission and ended up balancing one of the Transition bridge on the field. In the Chair mission the robot had to bring part of the chair from the field back to base, and then push the completely built chair under the table on the field. Shockingly, on our very first try/presentation to the audience on how the Bowling robot worked, the robot got a STRIKE, and balanced perfectly on the bridge! People passing by our booth stopped to glance at our robots or chair robot, and they were immediately intrigued.
Personally, the Maker Faire was a great experience for me, as well as all the other members of the team. I think that we learned to work respectfully and in an orderly fashion with each other more at the Maker Faire. We became more encouraged and determined as more and more people watched our presentation. I feel that our team is now more enthusiastic than ever to try our hardest at the real FLL competitions. Our team impressed many people, and that also motivated the team to work harder as well. Together, we all had lots and lots of fun at the Maker Faire, and had an inspirational time as well.
by R.K.
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