tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19997095800820278862024-03-14T03:40:44.534-04:00Girls of Steel- FRC Team 3504FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-38279873925195884592012-03-07T18:55:00.001-05:002012-03-07T18:57:47.277-05:00FIRST Pittsburgh Regional<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Girls of Steel and Watson are geared and ready to go for the FIRST Pittsburgh Regional that starts this Thursday, March 8th. Playing Rebound Rumble, we can't wait to compete, meet, and help out all the other awesome FIRST teams attending. This year their is an astounding 11 rookie teams competing and two of them are mentored by the Girls of Steel. We are also happy to say that the other rookie team we mentor from Texas, Team #3999, has just won the Rookie All Star award at the Alamo Regional. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We can't wait to see our hard work pay off and all the other amazing robots other teams have created</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Good luck to everyone and we hope to see you there!</span><br />
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Hope to see you there.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-66188210579688569652012-02-15T13:14:00.004-05:002012-02-15T13:16:51.617-05:00<i><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;">Just a reminder: </span></b></i>The
Girls of Steel will be hosting a Pittsburgh area Week Zero practice
competition event this <u>Saturday, from 11:00am to 3:00pm</u>. This mini-competition will be officiated by
Pittsburgh Regional referees and we'll have awesome music! Collaboration between teams to finish our
robots is highly encouraged and this is a fantastic opportunity for your drive team to get crucial practice in competition-like environment. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: blue;">PLEASE RSVP BY 6:00pm <b>TONIGHT</b>.</i><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span>To RSVP, email us at girlsofsteelrobotics@gmail.com and let us know your team plans on coming. We hope to see you there!FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-38387509662491027502012-02-09T10:11:00.001-05:002012-02-09T10:11:27.142-05:00Pittsburgh Week Zero Practice Competition!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Girls of Steel will be hosting a Pittsburgh area Week Zero practice
competition event. This mini-competition will be officiated by
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robots is highly encouraged. We hope to see you there!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Where:</b> <i>FIRST</i> Team 3504 Girls of Steel Practice Field, The Ellis Armory, address <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Putnam+Street,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.956293,93.076172&oq=putnam+street+pi&hnear=Putnam+St,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania+15206&t=m&z=16">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>When:</b> Saturday, February 18th, from 11:00am to 3:00pm</span></div>
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To offer area teams the opportunity to try their robots out under competition conditions and to give teams a chance to help others get their robots finished and ready for the Rebound Rumble regional competitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>How:</b> RSVP before 6:00 pm on February 15th by emailing <b><a href="mailto:girlsofsteelrobotics@gmail.com">girlsofsteelrobotics@gmail.com</a></b> to let us know that your team will be attending.</span></div>FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-38975245505583436342012-02-04T19:00:00.000-05:002012-02-04T19:00:28.275-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another busy day at the Ellis Armory Robotics Practice field.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-66249821930759709882012-02-04T11:55:00.000-05:002012-02-04T11:56:01.591-05:00Halfway There!We are halfway through the build season! The Girls of Steel have successfully built two working chassis with a mecanum drive and six wheel drop center drive train. Every team ranging from chassis to programming had to help out to make sure the robots worked efficiently. Luckily, we were able to bring our chassis to our practice field at the Ellis Armory to really test out the robots. By the end of the third week, we were able to balance both robots on the bridge in the middle of the field. <br />
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Every team member has learned so much and we have grown very close over the past three weeks. We still have many more hours to spend in the machine shop, high bay, and electric lab as we build our robot for the Rebound Rumble competition. <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Our team still has so much we need to get done, but with such a big group of hard working girls, we know that we can get it all done in time for the competition! </span><br />
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<br /></div>FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-51027585768484445712012-01-28T10:52:00.002-05:002012-01-28T11:03:13.618-05:00Come to the Ellis Armory Practice Field!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every Saturday from 11:00am-3pm and Tuesdays 6:00-8:30pm starting now through February 21, The Ellis School and FRC Team 3504 Girls of Steel will host the practice field at the Ellis Armory will be open to any teams who want to try out the field. All are <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc">FRC</a><span style="font-size: small;"> teams competing in </span><a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2012-rebound-rumble">Rebound Rumble </a><span style="font-size: small;">are invited to bring a robot or come to share ideas with others. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have a full practice field as well as two working robot chassis. If you want to bring a computer, we also have free internet access.The practice field is on Putnam St. (just off of Penn Avenue) Pittsburgh, PA 15206.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Wear safety glasses and follow all standard safety precautions around robots and field pieces.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. All activities are to be confined to the first floor spaces that are not blocked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Use the practice field in a safe, respectful, and cooperative manner at all times. Horseplay on the</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Refer to the posted General Code of Conduct of Girls of Steel, FRC team 3504 as it will be followed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">at the Ellis Armory Robotics Practice Field.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Water is not potable. Bring drinks and food.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Teams should bring their own tools and supplies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. All participants are expected to help with clean up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. If something breaks please notify the Girls of Steel Mentor on site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In case of inclement weather please check out the Girls of Steel website <a href="http://girlsofsteelrobotics.blogspot.com/">(here)</a> for possible closure information or a change in hours. </span><br />
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Hope to see you there.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-81672029228918429712012-01-21T11:05:00.000-05:002012-01-21T11:05:02.554-05:00The Ellis Armory Robotics Practice Field is OPEN today January 21st from 11 am to 3 pm.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-84268405034996546312012-01-13T21:00:00.000-05:002012-01-28T10:34:38.123-05:00One Down, 5 Weeks to Go!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cMHLCVieSlxKrX4WEZzkUum4EIpHfMFU73_HDkVdI3vKRlryQW2sn7qpfrTkgaxHrk1BYfL9nItSFfadfCRtW2jaB7ksU8HkUERNc4AQC2gIquPAq54kVzcVupNxbhEeYqeTsLox3w4G/s1600/P1010522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cMHLCVieSlxKrX4WEZzkUum4EIpHfMFU73_HDkVdI3vKRlryQW2sn7qpfrTkgaxHrk1BYfL9nItSFfadfCRtW2jaB7ksU8HkUERNc4AQC2gIquPAq54kVzcVupNxbhEeYqeTsLox3w4G/s320/P1010522.JPG" width="320" /></a>The build season for <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/">FIRST</a> is finally here! Everyone is scrambling around figuring out the design, finding parts, prototyping, and delegating important tasks. There's so much to do in these upcoming 6 weeks, we better get started now!<br />
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On Monday, all the girls got together and watched a presentation about some possible features for the robot. There were a lot of good ideas, but we had to narrow them down. <br />
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After a brainstorming session, we broke into small groups, drew a design of each group's robot and presented their idea to the other girls. The girls presented a lot of good ideas, and after another brainstorming session on Tuesday, we narrowed our options to 3 distinct robots.<br />
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The next time we met, on Thursday, we began the exciting process of prototyping our robot in small groups. It was nice to see all the girls working together and learning new things about building robots. Some girls learned how to wire robots, attach wheels, use power tools, and figured out what goes where. After some time, we all watched each small part come together to make the chassis of each robot. <br />
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So far, we're all having a really good experience teaching each other and learning new things about assembling robots. Saturday is the day of the <a href="http://girlsofsteelrobotics.blogspot.com/2012/01/upcoming-events-open-house-at-ellis.html">Open Field event</a> where families and other teams can come and see our Rebound Rumble field pieces and try out their own robots.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-42965829209356711422012-01-12T21:32:00.001-05:002012-01-12T21:42:35.138-05:00Upcoming Events: Open House at Ellis ArmoryThis Saturday, January 14th, the Girls of Steel <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc">FRC</a> team is hosting an open field event at the Ellis Armory! We are inviting anyone and everyone to join us and see the Rebound Rumble field pieces. The event is from 1-3pm.<br />
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We hope to see some other pumped up teams ready for the season as well as anyone curious to see what <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/">FIRST</a> does. So don't forget to be at the <b>Ellis Armory from 1-3 pm this Saturday, January 14th</b>. Contact Terry Richards at richardst@theellissschool.org or 412-215-4466 for more information. Click on<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Putnam+Street,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.95363,71.279297&oq=putnam+st+pittsb&vpsrc=0&hnear=Putnam+St,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania+15206&t=m&z=16"> this map</a> for dire<span style="font-family: inherit;">ctio<span style="color: #222222;">ns. See you on Saturday! </span></span>FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-34127159334101810292012-01-10T21:00:00.000-05:002012-01-10T21:41:51.036-05:00Past Events: GOS at the Children's Institute<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple of girls on our team participated at a robot demonstration for students at the<a href="http://www.amazingkids.org/"> Children's Institute of Pittsburgh</a> on December 12, 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Children from the day school and their teachers were in the audience. The children were so expressive, happy, and excited to see a robot moving around the room. The children participated by "driving" the robot using the controls with assistance from one of the girls and by tossing the game pieces for the robot to retrieve. One of the children said he wanted a robot for Christmas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The girls really enjoyed seeing all the children's faces light up and smile as they watched the robot move around the room. Hopefully they had a fun and wonderful time, our girls definitely did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't forget to check out our new resource website for rookie teams <a href="http://rookiefirsts.tumblr.com/">here</a>!</span></div>FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-20366105078410722632012-01-07T18:39:00.001-05:002012-01-14T13:44:52.468-05:00Get Ready to Ruuumble!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">This year Pittsburgh had the most students, mentors,
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Dean Kamen, Bill Clinton, Steven Colbert, Woodie Flowers, will.i.am, and Muhtar Kent, as well as other speakers, talked about FIRST and the educational benefits that come with it. We were all on the edge of our seats as we waited for the announcement of the game for 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Finally, we saw a diagram of the game field. It was set up like a basketball court. As the game was explained, there were a mixture of reactions expressed by the crowd; there were some groans as well as some whoops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Overall, our team is very excited to plan out the design of our robot and begin the build season with a good start. We wish good luck for the next six weeks to all the other <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc">FRC</a> Teams! And get ready for <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2012-rebound-rumble">Rebound Rumble!</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While kids picked up their presents, they were able to enjoy watching—and even try test-driving—the robots which were featured at the event. We demoed in the morning and another local </span><a href="http://www.usfirst.org/" style="font-family: inherit;">FIRST</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> team, FIRST Team #1708 – AMP’d Robotics, demoed their T-shirt launcher robot.</span></span></span><br />
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-82252346956673991692011-12-10T18:58:00.000-05:002012-01-05T19:06:34.204-05:00Past Events: CMU TechNight<br />
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On November 28th, the Girls of Steel participated in the <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml">CMU</a> TechNight from 7:15-8:30. CMU TechNights are for showing middle school girls different technologies like robots, programming, and a whole lot more!<br />
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Those of us who participated in the <a href="http://women.cs.cmu.edu/technights/">TechNight</a> demoed the robot for young middle school girls and their families. The Girls of Steel gave a presentation explaining and showing the young girls the different robot parts used to build the robot and how they work. <br />
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Additionally, some of us gave individual presentation about different teams within our team. The TechNight was a similar set up to the open house except that this time the presentations were more geared toward the young middle school girls and interesting them in <a href="http://women.cs.cmu.edu/technights/">FRC</a>. <br />
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The girls who attended had a lot of fun watching the robot operate and some even got the opportunity to drive it themselves! (With supervision, of course!) The Girls of Steel had a lot of fun explaining the robot and telling the girls about what we do as a part of the team. Great job girls!<br />
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Today we held a mini competition complete with qualifications, semi-finals, and finals. The girls were split into 10 teams and given the task to knock down or capture the "mentors" in the world. The "mentors" were Jenga pieces and the robots were made out of <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx">Lego Mindstorm Kits</a>. Each team had a (real) mentor who could help slightly (and usually vaguely) besides with the programming--the rest the girls did all by themselves! Did I mention we built these robots in less than 10 hours?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The party was from 4pm-6pm that Friday, and we all had lots of fun! The <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> employees were very welcoming. It was a great opportunity for us to mingle with neighboring teams on <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc">FRC</a> as well as <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc">FTC</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The party was a chance for other FIRST Teams in the area sponsored by Google to get to know each other, as well as the Google employees to learn more about </span><a href="http://www.usfirst.org/" style="background-color: white;">FIRST</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">. The teams that participated were as follows:</span><br />
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Each team had the chance to demo any of their robots from past years. It was interesting to see the different robots each team presented. The party gave teams a chance to reach out to other teams as well as families that may be interested in FIRST.<br />
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Thank you Google for this amazing party! I'm sure that every team had a lot of fun mingling and showing off robots they made for past competitions to families interested in FIRST. The teams look ready for the upcoming season, but so are we! Good luck, teams!<br />
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<br />FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-4303161960392466302011-11-29T21:00:00.000-05:002011-11-29T23:11:02.275-05:00LEGO Make a Robot!This week was the second week of our mini LEGO Competition! So far, each team has had 6 hours to work on the design and function of their robot. <br />
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This week most teams are finished assembling their robot, but many glitches remain! Next week, each group will have an hour and a half to work out any problems they may have with their robot. Below are some pictures of girls working on their LEGO robots:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This team is working on their strategy!</td></tr>
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Each team is working hard to make sure their LEGO robot works quickly and efficiently, scoring as many points as possible in the allotted time. Thank you to the parents who provided a very delicious dinner of pasta, rolls, and salad. We are very grateful for all that you do! </div>
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Make sure to check on the blog next week for the results of the first Girls of Steel LEGO Competition! </div>
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</div>FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-27427793474644442872011-11-22T21:00:00.000-05:002011-11-22T22:42:47.690-05:00Legos, Legos, and More Legos!!This week the Girls of Steel are breaking up into 10 teams to create our very own <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll">Lego</a> robots! <br />
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Each team wants to knock over as many blocks (representing our mentors) as they can to gain the most points, but they can gain even more points for "capturing" the mentors and keeping them on the robot for the whole 60 second period. </div>
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Each robot has a 20 second autonomous period where the robot has to operate autonomously and then each team has 40 seconds to control their <a href="http://www.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx">Lego</a> robot themselves. </div>
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The 10 Lego teams scrambled to figure out how they would design their robot to work efficiently and quickly gaining as many points as possible! </div>
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Just because we're holding a competition does not mean that we have suddenly become enemies, though! </div>
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We still talk and laugh with all the many friends that we have made over a dinner that the parents have graciously provided. Thank you, parents!</div>
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Tune in next week for more information on our Lego competition preparations after next week's meeting! </div>
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Upcoming Events:</div>
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<li>GOS is participating in the CMU TechNight this coming Monday, November 28th from 6pm to 8pm! </li>
<li>Toys for Tots Volunteer and Demo! Friday 12-4pm and Saturday 10-4pm December 16th and 17th</li>
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Today, November 20th, has officially been named <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/">Randy Pausch </a>Memorial Day in Pittsburgh by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl!<br />
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It has been named after the late <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml">CMU</a> professor, Randy Pausch, and other alumns for raising pancreatic cancer awareness. Pausch co-founded the Entertainment Technology Center and helped researches to create a revolutionary way to teach computer programming known as Alice. He died of complications from pancreatic cancer in 2008 at the age of 47. <br />
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Pausch is remembered for his highly acclaimed last lecture on September 18, 2007 called "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ji5_MqicxSo">Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams</a>". This talk revealed his childhood wish to become a professional football player, experience zero gravity, and develop Disney World attractions. He also reminded listeners to always look for the good in others and work hard and life life to the fullest. <br />
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Randy Pausch will always be remembered for his many accomplishments while at CMU as well as in all the lives he has touched over the years. For more information about Randy Pausch Day click <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2011/fall/randy-pausch-day.shtml">here</a>.<br />
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<br />FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-71881010501248794382011-11-17T16:05:00.000-05:002011-12-01T18:27:59.817-05:00Upcoming Events: Toys for Tots Organized by the Girls of Steel<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Can't wait for the holidays? Us either! This year the Girls of Steel organized an outreach event alongside the <a href="http://toysfortots.org/default.asphttp://toysfortots.org/default.asp">Toys for Tots Foundation</a>. On December 16th and 17th, robots will be out at Guardian Storage in the Strip District from 12:00-4:00pm on Friday and 10:00-4:00 on Saturday. The girls of steel will be out for some of the time, but at other times it will be more amazing Pittsburgh <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/">FIRST</a> teams!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">While kids pick up their presents, they will be able to enjoy watching--and even test driving--robots that are featured at the event. Hoping to make the kids' holiday season more fun and exciting, the Girls of Steel's robot will be demoed and kids will be able to try their own hand at it while informing others about FIRST robotics.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A little tid-bit about Toys for Tots:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Goal: to provide hope to disadvantaged children that will in turn "assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens"</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Objectives: to help less fortunate children experience the joy of the holiday season; to take a role in developing "one of our nation's most valuable resources--our children"; and to bring together communities under a common purpose with the collection & campaign</span></li>
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Make sure to plan ahead and reserve the dates above so you can experience a very merry Girls of Steel Christmas and learn more about other FIRST teams in the area!</span><br />
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The Girls of Steel, represented by Rachel, Jaden, and Liz, participated in the SWAT Symposium in Toronto, Canada on October 22, 2011.<br />
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The SWAT Symposium was hosted by the FIRST robotics team, <a href="http://swat771.com/">SWAT #771</a>. A number of Canadian teams got together to share information about<a href="http://www.usfirst.org/"> FIRST</a> and their team. <br />
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The SWAT Symposium was an all day event consisting of many impressive presentations and workshops provided by some Canadian <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc">FRC</a> and<a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll"> FLL</a> teams. It was a lot of fun, and the girls representing the Girls of Steel even had the opportunity, along with the other teams, to talk to a Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield, on the computer. Chris Hadfield, who is in Houston at the moment, is to be the first Canadian in charge of the<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html"> International Space Station (ISS)</a>.<br />
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The Girls of Steel became friends with SWAT when our team met them at last season's Pittsburgh regional. Similar to the Girls of Steel, SWAT is also a 100% girls FRC team. They invited us to the event to give a presentation on how to get girls interested in <a href="http://www.stemedcoalition.org/">STEM</a>, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Our presentation was aimed to teams who were made up of mostly guys who felt as if their girls were not as included as they could be. <br />
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The girls representing our team went to other teams' presentations and were very impressed. Karthik Kanagasabapathy, a famous mentor from the team <a href="http://www.simbotics.org/">Simbotics #1114</a>, gave a presentation about how to come up with strategies for this coming year's game.<br />
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Jaden, Liz, and Rachel had a lot of fun at the event and brought a lot of new ideas home to the Girls of Steel to better ourselves for this coming season. We would like to thank the <a href="http://swat771.com/">SWAT</a> team for inviting us to this amazing event that we were happy to be involved in. We hope that our presentation affected other teams like their presentations and workshops affected us.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-76393377266737779862011-11-10T17:00:00.000-05:002011-11-13T17:59:22.602-05:00Past Events: Mini Maker's Faire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Girls of Steel attended the <a href="http://pghmakerfaire.com/">Mini Maker's Faire</a> on October 23rd at the <a href="http://www.pittsburghkids.org/">Children's museum</a>. Since not all sixty-two of us could go, Bryce, Nancy, Naoka, Liz, Shana, and Natalie represented our team. <br />
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The Mini Maker's Faire was about people around Pittsburgh making different things and exposing other people to what they are doing. For example, there were <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml">CMU</a> students showing everyone the robots they built. <br />
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The Faire was not just about robots, though. One group had made abacuses out of beads, straws, and paper while another group had a slime machine that would spell words in a drop of slime as the drop fell to the ground. There was one group that also covered a cove in Christmas lights that would light up as they played instruments. <br />
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While the girls were there, they explained what <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/">FIRST</a> was and told people who we are and answered any questions they had. The girls even demonstrated to young girls how our robot from last year moved! The young girls got the chance to control the robot themselves, with heavy supervision, of course. <br />
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Overall, the Mini Maker's Fair was a successful event that the Girls of Steel attended. The girls had a lot of fun at the Children's Museum seeing other projects around Pittsburgh, answering questions, and spreading the word about our team and FIRST.FRC Team 3504: Girls of Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030169156495649167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999709580082027886.post-37972667223321422862011-11-08T20:44:00.000-05:002011-11-09T23:11:32.118-05:00Hey Rosie, Do You like Hamburgers?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At this week's meeting we have accomplished a lot. <br />
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Programming has started working on how to move the robot with the joystick instead of just autonomously.</div>
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In the machine shop, the girls learned how to use the lathe and the mill! <br />
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The electronics team has put together a FIRST electronics board.</div>
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As you can see, Rosie, the girls here are working really hard to learn new things and later apply these new skills during the build season.<br />
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We would also like to thank all the parents who brought us a delicious dinner of hamburgers, fruit, and bread with hummus! Thanks so much!<br />
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Here as some upcoming events to keep in mind:<br />
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<li>Google TGIF -- November 11: 4pm-6pm</li>
<li>Steel City Robotics Alliance Workshop -- November 12: all day</li>
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