Our FIRST Lego League Teams on the Road!
Unidentified Flying Cats - Razorback Invitational!Fri, May 16University of Arkansas
Syzygy - Headed to Worlds!Thu, Apr 17Houston
HELP US GET TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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Nathan Stone - Springfield Robotics Club
1863 Pioneer Pkwy E #227
Springfield Or 97477
BUDGET
Team Registrations: $2,000
Dorm housing & food for team & coaches: $4,900
Flights for team members & coaches: $ 6,900
TOTAL BUDGET: $13,800
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELP US REACH FOR THE STARS!
MEET OUR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAMS
SYZYGY
8th-9th Grade Team
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING CATS
5th-6th Grade Team
LEGO PROPULSION LABS (LPL)
7th Grade Team
MEET FIBONACCI
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE TEAM
Fibonacci is a rookie FIRST Tech Challenge team. They competed last year as an FLL team, where they took 2nd Place Champions award at state and advanced to compete at the Razorback Invitational
They have been highly competitive, advancing through Qualifiers and Super Qualifiers to compete at State March 10.
ABOUT SPRINGFIELD ROBOTICS CLUB
Springfield Robotics Club was launched three years ago in spare business space led by James & Alisha Langan.
With four teams, Springfield Robotics Club has been highly competitive--all four teams have advanced to state competition every year. Last year, Springfield Robotics Club’s senior team earned 2nd Place Champions Award at state, advancing to international competition.
This January, Springfield Robotics Club was honored to bring home both 1st & 2nd Place Oregon State Champions Awards. These two teams will advance to International Competitions:
SYZYGY to the World Championship in Houston
UF Cats to the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas.
In addition, the club’s senior team is competing in the next level of FIRST: FIRST Tech Challenge, and as a rookie team is advancing to state competition in March.
IN THE PRESS
SPRINGFIELD TEAMS TAKE 1ST AND 2ND AT STATE ROBOTICS COMPETITION
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Springfield Robotics Club teams SYZYGY (Team # 23767) and UNIDENTIFIED FLYING CATS (Team # 23765) earned 1st and 2nd champions awards, respectively, at the Intel Oregon First Lego League Championship Tournament presented by Collins Aerospace on Saturday, January 19.
Additionally, Lego Propulsion Laboratory (Team # 23766) earned 6th in Robot Game Points and a 2nd place programming award.
On Sunday, January 20, Springfield Robotics Club’s FIRST Tech Challenge team FIBONACCI (Team # 14126), a rookie team, competed at the challenge qualifier at Philomath High School and earned a 2nd place Finalist Alliance award as well as an invitation to Super Qualifiers in February.
SYZYGY and UNIDENTIFIED FLYING CATS will be advancing to international competitions in Arkansas, Houston, or California.
All three teams are actively fundraising to support their travel and competition costs.
A link to their fundraiser can be found on here on GoFundMe.
More pictures from the event can be found online.
WHAT IS FIRST LEGO LEAGUE?
First Lego League is composed of four elements, Robot Game, Robot Design, Project & Core Values.
Robot Game & Robot Design:
Each team designs and builds a functioning robot out of Lego Technic pieces. Using an EV3 processor and a variety of motors & sensors, teams program their robot to be fully autonomous, completing tasks on a game table in competition.
This year both Syzygy and U.F. Cats received the highest robot score at each of their qualifying tournaments. U.F. Cats also received the 3rd highest robot score at the state tournament.
Project
FLL teams tackle a real life problem and develop a practical solution based on each year’s theme. This year’s theme was “Into Orbit” It was up to teams to research problems astronauts would encounter during long-term space travel and propose an innovative solution to a panel of judges in competition.
Syzygy proposed the practical solution of using solar radiation to sanitize
clothing in space.
U.F. Cats tackled the issue of boredom during long-term space travel and developed a magnetic card game system to aid astronaut’s mental health.
Core Values
First Lego League strives to promote teamwork and cooperation in the competitive environment of robotics. Teams are encouraged to volunteer, do outreach and mentor younger teams.
Springfield Robotics Club has logged over 300 volunteer and outreach hours this robotics season, helping other teams, hosting a robotics booth at the Lane County Fair, leading a workshop for kids interested in FLL and volunteering at FLL competitions.
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WHAT IS FIRST TECH CHALLENGE?
The FIRST Tech Challenge is designed for students in grades 7–12 to compete head to head, by designing, building, and programming a robot to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is programmed using Java, the MIT App Inventor, or other Android programming systems.