Cyber Blue 234

On Saturday, We hosted a group of Girl Scouts in our lab for an afternoon of robotics and excitement! The girls had a blast working with team members to build a golfing robot using Lego Mindstorms pieces while getting experience in engineering at the same time. After the project the scouts stepped up and learned how to drive Omicron, our 2013 robot.

At the request of LEAD, a program residing at IUPUI, we demonstrated our 2013 robot to the participants for their camp. Ranging from 6^th to 9^th grade, the campers glowed at the sight of our robot, especially when at the controls. The rest of the camp was engaging, focusing on topics such as space and energy solutions. Overall, it was a great event and many thanks are offered to LEAD for inviting us to participate in the event.

Over Fall Break we competed in the CAGE Match. Our new members had a great time learning how FRC competitions work. We were ranked 3rd after the qualification matches, and continuing our recent partnership, we were picked by Team 868, The TechHOUNDS and rounded out our alliance with Team 2171, The RoboDogs. Our alliance worked together to become champions of the 2013 CAGE Match.

Last week at Purdue University, Cyber Blue went to several different classes teaching so many great things! Some of our new team members went to the Rookie class and learned a lot of great things from Steve Florence! There were several classes, including Website Presence, Engineering the Future, The Rookie Experience, Inventor Basics, Introduction to Basic Robot Parts and many others! There were several teams there and we were happy to be one of them!

Last night our school board honored our mentor, Kevin Kelly for his 15 years as a volunteer on our team. We couldn’t run without his wonderful support and guidance. Thank you Kevin!

Last week at Southport High School, we demoed our Robot at the Running South Health Fair. Many community members including, our superintendent,  Dr. Little had a blast driving our robot. We enjoyed telling visitors about Cyber Blue and FIRST Robotics.

Last week was Homecoming Week for our school and Rose-Hulman University! Thursday we participated in our school’s annual Homecoming Parade, As the winners of the 2013 Crossroads regional,  we were invited to participate in the half-time show Saturday at Rose-Hulman. The game was great and the fans loved our bot!

The off-season continues as school comes to a close and we say goodbye to our 2013 graduates. We’ve begun work on summer projects as well as welcoming incoming freshmen from our middle school vex team. The summer may be short but there’s plenty to do!

A few weekends ago, IndianaFIRST and Perry Meridian High School hosted the Inaugural Indiana State Championship. This event was comprised of the top 24 FIRST teams in Indiana based off rankings similar to district events. We were ranked 3rd for our performance throughout the season.  Despite some fierce competition, we claimed the championship with FIRST team 868, the TechHOUNDS, and FIRST team 3487, the EarthQuakers. Thank you to IndianaFIRST for hosting, and thank you to our school administration for helping this event to be held at our school.

Last week we claimed victory at the Crossroads Regional at Rose-Hulman University! We ranked 2nd in qualifications and partnered with FIRST team 868, the Techhounds, and FIRST team 1646, Precision Guessworks for an intense bunch of elimination matches. We also were awarded the Innovation in Design award, lookin’ good Omicron!