On Saturday, May 5th, Cyber Blue was excited to return to Girls, Inc., to help promote girls  as leaders in STEM fields. The day was a success! The girls  were able to drive our 2009 robot, our 2012 robot, and our VEX robots, as well as having the opportunity to build with LEGOs and learn how to build a simple robot chassis. They also designed some great new buttons for us to give out at competitions! We had a lot of fun with the girls, and hope to return soon!

Cyber Blue had a tough day and a half at the Championships in St. Louis.  We struggled on the first day in the Archimedes division by being 100 out of 100 teams.  Cyber Blue was able to fight back onto Friday and Saturday and get picked up by the 5th seeded alliance.  We made it to the semi-finals in our division and got beaten out by the division champions.  We may not have brought home any awards but we have learned some valuable lessons to improve for next season.

We have been hard at work preparing for the Championship! With practicing our robot driving, improving our presentation skills, and preparing our Chairman’s presentation, our team will be plenty busy up until it’s time for St. Louis. We hope many of you will come out and support us!

Cyber Blue would like to invite everyone to our fundraiser at Ruby Tuesdays on Tuesday April 17th and Wednesday April 18th. Grab your friends and family and join us at 7940 US 31 S Indianapolis Indiana. Get a flyer from us and we will recieve 20% back from your purchase.

Cyber Blue spend March 15-17 at Purdue University for another great Boilermaker Regional! On Thursday we set up our pit and made some changes to our robot with the help of a few practice matches. We ended Friday 3-6 and ended Saturday’s qualification matches 6-6, and were picked by team 3487, the #2 alliance, along with team 461. Although our alliance lost in the semi-finals, we had a ton of fun, and are ready to head to St. Louis for the Championship Event!

Cyber Blue extended our involvement with FIRST in Indiana by volunteering at the inaugural Indiana FIRST Tech Challenge Championship. During the event we served as MCs, queuing leads, referees, DJ, and safety advisors. We were able to see another side of the FIRST competition for the first time, increasing our appreciation for the hard work and dedication of FIRST volunteers across the country. What a great event!

This week, FIRST team 234 Cyber Blue will be attending our first Regional of the 2011-2012 season; where we will be unleashing our new robot, The MANIMAL! We are all super excited to compete in the Smoky Mountains. Good luck to all FIRST teams that will be competing!

Cyber Blue invites you to our annual open house on Monday, February 20th from 5:30 -8:30 p.m. (enter on the southwest side of PMHS at Entrance 12.)  Witness the unveiling of our 2012 competition robot, with demonstrations every 30 minutes.  For more information, contact Team Coordinator, Lloyd Gough at 789-4541 or email lgough@perryschools.org. And please take a look at our promotional video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmLJaLs3dCc!

Last full week until ship day! We are preparing to assemble our R2 competition robot! We are also finishing up Chairman’s and website getting them ready for submission. We also have a Cyber Blue Open House on Monday February 20th and everyone is invited. Please come and see what we have been up to these past six weeks! We are very excited for week one of competition!