August 18th Meeting

The work-in-progress base for our robot.

At today's meeting, everyone was present except for Jared and Sam. We worked on the base of our robot, after finalizing off our drive train. I worked on getting the robot design into the Creo software for simulation later on. The robot base consists of two of our drive train setups together. We also worked on attaching the battery pack and other components like controllers. I feel we accomplished a lot this meeting and we are doing well preparing for the season by planning ahead.

August 11th Meeting

The work-in-progress drive train.

At this meeting with only Jared, Ben, and I. Ben worked on story-boarding plans for our team's video entry for an award at competitions, as Jared worked on beginning a drive train loosely based off the recently landed Mars Rover, which I then modeled in the PTC software. A video simulation or image is soon to come. We also created our team YouTube channel, which can be found here. I found this meeting very productive for a pre-season meeting.

Software Overview: Creo

Creo is a piece of software that can model almost anything, including FIRST Tech Challenge robots. This software has many simulation features, making it worthwhile for any team to look into. Shown to the right is an example of a robot I quickly modeled. In the future, our team will be using this software for in-depth simulations of our robot designs for the challenge.

Team Org Chart

The diagram below is an Org Chart, a chart that lays out which roles each team member carries out in order to ensure the success of the team.

Meeting Plans: 8/11 - 9/08

Jared worked out the following plans for upcoming meetings from August 11th to September 8th:

Date	Plans
Aug. 11th	Mock Competition
Aug. 18th	Start Work on Video, PTC Software, and Drive Train
Aug. 25th	Continue from Last Meeting
Sept. 8th	Challenge Announcement & Season Planning/Brainstorming

August 4th Meeting

As the senior team members assisted the beginners some basic programming, which consumed most of the meeting, we had a mini-competition where both teams faced off in last season's challenge, Bowled Over. After battling with their robots, the teams switched robots. This led to interesting outcomes, but it was a very fun and educational activity.

July 28th Meeting

At this meeting our team finished our prototype robots. We added the wheels and the servo motors. Also, we put the battery and the NXT brick in place. We learned how to put the Samantha Module on the robot, and how you should tuck the cable in the robot to prevent it from getting in the way of other things. We are deciding between two names ; Untitled2 and T.B.D

Originally Written by Ben Ruiz

Revised by Tyler Thieding

FTC Summer Kick-Off

Welcome to the new Aurora Robotics FTC Team! We are now team #6022 and everyone should come Saturday ready to discuss keeping or changing the team name. Next practice will be Saturday July 21st at 9AM. Also all team profiles need to be completed by the end of practice this Saturday.

Congratulations to Ian as our new Team Captain, we look forward to your leadership this season.

Team Rules & Consequences

Rules:

• Respect Others' Ideas
• No Unexcused Absences
• No Malicious Actions to People on Our Team

Consequences:

1. Verbal Warning
2. 10-Minute Break
3. 1-4 Meeting Suspension (May Be Repeated)
4. Removed From Team

Team Profiles: Etienne Waroquet

Name: Etienne Waroquet

Grade: 6

Team Role: Builder

Biography:

Etienne is 11 years old. Etienne wants to be a nuclear engineer when he is older. Etienne has always loved building.

Team Profiles: Ben Ruiz

Name: Ben Ruiz

Grade: 6

Team Role: Driver / Builder

Biography:

Benjamin Ruiz has just started working with F.T.C this year. Ben also builds and drivers robots. He was in the F.L.L composition and made it to the regional finals in the F.L.L.

Team Profiles: Sam Berryhill

Name: Sam Berryhill

Grade: 7

Team Role: Driver / Tester

Biography:

Is 13 ; Goes to Harmon Middle School

Team Profiles: Jared Ruehr

Name: Jared Ruehr

Grade: 8

Team Role: Primary Builder

Biography:

Jared is one of J2IT's builders and is the vice team captain and is also a mentor for the younger team members. His job aspirations are to be some kind of engineer. Some of his other hobbies are sketching, sports, camping, and playing on the computer. Jared also participated in the FLL two years ago and participated in the FTC last year on J2IT . He enjoys having participated in the FTC and wishes to participate next year.

Team Profiles: Jaret Skonieczny

Name: Jaret Skonieczny

Grade: 8

Team Role: Primary Tele-Op Programmer

Biography:

The job of programming the remote controls goes to Jaret. He makes sure, with the help of Ian, that the programs are running smoothly. He also designed and made all of the programs relating to the joysticks. Jaret is 13 and is 100% ohion. He was on FLL for 1 year and this is his first year doing FTC. Jaret likes reading, writing, and math and does well in school. He is currently in Boy Scouts and likes to camp.

Team Profiles: Ian Doemling

Name: Ian Doemling

Grade: 8

Team Role: Builder / Captain

Biography:

Ian Doemling is one of J2IT's builders. Ian also tests many of the programs, ecspecially the driver controlled programs. Ian is 13 years old and grew up in the wonderful city of Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. At the age of 7 he moved to Aurora, Ohio. He loves math and science and excels in school. He was on an FLL Team for 1 year then moved to an FTC Team this year. Ian loves to problem solve and build. He is in boy scouts and loves the outdoors.

Team Profiles: Tyler Thieding

Name: Tyler Thieding

Grade: 8

Team Role: Primary Autonomous Programmer

Biography:

Tyler Thieding is the team's autonomous programmer who is skilled with various forms of programming and computer networking. He loves math and science and he succeeds in his schoolwork and is a straight-A student. His career aspirations are a theoretical physicist.