Mandatory Team Meeting

We will be having our team meeting in North’s lower dining hall for tomorrow, February 10th, 2012. We will be taking our team picture and handing out team shirts, so, please be on time. We will be starting at 10:00am. Hope to see you there!

MANDATORY Team Meeting 10:00 am on Saturday, February 4th at Build Site

We will be having our team meeting this Saturday at 10:00 am at the build site. We will be assessing our week 4 progress and preparing our goals for week 5. Please try to be there at 10:00 am SHARP so that we can start as early as possible and continue building for the . . . → Read More: MANDATORY Team Meeting 10:00 am on Saturday, February 4th at Build Site

Weather-related Schedule Changes

In the event of  inclement weather, our robot build site may be closed or operating under a delayed opening.  If the decision is taken to delay or close the site, you will receive and email giving you this information.  In addition, it will be “tweeted” via our team’s Twitter account (@FRC1923) and posted here . . . → Read More: Weather-related Schedule Changes

Help Us “Engineer Success” – Donate to Team 1923

We have multiple levels of sponsorship that help to support the MidKnight Inventors’ participation in FIRST local, Regional and World Competitions. The funds will be used for program expenses, registration fees for FIRST Competitions, registration for off-season events, robot building supplies, tools, equipment, team supplies including team t-shirts/sweatshirts, and travel to competitions.

The . . . → Read More: Help Us “Engineer Success” – Donate to Team 1923

Connecticut Regional

Team 1923 recently traveled up north to Hartford, CT for the Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional (3/31 – 4/2). This regional was probably THE HIGHLIGHT of our season so far. The MidKnight Inventors finished qualification rounds as the First Seed of the regional. During alliance selections, we picked Team 155 (The Technonuts from Berlin, . . . → Read More: Connecticut Regional

Millstone River Science Fair

The MidKnight Inventors traveled to the local Millstone River Elementary School for a huge science fair. We saw the talent that elementary school kids have to offer. They’re very innovative in their thinking. To treat them to their efforts, we brought in our minibot and our Lunacy robot. The interest level was higher than . . . → Read More: Millstone River Science Fair

LEGO Mindstorms Robotics class

Experience the fun of building fully-functional robots with LEGOs! We will enter the world of robotic engineering, designing, inventing, and constructing robotic creations using the LEGO Mindstorms Robotics system. Students work in small teams during the first  morning to build a robot capable of performing a specific challenge.  On the second morning, teams will . . . → Read More: LEGO Mindstorms Robotics class

This year’s pictures

If you click our photo gallery tab, you will see our Flickr photos of the 2010-2011 build season. Take a look at them on your own time. You will all see how we grew close together as one team this year .

We have a build site!

Through the persistence of our mentors (Especially Dr. Michael Stevens) and with the generosity of Cyzner Properties, the team will be building this year’s robot in a highly visible storefront at 64 Princeton/Hightstown Road in West Windsor, NJ. The storefront is part of Windsor Plaza which is scheduled to be redeveloped into a village . . . → Read More: We have a build site!

Girl Power

Every female teammate from FRC 1923 The MidKnight Inventors participated in GIRL POWER at Mt. Saint Joseph’s Academy in Flourtown, PA. GIRL POWER was the first ever all girl FIRST  Robotics Competition off-season event ever.