FTC Briefing
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Contents
Owner
Jeff McBride
Goals
- Provide an understanding of ORTOP and the FTC program
- Show the value the program brings to our young adults
- Demonstrate the fun and excitement the program generates
- Explain the opportunities for your involvement
Prerequisites
Optionally attended component of
Outline
- Overview
- Program goals
- ORTOP goals
- How FTC fits in with ORTOP
- FTC
- Historical overview (Vex)
- Last year’s challenge
- Tetrix Showcase tournament
- Teams
- 3-10 Students Grade 6-12
- Coaches
- Mentors
- Cost of robot kit plus registration fees
- Returning teams ~$800
- New teams ~$1300
- ORTOP has a limited number of Scholarships available
- Time line
- FIRST Registration
- Open NOW
- FIRST Registration cost $275
- Challenge details to be anounced in September
- Robot kits will ship at the end of August
- Oregon tournaments
- Qualifying tournament dates and locations are TBD, check ortop.org for details
- State tournament date and location are TBD, check ortop.org for details
- ORTOP Registration cost $50
- 2009 First World Festival will be held in Atlanta, April 16-18, 2009
- FIRST Registration
- FTC kit and competition arena
- Kit price and lower cost alternatives
- FTC Competition kit $900
- Returning FTC team discount $450
- FTC Competition kit w/o Mindstorms $800 (this is a poor deal)
- A limited number of rookie team grants are available through ORTOP
- FIRST and LEGO promise that they will continue with the Tetrix platform for many years
- Differences from last year's arena TBA
- Kit price and lower cost alternatives
- Tournament Structure and Judging
- Awards
- Links and resources
Resources
- 2006/07 Vex season briefing slides
- 2008 Tetrix Workshop presentation
