Week One... DONE!

We have finished week one of the build season.  Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to!  Thats right, we aren't showing you anything about our robot! Everything is TOP SECRET!!

We are having a lot of fun!

 We do have a few strategy sessions planned for our mock field.

 We have great parents that are willing to help with anything we need!

We also have the BEST coaches and mentors.

 Only 60 days until we can pull out the pink hard hats at the SLC Regional!!

Happy build season!  The rest is TOP SECRET!

2015 KICK OFF!!!

Recycle Rush!  What?!  The FRC has changed the rules, the robot sizes, and the feeling of the game! We will not really be having a lot of interaction with the robots on the opposing team. This will be a very interesting challenge.  Here we are at our first meeting after finding out what the challenge would be.  The more we planned and talked, the more excited we have become!

Here is a little video showing what FRC has envisioned for the competition.

Happy build season!

Salt Lake City Maker Faire

Our team was invited to participate in Salt Lake City Maker Faire by the Leonardo Museum. This was another fun opportunity for our team to be out in the public and teach people about what we do.  We had a lot of fun speaking to members of the community and helping them run the robot!

We had also had a table out with Legos on it for smaller kids to play and learn more about engineering basics.

The Maker Faire was a lot of fun!

Lessonde Studios

Our team was invited to attend the ground breaking ceremony of the Lessonde Studios at the University of Utah. This was a fun experience for our team members.

We had a couple of issues with the internet when we first got there. Thankfully we have excellent and dedicated coaches that were able to help us get going!

We had the opportunity to speak to new crews, engineering students, and others that are willing to help with STEM related education.

Our team also had the opportunity to listen to a few influential people in the state of Utah, including the president of the University of Utah.

We always have fun showing off the robot. It is fun to get out in the community and talk to people about what we have learned and inspire them to be more interested in FRC. We love our team and we have fun!

 Thanks to those team members and mentors that were able to come to this ground breaking! 

Team Skills Meeting

First, we have the best coaches and mentors out there! We are grateful they are willing to spend their time (even during off season) to train us!

 Today we had a team skills meeting. We worked on several different things!  We learned some basics of engineering.

 We spent time working on the web site and we are excited to launch it soon!

We really enjoyed learning about some of the tools and experimenting with them.

Thank you coaches and team members for all of your support and willingness to make 2015 our best year yet!

Comic Con Salt Lake City 2014

PrototypeX was invited to help with the FIRST robotics competitions at ComicCon. This was a great experience for team members. Our team helped set up the field and take down the field when the games were over.

We were able to talk to MANY people from the community about the importance of FIRST and STEM related activities for the youth in our community. We had a lot of fun running the robot again!

Here are a few comments from some team members:
Corrine: I went to Comic Con Sept. 4th. I got to drive the robot for the first time, and I got to be a human player, which I really liked. It was cool to drive on the real field. I think one of my favorite parts was to talk to people about FIRST and see them be interested in our robot. Because I'm a new team member this was my first time going to an event like this. I'm glad I got to go!

Jakob: I enjoyed the opportunity to drive the robot again; it renewed the wonderful memories I made at the Salt Lake Regional and the World Festival last year. I was glad that PrototypeX and FIRST were able to hold a booth at the Comic Con and that there were many people who watched our matches. I am glad I had the opportunity to introduce people to FIRST and get them excited about STEM.

Adam: I enjoyed going to Comic Con because it was the first event I got to attend as an intern on the team PrototypeX. It was a great chance for me to get to drive the robot and do all the other jobs. I am really excited for competition this year!

We want to thank all of our team members, mentors, coaches, and parents for making Comic Con a great success for our team and for FIRST in Utah!