Charlotte Local Tournament - Phillip O' Berry Academy of Technology - November 17th, 2012

We had our first tournament of the season this past weekend.  It was an early morning and a long day, but we had a lot of fun!

We felt good about our interviews, but knew our robot game needed a lot of work.  We weren't able to do any "real" practice runs before the tournament and we knew we were over on our time and many programs weren't running as consistently as we wanted.  Then, when we got to the tournament, we realized that we had set up our Flexibility mission wrong (our top loop was turned the wrong way).  We had to scrap that mission.  Our first 2 robot game runs were horrible - 10 (scoring error) and 100.  Finally, on the last mission, we got 220!  That's a team best score over two seasons.

We came home with the Programming Award, which makes us really proud because that's been the hardest area for us to learn.  We also advanced to the Regional Tournament at the Canon School in Concord on December 1st.  We're really excited to get another chance to show what we've worked on this season, but we also are working on improving our missions.

Community Share Event - Thursday, November 15th, 2012

The Flaming Robo Duckies hosted a Community Share Event on Thursday, November 15th.  Guests were invited to one of our meetings, where we shared our project, skit, and robot game.  We shared our experiences being on a FIRST Lego League team and it was fun sharing what we've worked on all season.  Thank you everyone who took the time to come out visit us!

2012 Senior Solutions - The Challenge is Here!

We've been working hard during the off season, doing research on aging and improving our programming skills. We've completed a fundraiser to help us pay for our team costs (we sold Krispy Kreme certificates and Macy's discount cards).  Now the season has officially begun.  We're so excited to work on the new missions this season and we're really looking forward to the tournament.

NC State FLL Competition - The Flaming Robo Duckies Take Home The "Teamwork" Award!

A&T University, Greensboro, NC                                                                  
Saturday, January 21, 2012

"Teamwork Award: This award recognizes a team that is able to accomplish more together than they could as individuals through shared goals, strong communication, effective problem solving and excellent time management."

We are so proud of the team for their performance at the State competition!  Teamwork is the basis of the FLL experience and the key to opening all the other doors.  With a large team such as ours, there are a lot of ideas that must be listened to and evaluated, and a lot of different personalities to interact with.  The Duckies had good days and bad, but they constantly strived to embrace the qualities of good teamwork, leadership, and Gracious Professionalism.  More importantly, they saw this experience as more than just a competition; for them, it was more about friendship and having fun.  It's wonderful that the judges were able to see the sense of unity in the team; the Duckies should be very proud and we are proud of you!

Ms. Sheila & Ms. Shannon (coaches)

We need your vote!

http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org/bacteria-blaster-blender-attachment

Please help us by following the link above to vote for our team's Food Factor solution - the *Bacteria Blaster Blender Attachment* (Patent Pending).  This device, which will fit as an attachment onto a blender, can be used to wash your fruits and vegetables using any solution of your choice.  It's particularly good for fragile or porous produce that cannot be effectively washed by scrubbing.  If you like our invention, please share the link with others you know.  The more votes we get, the more visible our idea is and the more likely it is our idea will be chosen by judges!  *You may vote once per day until the voting closes on March 1st, 5pm EST*.


"The FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award is designed to encourage and assist FLL teams to further develop their innovative solutions to real-world problems.  This year, the FLL Food Factor® season challenged kids around the world to solve a food safety problem.  Any registered FLL team may enter their food safety invention to win the opportunity to take their idea to the next level. "


For more information, please visit: http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org/