For more than 4 years, Landroids has been bringing FIRST teams to Liberty Science Center during the annual Engineers Week Exhibition on President’s Day. With close to a year of planning and discussions, the science center was finally an official qualifier venue for NJ FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge. Landroids initiated this partnership [...]
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January 6th, 2012
Liberty Science Center Eweek Robotics Exhibition
[ February 20, 2012; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Landroids FTC team#4220 will once again host the 5th annual Liberty Science Center (LSC) robotics exhibition during Engineers Week on President’s Day, where the top 2011-12 award winning NJ FRC, FTC, FLL and Jr. FLL teams are invited.
Attending team list:
All Day
FTC 4420 Landroids (Host)
FRC 11 MORT
FRC 3314 Mechanical Mustangs
FTC: NJ State Inspire Award and Winning [...]
Posted in Events, FLL, FTC, Outreach 
Tags: 2012, Engineers Week, Eweek, FLL, FRC, FTC, Jr. FLL, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, NJ, President's Day, robotics exhibition 
Comments OffDecember 19th, 2011
Nourishing Our Roots
Four years ago this month in 2007, team Landroids received our first of the two NJ State FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Champion’s Award as a FLL rookie. In midst of surprise and shock, the words that described a Champion’s Award recipient as the “total embodiment of FIRST” was forever etched in our minds. Ever since [...]
December 6th, 2011
NJ FIRST LEGO League State Championship, 12/10/11
[ December 10, 2011; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Location: Mt. Olive High School, Flander, NJ
Landroids volunteering as referees and floor robot judges at NJ State FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament.
Posted in Events, FLL, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, Food Factor, Landroids, NJ FLL, State Championship Comments OffNovember 28th, 2011
Liberty Science Center FLL Qualifier, 12/3/11
[ December 3, 2011; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] FTC team Landroids #4220 is hosting the pilot NJ FIRST LEGO League “Food Factor” qualifier at Liberty Science Center on Saturday December 3, 2011!
Our sister FLL team Landrias #4282 will also be on hand as the ambassador of FLL in this event.
The 12 participating New Jersey FIRST LEGO League teams are:
977 The Inators (Teaneck)
1884 RoboCougars (Chatham)
4144 [...]
Posted in Events, FLL, FTC, Journal, Outreach Tags: 2011, Body Forward, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, NJ, qualifier, Regional No Comments »November 13th, 2011
NJ FLL Metuchen Practice Event, 11/13/11
[ November 13, 2011; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Location: St. Joseph High School, 145 Plainfield Ave., Metuchen, NJ
Landroids as the volunteer referees at this “Food Factor” robot performance practice event for 28 FLL teams.
Posted in Events, FLL, Outreach Tags: 2011, Food Factor, Landroids, Metuchen Practice, NJ FLL Comments OffSeptember 7th, 2011
NJ FIRST LEGO League Team Directory 2011-12 (updated 10/3/11)
The 4th annual unofficial NJ FLL Team Directory 2011-12 is now available. A total of 163 New Jersey FIRST LEGO League teams had signed up to compete in the “Food Factor” season as of 9/30/11.
Anyone who wishes to find a team, networking, recruiting or mentoring, can now utilize the official FIRST TeamUp weblink.
If you need further assistance, please contact coach@landroids.org.
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2011, directory, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Food Factor, Landroids, list, NJ, team No Comments »January 1st, 2011
NJ FLL “Body Forward” State Championship Video
A Livingston Robotics Club documentary of the 2010 New Jersey FIRST LEGO League State Championship and Jr FLL Expo held on December 28, 2010 at Mt. Olive High School, New Jersey.
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Posted in FLL, FTC, Outreach Tags: Body Forward, FLL, Jr. FLL, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, State Championship, Video Comments OffSeptember 20th, 2010
NJ FIRST LEGO League Team Directory 2010-11
The 3rd annual unofficial NJ FLL Team Directory 2010-11 is now here. A total of 168 New Jersey teams had signed up to compete in the “Body Forward” season.
This year, the contact information is not included in the directory. Any team who wants to provide contact and website information on the directory for networking, recruiting [...]
September 3rd, 2010
Landroids Won Grand Prize Moonbots Challenge!
After four months of Moonbots competition, on September 1, 2010, the X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group announced team Landroids as the Moonbots grand prize winner, and will be invited to Denmark to visit the LEGO headquarter plus receiving $1,300 for the FTC registration kit!
See here for the 2010 Moonbots winner and award list. [...]
August 23rd, 2010
Moonbots Live Webcast, 8/24/10
Landroids Moonbots robot mission live webcast on August 24, 2010 at 3 PM ET.
A three-minute long, one program, fully autonomous robot mission run, transmitted via Skype to the MoonBots judges at a pre-designated time. Each robot also needs to equip with an on-board camera with time stamp to record the actual run, then upload the footage [...]
August 22nd, 2010
Landroids MoonBots Documentary Submission, 8/22/10
A four months long Moonbots Challenge season condensed down to a 5-minute video. This is part of the MoonBots final challenge: a Documentary Video, Live Robot Mission Webcast and the Website Blog.
For more information about the Landroids’ Moonbots design and competition, see the Lunar Landroids website.
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August 21st, 2010
Moonbots Count Down
All those long summer days and nights are counting down to the last 24 hours of the Moonbots competition deadline on August 22, 2010, midnight. Actually, it has been more like long nights and short summer, with all work and little play. Landroids is wrapping up our files and programming, with only 3 men left [...]
August 1st, 2010
Landroids’ 3rd year Anniversary
Landroids is celebrating our 3rd-year team anniversary on August 1! See our team video.
Exactly 3 years ago on this day, invitation letters from our head coach were sent to a group of 6th grade neighborhood students, who came together to form the FIRST LEGO League team Landroids and Livingston Robotics Club (LRC).
In three years, it [...]
July 24th, 2010
Get Ready for Body Forward
It is here! Some of the FLL teams have received the “Body Forward” field kit already. If you have not register a team yet, best to hurry up. Have fun and good luck!
July 20th, 2010
FLL Kickoff
[ September 3, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] FIRST LEGO League season kickoff is September 3, 2010.
June 26th, 2010
Landroids won eCYBERMISSION 1st Place National Award!
Landroids is the 2010 eCYBERMISSION National Judging Educational Event (NJEE) 1st place 8th grade National Winner!
This US Army sponsored free web-base science competition has awarded the Landroids $32,000 of EE bond on June 25, 2010.
See our Facebook postings for more event photos and videos and US Army’s press release.
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Posted in Competitions, FLL Tags: 2010, eCYBERMISSION, Landroids, national winner, NJEE No Comments »May 31st, 2010
Livingston Robotics Expo Photos & News, 5/29/10
Thank you, all you participants, volunteers and exhibitors who made the Livingston Jr. FLL Expo and Bike Rodeo a success on May 29, 2010! Photos from the event are posted on Landroids Facebook. Be our fan and keep up with the latest news and photos! For Jr. FLL Expo award results, click here, also see [...]
April 20th, 2010
Volunteering at 2010 FLL World Festival
What can be more rewarding than competing at the World Festival? Volunteering of course! (Also see team member’s reflection on this experience).
After attending so many regional, State, national and international tournaments, team Landroids decided to contribute back to the FIRST Community as volunteers at the 2010 FIRST LEGO League World Festival, which was held at [...]
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2010, Atlanta, bridge, championship, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, GA, Landroids, Livingston, NJ, Robot, Smart Move, World Festival No Comments »April 19th, 2010
Monty Madness 5/15/10
[ May 15, 2010; ] Host by Montgomery Township High School, the 5th annual Monty Madness event is a post season scrimmage for the NJ FIRST teams.
When: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Where: Montgomery Township High School , 1016 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558-1799
NJ FRC & FTC post season scrimmage 8AM – 5 PM (Lancers)
NJ FLL Exhibition 11 AM – 3 PM (Landroids, [...]
Posted in Events, FLL, Outreach Tags: 2010, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Lancers, Landrias, Landroids, Livingston, Montgomery, Monty Madness, NJ No Comments »April 11th, 2010
Livingston Jr. FLL Expo
[ May 29, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Livingston Robotics Club is hosting a Jr. FLL Expo as part of the Livingston Youth Appreciation Week celebration.
Location: Town Oval, 357 South Livingston Ave., NJ 07039
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Time: 10 AM to 3 PM
For more information, click here.
Posted in Events, FLL Tags: 2010, FLL, FTC, Jr. FLL, Landroids, Livingston, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, Youth Appreciation Week No Comments »April 11th, 2010
FLL Core Value Team Nomination
Landroids was nominated as a FIRST LEGO League Core Value team. Although not attending the 2010 World Festival, our team was recognized as demonstrated FLL Core Values throughout the season and was nominated to attend. However, Landroids coaches and team member will be at the the World Festival as FLL volunteers and FTC team mentors. Look [...]
Posted in Competitions, FLL, Journal Tags: 2010, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, World Festival No Comments »March 8th, 2010
Visit the NJ FRC Regional Tournament, 3/7/10
For pictures from the New Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition 3/7/10, visit Landroids’ Facebook for our photo collections and team updates.
February 11th, 2010
Liberty Science Center Eweek Robotics Exhibition 2010
The 3rd annual Liberty Science Center Engineers Week Robotics Exhibition host by the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team Landroids #109 will be held on President’s Day, Monday, February 15, 2010, 10 AM – 3 PM.
See Team Landroids Facebook and nycnjfirst.org website for event photos.
This event showcases the top NJ teams from the 2009/10 season. [...]
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2010, Engineers Week, Exhibition, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, FTC, Jr. FLL, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, LSC, New Jersey, NJ Comments OffFebruary 10th, 2010
NJ FTC State Championship Volunteer, 2/7/10
Team Landroids spent the Super Bowl Sunday (2/7/10) volunteered as queuers and field re-setters at the New Jersey FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) State tournament. Our team had fun watching the Livingston high school FTC team Lancers compete in their first official FTC tournament, and say hi to some of the FLL veteran teams such as [...]
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2010, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, First Tech Challange, FLL, FTC, Hot Shot, Landroids, Livingston, NJ No Comments »January 11th, 2010
Liberty Science Center Eweek Exhibition 2010
[ February 15, 2010; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] The 3rd annual Liberty Science Center Engineers Week Exhibition
A joint robotics exhibition showcasing the top NJ FLL from the 2009/10 season. This year will also include representing teams from FTC and Jr. FLL.
Hosted by FLL team #109 Landroids
Sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers,
Location:
Liberty Science Center
222 Jersey City Boulevard * Jersey City, NJ [...]
Posted in Events, FLL Tags: 2010, Engineers Week, Exhibition, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, NJ Comments OffJanuary 3rd, 2010
NJ State FTC Championship, 2/7/10
[ February 7, 2010; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] NJ FIRST Tech Challenge “Hot Shot” State Championship
NJIT Athletic Building (Lock Street/Warren Street)
University Heights, Newark, NJ
December 30th, 2009
FLL World Festival
[ April 14, 2010 to April 17, 2010. ] FIRST LEGO League World Festival
Atlanta, GA, USA
December 30th, 2009
FLL Open International Championship
[ May 6, 2010 12:00 pm to May 8, 2010 4:00 pm. ] FLL Open International Championship (OIC)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
December 21st, 2009
Landroids FLL Team Video (8/07 – 12/09)
Three seasons (2-1/2 years) of FIRST LEGO League, a life time of best friends since kindergarten. Year-round of hard work, research, playing, exhibitions, competitions and FLL outreach.
Posted in FLL, Journal Tags: 2008, 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Livingston, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, Smart Move, team, US Open, Video, World Festival Comments Off
