Team Landroids recently kickoff the FIRST LEGO League program in Orange School district.
In collaboration with Real World Connections of NJIT, and with the support and approval from the Orange School Superintendent and the town Mayor, our team went to Orange Preparatory Academy (OPA) to present FIRST and robotics to students during their back to school orientation.
The 8th and 9th grade [...]
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Tags: 2011, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, Landroids, Orange Preparatory Academy, Orange Township 
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With much anticipation followed a full day of FTC workshop, the 2011 FIRST Tech Challenge “Bowled Over” was finally revealed on September, 10, 2011.
One of our team member has corrected guessed “bowling”, but certainly not bowling uphill, tripping over 100 racket balls while stacking crates and picking out the magnetic balls. With the new season, a [...]
Capturing Landroids’ 5-week “MoonBots Reloaded” summer robotics outreach, in collaboration with Real World Connections at New Jersey Institute of Technology, here is the documentary video.
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Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Landroids, Moonbots, NJIT, Real World Connections, Robotics No Comments »[ August 22, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Location: Orange Preparatory Academy (400 Central Avenue, Orange, New Jersey 07050)
Time: 6 PM to 8 PM
Team Landroids will kick start a town-wide robotics program in Orange Township, NJ. We will host a FLL/FTC exhibition on the school orientation day to start up a pilot FLL team in Orange Township!
Summer 2011 has so far been an extremely busy time for the Landroids. Earlier this year, our team has decided to “take the summer off” to recharge, and not compete in the Moonbots 2.0 challenge. Well, the “time off” idea turned out to be a wishful thinking for a short while. Instead, this summer, the [...]
Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Capstone, GLXP, Landroids, Moonbots, NJIT, Real World Connections No Comments »[ August 10, 2011; 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Where: Student Center Atrium, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Time: 1 PM to 4:30 PM
A “Real World Connections” public project presentation by two middle/high school robotics teams who have participated in a 5-weeks simulated Moonbots competition mentored by team Landroids during summer 2011.
Posted in Events, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Landroids, Moonbots, Real World Connections, Robotics, STEM outreach No Comments »More than a hundred thirty members and parents from 17 FIRST robotics teams, with students ranging from kindergarten to high school, coming from Livingston, Short Hills, Cedar Grove, Springfield, Old Bridge, Glen Rock, Morris Plain and Kendall Park, all gathered at the St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ on June 24 for a day [...]
Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Body Forward, da Vinci, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, St. Barnabas Medical Center, surgical robotics No Comments »
It is that time of the year to think about what to do this upcoming September as the next step for your graduating FLL team.
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is challenging, exciting, rewarding and just plain fun. But all good things must come to an end, right? What do you do when the team aged out [...]
[ June 24, 2011; 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Livingston Robotics Club to visit St. Barnabas Medical Center as part of the Jr. FLL Expo and FLL “Body Forward” enrichment activity.
Date: Friday, June 24, 2011
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Jr. FLL teams should arrive between 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. FLL teams can arrive between 3 PM to 4 PM. Stay as long [...]
Hailed by the judges at the 2011 FTC FIRST World Championship as the “Alphabet Soup of Innovations”, the Landroids’ robot won the 2011 Rockwell Collins Innovate Award for its innovative and creative design in the ”Get Over It” season.
Since day one of our rookie FTC season, Landroids has decided to set our goal on actively detect, [...]
Posted in FTC, Journal Tags: FTC World Championship 2011, Get over it, Innovate Award, Landroids, robot design No Comments »
After months of planning, a late night packing followed with an early morning setup, team Landroids has successfully hosted the 2nd annual Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) Jr. FIRST LEGO League Expo on 5/28/11. This is the largest outdoor Jr.FLL Expo in the nation, held under a 60’ x 40’ tent, took place alongside with the [...]
Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: Body Forward, Jr. FLL Expo, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, St. Barnabas Comments OffTo document the NJ “Garden State Rumble” FTC State Championship for the “Get Over It” challenge, team Landroids and Livingston Robotics Club have produced a video for the off-season FTC outreach and promotions. Thank you to all of the NJ World Championship teams for contributing team photos for this video.
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Posted in Competitions, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2010, 2011, Get over it, Landroids, NJ FTC Garden State Rumble, State Championship Comments OffIn our rookie FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) season, Landroids has received the prestigious Rockwell Collins Innovate Award, and was nominated for the Think Award at the 2011 FTC World Championship. This event was held at the America’s Center and Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO from April 27-30, attended by the top 128 teams from countries such as [...]
Posted in Competitions, FTC Tags: 2011, FTC, Innovate Award, Landroids, magnet baton, NJ, St. Louis, World Championship No Comments »It seemed like an odd choice for Google to be interested in interviewing the Landroids,…. in addition to talking with several renowned scientists from around the world to promote the Google Science Fair. After all, isn’t Landroids just a neighbor robotics team who plays with LEGO?
Somehow, Google knew that team Landroids is not just about [...]
Posted in Competitions, FTC, Journal Tags: 2011, eCYBERMISSION, Google, Google Science Fair, Landroids Comments Off
Hi-Robot! The Landroids robot was a hit at Liberty Science Center!
The claw-waving, light blinking, sound chattering, wheel spinning Landroids-bot was invited back to Liberty Science Center for a visit on Saturday, 3/26/11. For those who missed it during the Eweek robotics exhibition, this award winning FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robot spent a day playing with the [...]
[ March 26, 2011; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] After the popular appearance at the Engineers Week Robotics Exhibition on 2/21/11, Landroids’ FTC robot is invited back to roam the Liberty Science Center for the day.
Talk about multi-tasking to the max! Somehow, Landroids managed to compete in a FTC Championship, host a robotics exhibition, setup a new clubhouse, on camera for a Google interview, submit for a science competition, participate in a FTC outreach, and be featured in an online magazine, all in two week’s time!
Landroids competed at the NJ [...]
Posted in FTC, Journal, Outreach Tags: FTC outreach, Google Science Fair, Landroids, Liberty Science Center Eweek Robotics Exhibition Comments Off[ May 28, 2011; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Livingston Robotics Club Jr. FIRST LEGO League “Body Forward” Expo
The 2nd annual outdoor Jr. FLL Expo hosted by Livingston Robotics Club & team Landroids as part of the Youth Appreciation Week celebration.
16 NJ Jr. FLL teams are attending. For more information, see Livingston Robotics Club website.
For 2010 Jr. FLL Expo photos, see Landroids Facebook.
Location: Livingston [...]
[ March 3, 2011; ] 2011 eCYBERMISSION science competition deadline.
[ February 27, 2011; 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Location: Livingston Robotics Club, Livingston, NJ
For details, see The Alternative Press
For behind the scenes photos, see Landroids Facebook.
(Excerpt from NJ FTC Press & Media Notice and Release, February 10, 2011)
On Saturday, February 19th, sporting events at the NJIT Fleisher Athletic Center in Newark, NJ will give way to 48 high school robotics teams as they compete at the 2011 New Jersey FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) State Championship.
The event will run from 10 [...]
Posted in Competitions, FTC Tags: 2011, championship, FTC, Garden State Rumble, NJ, results, Team list, winner list No Comments »
The 4th Annual Liberty Science Center Engineers Week Exhibition, hosted by FTC team Landroids #4220 will be held at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ on Monday, February 21, 2011, from 9 AM to 4 PM.
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Engineers Week, and following the tradition of inviting the top New Jersey FIRST LEGO League, FIRST [...]
[ April 27, 2011 to April 30, 2011. ] America’s Convention Center
St. Louis, MO
http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/content.aspx?id=4378
One week after the Delaware Diamond State FTC Championship, Landroids once again competed at another FTC State Championship. This time, it was the New York Hudson Valley State Championship held at Pace University on January 30, 2011.
The Landroids was nominated for the highest Inspire Award, won the Think Award, and ranked #3 out of 36 [...]
Posted in Competitions, FTC Tags: 2011, FTC, Hudson Valley, Inspire Award, Landroids, NY No Comments »
After a grueling week of robot redesign and an extremely competitive tournament at the Delaware Diamond State FTC Championship on 1/22/11, Landroids won the highest award given by FTC, the Inspire Award, which made Landroids the first New Jersey FTC team eligible to compete in the 2011 FTC World Championship in St. Louis, MO at [...]
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Team Landroids attended the Google Science Fair (GSF) announcement event at the Google’s NYC Headquarter on January 11, 2011. What an exciting and inspiring day!
(For Landroids’ photos, click here; for official event photos, click here; for video interview with Dean Kamen, click here).
Google has partnered with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American [...]
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 Off[ January 30, 2011; ] Location: Pace University, 861 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570
Hudson Valley FTC team list as of 1-20-2011
Event free and open to public
[ January 22, 2011; ] Location: Bob Carpenter Sports & Convocation Center, Delaware University, Newark, DE
Event free and open to public
