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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Outreach’ Category
January 19th, 2012
Liberty Science Center Member’s Night
[ January 26, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Robot demonstration at Liberty Science Center, for members only.
Posted in Events, FTC, Outreach 
Tags: 2011, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, member's night, Robot 
Comments OffJanuary 15th, 2012
Livingston Robotics Club Jr. FLL Expo, 2/26/12
[ May 26, 2012; ] Landroids will host the 3rd annual Livingston Robotics Club Jr. FIRST LEGO League “Snack Attack” Expo. Maximum 24 teams, contact jrfll@livingston.org for registration.
Posted in Events, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2012, Jr. FLL Expo, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, Snack Attack Comments OffJanuary 11th, 2012
Liberty Science Center Board Presentation 1/12/12
[ January 12, 2012; 7:00 am to 8:30 am. ] Landroids presented to the Liberty Science Center Board of Executives to promote FIRST and future FIRST and robotics related activities at the science museum.
January 6th, 2012
Liberty Science Center Eweek Robotics Exhibition, 2012
[ 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 (9 AM to 3 PM)
FTC 4420 Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club (Host, NJ FTC [...]
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 16th, 2011
NJ FTC “Robo-Joust” Livingston Qualifier
[ December 17, 2011; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Location: Livingston High School Auxiliary Gym, 30 Robert Harp Drive/Madonna Drive, Livingston, NJ 07039
36 teams, 12 slots to qualify to NJ FTC State Championship
Event is free and open to public.
Landroids volunteering as Referee, Field Controls, and Queuers in this qualifier.
Posted in Events, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Bowled Over, FTC, Livingston, NJ, qualifier Comments OffDecember 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 29th, 2011
Landroids Thanksgiving Tinker, 11/26/11
While most people were carving turkey and shopping for deals during the Thanksgiving weekend, team Landroids spent the Thanksgiving Saturday with a couple rookie teams tinkering with the robots. We put away our robot and focus on making rookie teams’ robots functional and operational for the upcoming FTC qualifiers. Four rookie FTC teams joined us [...]
Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Bowled Over, First Tech Challenge, FTC, Landroids, NJ, Thanksgiving Tinker 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 17th, 2011
Thanksgivings Tinker
[ November 26, 2011; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] An informal, mid-season, robot working session with team Landroids to get the rookie FTC robots functional for the upcoming qualifiers.
Location: Livingston Robotics Club, 464 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
By invitation only:
4936 Sparks
5005 Carbonauts
5205 SyBorgs
5398 RoboTux
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 OffOctober 9th, 2011
Landroids invited to X PRIZE Exploration Prize Group press event, 10/6/11
On 10/6/11, team Landroids was invited to attend the X PRIZE Foundation press conference held at the historic NYC Explorer’s Club, as the 2010 MoonBots champions and young ambassadors of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. (For more event photos and details, see Landroids’ Facebook).
In this press event, X PRIZE announced their new three-year, [...]
October 4th, 2011
X PRIZE Exploration Exhibition 10/6/11
[ October 6, 2011; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Location: Explorers Club, NYC
The X PRIZE Foundation, will announce Shell as the exclusive presenting sponsor of the X PRIZE Exploration Prize Group on October 6 at the historic Explorers Club in New York City, where world renowned explorers will share their remarkable achievements and future scenarios for exploration of space, Earth and the oceans that could [...]
Posted in Events, FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, Exploration Prize Group, Explorers Club, Landroids, NYC, Shell, X PRIZE No Comments »September 16th, 2011
Introducing FLL to Orange Schools
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 [...]
Posted in FTC, Outreach Tags: 2011, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, Landroids, Orange Preparatory Academy, Orange Township 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 »September 1st, 2011
“MoonBots Reloaded” Video
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 20th, 2011
Orange Robotics Exhibition
[ 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!
August 3rd, 2011
“Moonbots Reloaded” 2011
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 3rd, 2011
“Moonbots” Reloaded Project Showcase
[ 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 »June 27th, 2011
Student Robotics Meets Medical Robotics
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 »June 13th, 2011
LRC St. Barnabas Visit
[ 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 [...]
May 30th, 2011
Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo 2011, 5/28/11
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 OffMay 12th, 2011
Landroids featured in Moonbots 2.0 promotion
The 2nd annual Moonbots challenge sponsored by Google, X PRIZE Foundation, Mindstorms and Wire Magazine is now underway!
This new 2011 season is dubbed a the “Moonbots 2.0“. While team Landroids was at the FTC World Championship in St. Louis, the X PRIZE Foundation had interviewed us as the 2010 Moonbots grand prize winner, and also [...]
May 11th, 2011
NJ FTC State “Get Over It” Championship Video
To 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 OffMay 3rd, 2011
FTC World Championship Celebration
[ May 6, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Team celebration party organized by NJ FTC Committiee, hosted by team Landroids.
Location: Livingston Robotics Club
464 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ, 07039 (located between Golf Smith and Men’s Wear)
Please park at the front (near Rt. 10)
NJFTC will provide pizza, please bring drinks or snacks.
RSVP to Vince Frascella with head counts, vincent.frascella@baesystems.com
May 2nd, 2011
Essex County Fishing Derby
[ May 7, 2011; 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Landroids annual fishing derby, robot will also attend.
Grover Cleveland Park, Caldwell/Essex Fells
(for age 15 and under)
March 29th, 2011
Landroids Robot visits Liberty Science Center, 3/26/11
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 14th, 2011
Championship, Exhibition, Outreach, Competition
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 OffMarch 12th, 2011
LRC Jr. FLL Expo 2011
[ 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 [...]
