Posts Tagged ‘FLL’

Robots at Liberty Science Center

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Liberty Science Center FLL Qualifier, 12/3/11

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[ 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    [...]

NJ FIRST LEGO League Team Directory 2011-12 (updated 10/3/11)

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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.

Liberty Science Center Eweek Exhibition 2011

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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

LRC Exhibition and Jr. FLL Expo 5/29/10

[ May 29, 2010; ] As a part of the Livingston Youth Appreciation Week, Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) will have 2 outdoor tents set up at the Livingston Township Oval (near the high school) to showcase six Jr. FLL teams, some of our FLL teams (Landroids and Landrias), the high school Lancers FTC robot, and other interactive space travel and [...]

Landroids won 1st Place eCYBERMISSION Regional Award!

It is not all about robots!
Landroids’ FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Smart Move “Deer Avoidance” research project has won the 2010 eCYBERMISSION 8th grade Northeast Regional 1st place Award!
Landroids will be one of the 16 out of 3,306 (grades 6 to 9) teams  in the country to compete at the National Judging & Educational Event (NJ&EE) during the [...]

Volunteering at 2010 FLL World Festival

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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 [...]

Monty Madness 5/15/10

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[ 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, [...]

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.

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 [...]

Liberty Science Center Eweek Robotics Exhibition 2010

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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. [...]

NJ FTC State Championship Volunteer, 2/7/10

Head Referee briefing the Landroids on field resetting

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 [...]

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 [...]

FLL World Festival

[ April 14, 2010 to April 17, 2010. ] FIRST LEGO League World Festival

Atlanta, GA, USA

FLL Open International Championship

[ May 6, 2010 12:00 pm to May 8, 2010 4:00 pm. ] FLL Open International Championship (OIC)

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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.

Livingston Robotics Club Party

[ December 17, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Where: Livingston Hillside Community Center

It’s the LRC End-of-Season Party!

Come celebrate our “Smart Move” season of hard work, FLL experiences and memorial team moments.  This is a social gathering of our club members, coaches, parents, siblings and friends.  Let’s relax, unwind, and eat more pizzas!

Montclair and Sparta Qualifiers LRC Results

Four Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) teams attended the Montclair and Sparta qualifying events on 12/4/09 and 12/5/09. The all-girls team Landrias received the Champion’s Award, team SciBotech received a Judge’s Award, while team r2d2 took home the Project Award.  All in all, five out of seven Livingston Robotics Club FLL teams (Landroids, Landrias, Alpha Force, [...]

LRC in the News

For the season-long newsletter coverages on Livingston Robotics Club, see:
The AlternativePress, November 30, 2009
HCHY of Livingston, LRC news

NJ FLL Qualifying Event Results

NYC/NJ FIRST community has recently revamped its website to post the latest information in JFLL, FLL, FTC and FRC. Therefore, to see a list of participating teams at various qualifying tournaments and the winners from these events, please go to nycnjfirst.org

Three LRC wins at Hillsborough

Three Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) teams attended the Hillsborough qualifying event on 11/21/09.  Landroids #109, Thunderclan #3375 and Alpha Force #3360 each won the Champion’s Award, 1st place research and 1st place technical presentation respectively. These teams also placed #3, #7 and #8 in robot performance out of 23 attending teams.
Landroids had encountered major difficulties [...]

LRC on LTV

Livingston Robotics Club teams will be seen on Livingston Television on November 15, 2009.

Livingston Television (LTV) will produce its second annual LIVE telecast, “A Celebration of Livingston,” on Sunday, November 15 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Senior/Community Center and will air LIVE. Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) has been invited to be [...]

Collaboration and Mentoring Thailand FLL

Since 2002, K-12 curriculum standards in Thailand have continued to be modernized with a goal to include extra-curricular activities to encourage hands-on learning experience that can be related to real-life situations. One of the objectives is to enhance technology education
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics program had been considered for Thailand in order to encourage teachers [...]

Livingston Eco Fair Project Presentation, 10/4/09

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Representing the Livingston Robotics Club, Landroids and the sister team Landrias had presented their Smart Move projects to the community as a part of the October 4, 2009 Livingston Eco Fair exhibition. At this town-wide event, both teams showcased their past and present research projects, demonstrated that the FIRST LEGO League is not just about [...]

NJ FLL Qualifying Event Registration is now opened

The NJ FLL qualifying event registration is opened from 10/1/09 to 10/16/09.
To register a qualifying event, go to https://gofll.usfirst.org/ to log in your team.
Then click the upper left tap “Events”
On the My Events page you just opened, scroll all the way down to find the NJ event group in the left column, click on “New [...]

NJ Qualifying Event (Montclair – on Friday night)

[ December 4, 2009; 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Montclair (12 teams)
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Ave
Montclair, NJ 07043
USA