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 19th, 2012
FTC Tune-Up Scrimmage
[ February 4, 2012; ] Academies @ Englewood
Dwight Morrow High School
274 Knickerbocker Road, Englewood, NJ, 07031
(20 teams)
Posted in Competitions, Events, FTC 
Tags: 2012, Bowled Over, FTC, Landroids, NJ, scrimmage 
Comments OffJanuary 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 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 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 9th, 2011
NJ FTC “Fall Harvest” Marlton Qualifier
[ November 20, 2011; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Location:
Cherokee High School
120 Tomlinson Mill Road
Marlton, NJ 08053
NJ FTC Bowled Over Season Marlton Qualifier Results:
Winning Alliance: 4220 Landroids & 4077 MASH
Finalist Alliance: 0110 MFS Foxes & 0755 Greenwave
Inspire Award: 4220 Landroids
Think Award: 3415 Lancers
PTC Design Award: 0118 Steel Hornets
Motivate Award: 2864 Bounty Hunters
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: 4077 MASH
Connect Award: 0110 MFS Foxes
7 teams have qualfied for [...]
September 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 »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 »May 2nd, 2011
Landroids won Innovate Award at 2011 FTC World Championship
In 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 »February 16th, 2011
NJ Garden State Rumble – 2011 FTC Championship 2/19/11
(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 »February 14th, 2011
Liberty Science Center Eweek Exhibition 2011
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 [...]
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 OffDecember 30th, 2010
NJ FTC Snow Day Qualifier #3
[ January 15, 2011; ] Location: Hightstown High School, Hightstown, NJ
Event free and open to public
Applying Teams for the Qualifier
3944
Team Mercury
Hightstown High School
138
Heavy Metal Robotix
Spotswood HS
220
Steinert
Steinert High School
221
Steinert
Steinert High School
609
CJCP cougars
Central Jersey College Prep [...]
December 22nd, 2010
Landroids won NJ FTC Qualifier Inspire Award 12/18/10
Landroids received the Inspire Award and Winning Alliance Award at the NJ FIRST Tech Challenge “Frozen Frenzy” qualify on December 18, 2010, held at our hometown Livingston High School. As a rookie FTC team this year, the journey to get to this point since September, has taken a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication.
Early [...]
Posted in Competitions, FTC, Journal Tags: 2010, Frozen Frenzy qualifier, FTC, Landroids, NJ Comments OffDecember 15th, 2010
Liberty Science Center EWeek Robotics Exhibition
[ February 21, 2011; ] The 4th Annual Engineers Week Robotics Exhibition hosted by FTC team Landroids #4220 will be held at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ.
Exhibitors by invitations, are the winners of 2010-11 NJ State FLL and FTC Championships.
Morning Exhibition Session (9:00 AM – 12:30 PM)
FLL #9610 Jaguars (1st place State Champion’s Award & 1st place Robot Performance [...]
Posted in Events Tags: 2011, Eweek, Exhibition, Landroids, Liberty Science Center, NJ, Robotics No Comments »June 9th, 2010
eCYBERMISSION Spotlight on Landroids
Read about Landroids’ team spotlight on the eCYBERMISSION blog and learn about our Deer Avoidance project. See other 2010 regional winners in the May and June issues of the eCYBERMISSION blog.
Posted in Competitions Tags: 2010, 8th grade, eCYBERMISSION, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, northeast Comments OffMay 24th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Events, FTC Tags: FLL, Jr. FLL, Landrias, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, Youth Appreciation Comments OffMay 21st, 2010
NJ FTC Livingston Outreach Scrimmage
[ June 12, 2010; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ (free and open to all)
An info session on starting an FTC team and mini-competitions using Tetrix training robots and full-scale FTC robots. Topics covered include: Benefits of a Robotics Program, How to Gather School Support, Team Formation, Fundraising, and How to be Coach/Mentor. For more information, contact Vince Frascella @ Vincent.Frascella@baesystems.com
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 »March 14th, 2010
Lancers won NYC FTC Inspire Award!
Lancers FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team from Livingston High School, NJ won the NYC FTC Inspire Award on 3/13/10 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Lancers is a second year team but competed for the first time in the official tournaments this year. Congratulations to Lancers who is eligibled to go to the FIRST Tech [...]
Posted in FTC, Journal Tags: 2010, FTC, Inspired Award, Lancers, Landroids, Livingston, NJ, NYC, World Championship No Comments »February 15th, 2010
NJ FTC “Garden State Rumble” Championship
[ February 19, 2011; ] Location: Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center, NJIT, Newark, NJ
Time: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM (Opening ceremony at 10:30 AM)
Parking: Raymond Blvd/Warren Street Parking Lot
Event is free and open to public. Total of 48 teams will be attending:
NJ FTC Championship Team List 2011
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 FRC Championship
[ March 5, 2010 to March 7, 2010. ] NJ FIRST Robotics Competition State Championship
Sun National Bank Center
81 Hamilton Avenue at Route 129
Trenton, NJ 08601
USA
Posted in Events Tags: 2010, FIRST Robotics Competition, FRC, NJ, State Championship, Trenton Comments OffDecember 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
