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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Smart Move’
April 26th, 2010
Landroids won 1st Place eCYBERMISSION Regional Award!
Posted in Competitions 
Tags: 2010, Deer Avoidance, eCYBERMISSION, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Smart Move 
No Comments »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 »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 OffDecember 15th, 2009
Landroids won NJ FLL State 1st place Robot Design, 12/12/09
On December 12th, Forty-six teams from 9 qualifying tournaments throughout the State gathered at the 2009 New Jersey FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Smart Move State Championship tournament at Mt. Olive High School. Five teams from Livingston Robotics Club (LRC) participated in this all-day event. Landroids #109 took the 1st place Robot Design Award while Thunderclan [...]
Posted in Competitions, FLL Tags: 2009, Atoms Family, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, Landroids, Mt. Olive, Nano Guru, New Jersey, NJ, Smart Move, State tournament Comments OffDecember 8th, 2009
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!
Posted in Events, LRC Tags: 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Livingston Robotics Club, LRC, NJ, Smart Move Comments OffNovember 23rd, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Competitions, FLL, LRC Tags: 2009, Alpha Force, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Hillsborough, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, LRC, New Jersey, NJ, qualifier, Smart Move, Thunderclan No Comments »October 6th, 2009
Livingston Eco Fair Project Presentation, 10/4/09
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 [...]
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2009, Eco Fair, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landrias, Landroids, Livingston Mall, Livingston Robotics Club, NJ, presentation, project, Smart Move Comments OffSeptember 22nd, 2009
Smart Move Score Sheet in Thai
As part of the continue and collaborative effort to translate Techbrick‘s Smart Move score sheet to different world languages, Surasit Nithikasem from Livingston Robotics Club and FLL Thailand (they translated the rules) had translated the score sheet in Thai for the 30 some start up FLL teams in Thaland .
Posted in FLL, Journal Tags: 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, LRC, score sheet, Smart Move, TechBrick, Thai, Thailand Comments OffSeptember 20th, 2009
Chinese Robot Mission Score Sheets
The TechBrick FLL Smart Move Robot Mission Worksheet has now been translated to traditional and simplified Chinese. Thanks to the Landroids parent William Dong for making the translations. The worksheet can help the Chinese speaking teams to quickly track and tally up the robot scores. For more TechBrick FLL resources, click here.
Posted in FLL, Journal Tags: 2009, Chinese, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, Mission, NJ, Robot, score sheet, Smart Move, TechBrick Comments OffSeptember 13th, 2009
Smart Move Mission Video
A new FLL Smart Move mission video has been strung together and posted on YouTube (with narrative).
Posted in FLL, Journal Tags: 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, NJ, Smart Move, Video Comments OffSeptember 3rd, 2009
Smart Move Challenge Release
Smart Move: Transforming Transportation
The waiting is over! The FIRST LEGO League Smart Move challenge release: September 3, 2009, at 12 noon Easter Time.
Can FIRST LEGO League teams transform the way we look at transportation? The key to the 2009 “Smart Move” Challenge is accessing people, places, goods and services in the safest, most efficient [...]
Posted in FLL, Journal Tags: 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, FLL, Landroids, LEGO, NJ, Smart Move Comments OffAugust 7th, 2009
FLL Oreintation – Part V Public Speaking & Preparing for Judging Sessions, 8/6/09
Part 5 and also the final NJ FLL orientation workshop,”Public Speaking and Prepare for Judging Sessions”, was held on 8/6/09. It covered the importance of practicing speaking and presenting in public, and provided tips on preparing for the judging sessions. Various participants had to think on their feet to come up with some clever answers [...]
Posted in FLL, Outreach Tags: 2009, Add new tag, Judging, kids, Landroids, LEGO, Livingston Mall, Livingston Robotics Club, mentoring, New Jersey, NJ, NJ FLL, orientation, Public Speaking, Smart Move, summer Comments OffJune 6th, 2009
Free Summer FLL Orientation Sessions
If you are new to the FIRST LEGO League, this 5-week free summer training is designed for the FLL rookies (students and coaches).
Starting on 7/9/09, each Thursday evening from 7 pm to 9 pm, the Landroids members will present a 2-hour FLL training session to give an overview of the FLL preparation and competition.
Week 1: Robot Design and Programming [...]
Posted in Journal Tags: 2009, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, first-year, Landroids, Livingston Robotics Club, rookies, sessions, Smart Move, summer, training Comments OffDecember 16th, 2008
2009 FLL Challenge
Transforming Transportation
Can FIRST LEGO League teams transform the way we look at transportation? The key to the 2009 “Smart Move” Challenge is accessing people, places, goods and services in the safest, most efficient way possible. In this journey, teams will consider many modes of transportation beyond their daily routine and streamline their options by making smart [...]
Posted in Journal Tags: 2009 Challenge, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, Landroids, NJ, Smart Move, Transportation Comments Off
