3… 2… 1… LEGO!!! Recently, CORE traveled to Grafton where we demonstrated our robot at the Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo. Jr. FLL is for students aged 5-9. Teams research a topic and to demonstrate what they learned through building a model that includes motors and presenting to judges.

Elsewhere, CORE’s drive team traveled to Riverside high school in Milwaukee. By practicing defense with three other teams on a full sized field, their skills were sharpened.

Meanwhile, this past week has been fairly eventful as CORE is getting ready for the World Championships in Detroit.  

• Mechanical: Worked on the new prototype and our old cargo manipulator.
• Controls: Received and tested 6 new batteries.
• Programming: Tested autonomous line following and overall autonomous function.
• Outreach: Practiced the Chairman’s presentation and made another 1,000 buttons for world, and now has 2,500 out of our 3,000 goal.

Watch our matches online while we compete between Wednesday, April 24 – Saturday, April 27. Follow us on Twitter to find out what Division we are in. (Be sure to watch the Detroit competition, not the one in Houston.)

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