March Update

A lot has happened since I've last posted.  Here is what we've been up to:

• Feb. 25th = we took our 2011 FRC robot to University of Texas at Austin's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.  We let all of the girl (who wanted to) drive our FRC robot.  They also got to build a car out of Kinex. 
• March 3rd =  we drove down to San Antonio to watch the Alamo Regional.  We cheered on our fellow teams from Austin and also learned how important the bridge balancing was.  A quick shout out to our brother team #2158 for getting Volunteer of the year, Woodie Flowers, Dean's List and Chairman's Awards!
• March 12th = SXSW! I got the opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called "Building the Next Generation of Innovators"  We also got to unbag our 2012 robot to put on display at the Meet-up Pavilion for Dean Kamen's Beer & Bots Reception.  For more information on the panel follow this link: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP8947
• March 15th = We, unfortunately, had to move out of our awesome 12,000 sq ft warehouse.  It took all day but we divided and conquered all of our stuff to 3 different locations.
• March 22nd = We took our 2011 FRC robot to demonstrate at the Rosedale School's Silent Auction.  Rosedale is Austin ISD's school for students with disabilities.
• March 23rd = We showed our 2011 robot to the students and teachers of the Rosedale School.  We also let the students play with the two adaptive robots that we built.
• March 23rd = We demonstrated our 2011 FRC robot at an Austin Torros Basketball game.  We also built and competed a VEX robot for Austin Regional Clinic's VEX competition.  We earned $10 for every basket that we scored up to 15 baskets.
• March 24th = We set up our tent at the finish of the Rosedale Ride.  The Rosedale Ride is an annual bike ride to raise funds for the Rosedale school.  We let the riders drive two VEX robots, play with our 2 Adaptive robots and also build a car out of Kinex.  In addition we had our 2011 FRC robot on display.  For more information on the Rosedale School follow this link: http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=117

Well, that's what we were up to in March.  Stay tuned to learn about Lone Star Regional.

Thanks for reading!
Allison
Team Captain