Capitol College in Laurel, Maryland (US) hosted the 2011-12 FTC Kickoff on Sept 10, 2011. More than 180 students and coaches from more than 30 FTC teams in the Maryland and DC area attended to get a first look at "Bowled Over," the new FTC Challenge. For full information about the game click here for the official game launch page.
Click here for PDF of the Team Tips Presentation
Click here to watch the Team Tips Presention
Click here for PDF of the Engineering Notebook Presentation
Click here for PDF of the Robot C Presentation
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Bill Duncan, Regional Director for FIRST in Maryland, greets the crowd.
Bill gives some highlights of the recent television show and the book, "The New Cool."
We held 8 different Workshops for the teams
The teams got their first look at this year's field.
As teams gathered back in the auditorium, everyone was already at work on solutions.
We closed the day with a Q&A session...
Then raffled off some field elements.
And the teams left ready to tackle the toughest FTC challenge to date.
