Involvement Fest Details!
Everyone wear your RR shirts tomorrow!
posted about 10 years ago
First and foremost, remember to wear your RR shirt tomorrow (Wednesday 9/3). This goes even if you are not participating in Involvement Fest.
Sign-ups
11:30-12 [Set-up]: Max, Abbie, Monica, Chris (Max use your laptop until I get there)
12-1: Abbie, Nate, Mathew, Trevor
1-2: Shelby, Johnathan, John, Hao
2-3: Max, Mathew, Sara, Trevor
3 [Clean-up]: Max
Location at I-fest
We will be on the Quad in the Intellectual Sports and Hobbies section. It is right between Sports & recreation and Greek Life. (See attachment.)
Components of RR I-fest
Please make sure that there is at least one person for each activity at a time and there are a maximum of 2 people manning the booth (we don't want it to get too crowded). If you are not at the booth, make sure to have fliers with our information.
- Robot to drive around and skype to our booth
- Sphero activity
- Someone to man the booth
***Information
RR Mission Statement
Retriever Robotics (RR) has been established for the purpose of enhancing learning of robotics, encouraging competitive spirit, promoting fellowship and bonding within multidisciplinary fields, and motivating others to engage in STEM fields.
How do we achieve our goals from the mission statement?
Participate in...
- robotics competitions and other robotics projects
- outreach and professional development
- socials
Competitions and Engineering Projects
- VEX U
- RoboSub (funded by BAE Systems)
- Work with IEEE on quad copters
Outreach and Professional Development
[This semester]
- Battle O'Baltimore (Sept 20th from 9-5.)
- Let's Get Techy (working with ASME. Date TBD)
- Vex training session
- Meeting with Northrop
[Past]
- US Science and Engineering Festival
- FLL (FIRST Lego League)
- Venture Crew "Scrimmage Day"
- RoboCEO
- Hexacopter Demonstration
- Howard Community College (HCC) presentation
- 3D printing demonstration
Fundraising
- Smash Bros tournaments
- 3D printed ornament sale
GBMs
First GBM is THIS Friday (9/5) during Free Hour in ITE 237.
Biweekly meetings.
