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GEARS Awarded "SuGO Outreach Project" Grant.

Posted Tue, 10/11/2011 - 16:42 by philbot

Press Release: GEARS Inc. receives Naylor grant for its SuGO Outreach Project.

Thanks to a generous gift from the Naylor Family Trust Fund, awarded through the Community Trust Foundation, the Garrett Engineering And Robotics Society (GEARS) will be making it possible for more Garrett County MD youth to participate in exciting AND educational Robotics activities.

SuGO Sunday update.

Posted Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:58 by philbot

July SuGO was a blast this Sunday. Since it's 4th July weekend, we had LOTs of out-of-town visitors at SuGO.
This meant that our helpers were taxed to the limit making sure everyone had a fully tested robot ready to compete by 3:00.

In the end we had 10 super teams all fielding cool, and unique SuGO bots.
The ultimate champion was Team 4: M.A.S.K 4, with Team 11: Mountain Lions as the Runner Up.

I've uploaded pictures and video from the event to the SuGO Facebook page

Seaperch Results are in.

Posted Sun, 07/03/2011 - 20:54 by philbot

Welcome back Seaperch Campers...

I'm sure everyone is waiting with bated breath for the Seaperch competitions results. Well the scores are in. I've attached a summary sheet below, BUT... let me summarize the results:

Team Scores.

Team2 (Charlie & Cody), and Team3 ( Andrew & Jacob) tied for first place, both with combined scores of 465 Woo Hoo.

Team 1 (Colin & Riley) and Team 4 (Andrew and Juan) tied for second place, both with combined scores of 400.

Individual Scores.

Garrett County FLL Get Together at GEARS next week.

Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 09:33 by philbot

Hi everyone,

Lot's of interest has been expressed about FIRST LEGO League (FLL) for the 2011 Season - "Food Factor" Challenge. Last year ten FLL teams from Garrett County competed and it looks like we'll have at least as many again this Fall. For this to happen we'll need many new coaches, mentors and volunteers.

NASA And DARPA Offer Students Chance To Support Future Missions

Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 09:11 by philbot

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are offering high school students the opportunity to design experiments that will be tested in space.

The 2011 Zero Robotics challenge is a continuation and expansion of a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education program using bowling ball-sized spherical satellites aboard the International Space Station.

2011 Seaperch camp underway

Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 13:00 by philbot

This is the beginning of day 3 of the 2011 "Underwater Robots In Space" Seaperch camp.

Campers build their own Seaperch robot and then perform missions to score points. Missions involve simulating the search for life on Europa, and performing repairs outside the International Space Station.

2011 LEGO Tech Camp info. now on-line

Posted Wed, 03/23/2011 - 05:45 by philbot

The dates/registration forms for the 2011 LEGO Tech Camps are now online.

Follow this link, or just use the new tab at the top of the page.

http://cardinal.ga.k12.md.us/TechCamp/default.htm

Garrett FTC teams soar at MD championship

Posted Sun, 12/12/2010 - 22:52 by philbot

I've just returned from an intense day of competition at Marylands FIRST Tech Challenge Championship, where 36 High-School Robotics teams came together to compete in a game called Get Over It!

Among those 36 teams were two from Garrett County: Three-year Veteran: G-FORCE, and new spin-off Rookie: The 4-H Techno Clovers.

The two Garrett teams held a clear lead from the beginning, sitting in 1st (Clovers) and 2nd (G-Force) position, until a fateful match where the teams combined forces on the same alliance. A last-second attempt to maximize points ended in a goal upset and loss.

Best robots from 2009

Posted Mon, 11/01/2010 - 10:01 by philbot

Here's a great page that shows some of the best robots from 2009 in action.

http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/22/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2009/

4-H robotics display at Science & Eng. Festival

Posted Sun, 10/24/2010 - 22:29 by philbot

I just spent two fantastic days in Washington DC at the Science and Engineering Festival.

If there was ever any doubt that people are getting more interested in Science and Technology, then the concern was dispelled at this event.

There were over 1100 exhibit booths showing everything from solar power, to simulators to robot competitions, nano-technology and star-gazing.