Foothills Robotics
FRC Team 6888
Meeting: Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021
6:30pm
frc6888.2021@gmail.com
Albert L. Parkhurst Municipal Complex
202 S. Center Street Room 242
Hildebran, NC 28637
Foothills robotics
FIRST is based on gracious professionalism and cooperation, which is competition with a spirit of teams helping other teams.
Foothills Robotics (formally the BC Breakouts) is a FIRST Robotics Competition team based in Hildebran, NC. We have members from middle and high schools in Online, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba counties. We are a community based team and encourage teamwork,
new ideas, and out of the box thinking.
We accept members from
PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHRISTIAN, HOME,
and VIRTUAL SCHOOLS.
Special Thanks TO our sponsors:
2021-2022 DONATIONS BY:
LOWE'S HARDWARE, Morganton, NC
Special Thanks to our supporters:
Dr. Carol Moore STEM West
Hickory Crawdads
RURAL KING, Morganton, NC
About
Our Beginning
These team members have worked very hard since beginning the program in 2017 at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. With the guidance of another FIRST team and their mentors through a two-week camp, they learned to design, build, wire, and program a robot. Just a few months later, they competed with seasoned teams in an off-season event and came away victorious! This is a testament of not only their academic abilities, but also their perseverance, drive, and ability to effectively communicate and work together.
Current Team
The team has moved from a school setting to a community based team. We welcome all those from the surrounding communities, whether public, private, home-schooled, or on-line school, 7th -12th grade, to come and join our team! Our team is proud to be part of the POP (Piece of the Puzzle) Alliance started by Boneyard Robotics " wanting teams to come together to help build a better future for all students." in an effort to "create a more diverse and inclusive FIRST community" by helping students relate to those with autism. (www.thepopalliance.org) Our team is also part of the FIRST Like a Girl program that encourages females in the STEM fields, firstlikeagirl.com. Personifying Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion allows students from all walks of life to be able to participate in a safe and judgement free environment.
The team participates in outreach events to spark interest in robotics and engineering in others. Becoming a community team gave us the ability to look at new avenues to continue the program that gives students in our rural area the opportunity to obtain scholarships, learn new skills, meet people from all around the state, and even the world, who have a connection to FIRST Robotics.
Activities
FIRST is a fabulous opportunity for students around the world to work together, play together, and come together as one with a shared goal. In addition, FIRST provides scholarship opportunities
for students who were on FIRST teams during high school.
Participation in FIRST is a life-changing opportunity for the students who are dedicated
and willing to work hard.
Write and use code
JAVA script
Autonomous programming
Research
Report Writing
History
Photo journals
Computer Aided Drafting
C O M P U T E R S
One Step at a Time
Teams are given dimensions along with their parts kits when they go to a kickoff event. That's when they find out what tasks that their robot will have to do in order to navigate the game field.
Idea
Concept
Drawing
Base/Frame
Motor
Wiring
B u i l d i n g
With our organization’s mission always in mind, we look for areas where we can inspire. Our team helps with functions for FIRST Lego League and FIRST Lego League Junior. We also look for areas in our community that we can help and make a difference. Even with the current size of the team, we have been able to have booths at the Drexel Community Fair, at the Hildebran Heritage Festival, Fire Prevention Day, as well as local parades. We have also been fortunate to partner with Pink Heals at the Racetrack. Our team collected items for 20 Christmas Child boxes and
we added our own STEM related toy.
We look forward to getting back out into the community to help!
Outreach
COMMUNITY
An important aspect of FIRST for students in our area that may not have the opportunity to go to college
200 Scholarship Providers
80 Million Dollars in Scholarships available in 2021
https://www.firstinspires.org/scholarships
Events
The team travels for a Saturday off-season event and 2 weekends during the season to events where they put their robot to work. Leaving on Friday and returning on Sunday, The team is engaged throughout the weekend with matches, award interviews, safety, team spirit, and, of course, gracious professionalism.
Mission
The mission of FIRST® is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
Vision
"To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders." Dean Kamen, Founder
Methodology
Engage kids in kindergarten through high school in exciting, mentor-based, research and robotics programs that help them become science and technology leaders, as well as well-rounded contributors to society.
Founder
Dean Kamen is a prolific inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST. For over 30 years, Kamen has resolutely led the growth of FIRST to where it is now universally recognized as the leading, not-for-profit STEM engagement program for kids worldwide.
