FIRST Team 2219

Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ Grows Up, Rolls for the First Time (Discovery News)

Monday, July 26, 2010 "Construction of the rover has advanced very quickly over the last few days, and on July 23 engineers commanded Curiosity to take its first, slow steps. Housed inside a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif...."

Pooping Robot Needs More Fiber (Discovery News)

Analysis by David Teeghman Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:08 AM ET Original Story Self-sustaining robots can do just about anything on their own for days at a time. They can even ingest biomass for energy. The problem is that until now, they couldn’t do anything with the waste from that energy. That’s why researchers at the Bristol Robotics Lab [...]

Four-rotor helicopter flies like its the future (Discovery News)

Friday May 28, 2010 "the thing moves with the speed and grace of an angry bee, while accompanied by the perfectly menacing whine of its little engine. See this work of scientific art in motion..." (GRASP, 2010)

Chapter 1: Expressions in Scheme

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Prefix i: An Introduction to using DrScheme

Download this chapter in PDF format This book uses the freely available Scheme implementation in PLT Scheme or also commonly known as Dr. Scheme. This first chapter deals specifically with Dr. Scheme, its interface, and how to properly configure it for examples that you will encounter throughout this text. You can freely download PLT Scheme from http://www.plt-scheme.org for all major operating systems currently in use. After you download and install the software you should properly set it up so that you can follow the examples presented in this book. Execute the program and once it is running choose ‘Choose Language’ from the Language option in the menu bar.

Megahurts look for schools to start FIRST Lego League Teams

Starting this month the Megahurts: Team #2219 from Carbondale, IL will be recruiting teams into the ranks of FIRST. The work began late in 2009 when the team hosted their first robotics workshop in the history of Brehm. Students from St. Mary's, in Mt. Vernon, IL came to Brehm for an afternoon of robotics, featuring Vex and Lego projects. The afternoon was a success and we are currently working with students, teachers and administrators from St. Mary's to start a FIRST Lego League (FLL) Team at the school.

Read this post to learn more about how the Megahurts can help your school start too.

Educating Students With Learning Disabilities

Most people know, or are taught, at an early age, how to process information and develop an organized plan or strategy when confronted with a problem, whether that problem is social, academic, or job related. Others find such cognitive processes quite difficult. Learning disabilities have only recently been recognized as disabilities. This neurological disorder causes difficulty in...

Code for FRC (National Instruments Hardware)

Today, FIRST is using NI technology, powered by NI LabVIEW software, in all levels of the competition. Through hands-on, project-based programs such as FIRST, LabVIEW is making a difference in the lives of students around the world. Starting in 2009, students in the flagship FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for high school are using NI CompactRIO [...]

2010 FRC Robot Master Code (Labview)

2010 Robot Code

2010 FRC Megahurts Camera Code (Labview)

2010 FRC Camera Code