Elementary My Dear Botson

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We had a great time helping with the meet at Camdenton today!

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Driving practice for our first meet on December 11! Getting excited😁

#firsttechchallenge #ftc #freightfrenzy #excited #practice #FIRSTrobotics

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We had a great time helping out at Swaddling Clothes today! Helping sort and stock children’s clothes and carry bags and Thanksgiving fruit baskets to cars😁 Looking forward to helping again on Saturday!

#firsttechchallenge #communityservice #givingback #ftcoutreach

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Kickoff!! Watching the video and taking notes for mechanisms and game strategy(look out for a YouTube video on this soon😁) We also made a Franken-Cube to try and feel the weight of the modified cubes😆 Looking forward to the Freight Frenzy season! #ftc #freightfrenzy #kickoff

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Before and after! Stripping down last year’s robot to get ready for Kickoff!😁

#firsttechchallenge #ftc #freightfrenzy #freightfrenzy2021

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Helping out at the fish fry at Community Christian Church! We helped clear tables, do dishes, and clean up afterward!😁
#firstrobotics #communityservice #morethanrobots

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First meeting of the season! Working on programming basics with our new sister team, and taking apart old mechanisms to prepare for the new game!😁🤖

#first #firsttechchallenge #FIRST #FIRSTTechChallenge #FTC #ftc #FIRSTROBOTICS #freightfrenzy #morethanrobots #robotics

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Happy International Women in Engineering day! 💕💪🤖 #firstlikeagirl #womeninengineering #womeninengineeringday

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Continuing our old game piece demolition today! Taking advantage of the nice weather by working outside😁 #ftc #ftcrobotics #first #FIRST #firsttechchallenge #FTC #repurpose #recycle

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Big plans for these old game parts! Stay tuned for the results!😁

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Afternoon session is done! Hope everyone competing had a great day today!!😁🤖

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Matches ✅
Morning judging ✅
Now just waiting for our afternoon session and having some fun driving the robot!😁 Should Ms Trenna and Ms Paula take over for drive team?🤣

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We had a great time volunteering at Tree 197 Ministries’ food pantry this evening! Restocking and organizing their outdoor shelves😁

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Working on autonomous and some alterations to our wobble mechanism! Looking forward to competitions after Christmas break 😁🎄

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A small, but efficient group today! Working on autonomous, new motors for our launching mechanism, and attaching a servo booster for our wobble mechanism! 😁🤖
#ftc #firsttechchallenge #ultimategoal #firstrobotics #morethanrobots #moftc

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We had a great time getting together to watch the game reveal today! We are super excited for Ultimate Goal! Looking forward to seeing what we all come up with this season!

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Last week was our first week of outdoor, social distanced meetings! So good to see each other, and get back to work!

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We had a great time at our second community service project yesterday, volunteering at Share the Harvest Food Pantry! We were able to help pack food and tidy the thrift store. We are looking forward to visiting and volunteering here again soon!

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We had a great time working at Swaddling Clothes, our first community service project for today! Looking forward to volunteering at Share the Harvest Food Pantry later this afternoon!

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Some great donations we collected from the Camdenton Library for Swaddling Clothes! We are volunteering there on the 18th, so if you have anything to donate, you can drop it off at LCA, homeschool co-op, or the library and we will take it to them!