Events & News
FIRST® LEGO® League Training Scheduled
iSPACE is offering a free Advanced Programming Workshop that will take FIRST® LEGO® League coaches and mentors beyond the basics for further understanding of the more sophisticated capabilities and features of the NXT-G programming language.
NXT-G is the most popular programming language currently used in the FIRST® LEGO® League robotics tournaments.
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Conducted by: FLL Coach Mike Fullington and Team R.E.D.
Location: iSPACE at the Scarlet Oaks Career Campus 3254 East Kemper Road Sharonville, OH 45241
For: FLL Coaches and technical mentors who have already mastered the NXT-G basics such as software installation, program creation in the NXT programming environment, downloading and running programs on the robot, basic input, output, and flow commands.
What to bring:
- Bring your own lunch, laptop, and robot.
- You should already have NXT-G loaded on your laptop and understand at least all the concepts under the “essential” tab in the tutorial at http://www.ortop.org/NXT_Tutorial/index.html.
- Bring your own robot already built, with 2 touch sensors positioned on each side of the robot for wall sensing, 2 light sensors on each side of the robot for line sensing, and 2 motors that control movement and steering of the robot.
- If your team does not have a built robot, build the example Cougar Workshop Bot at http://www.cougarrobot.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247&Itemid=107).
- Bring a USB cable to transfer programs to your robot (in case Bluetooth isn’t working in big crowd).
- Bring your laptop and robot already fully charged.
- Bring your power cord and extension cord in case your batteries run down.
- Bring a thumb drive to share data (optional)
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Space limits us to the first 40 registrants. Register here.
TETRIX Robot Camp Added
Due to demand, we have added another session of TETRIX Robots - Tackling the Basics in week 7 of camp (August 6 – 10). Check out our camp page for more information!
Space Day – THANK YOU!
What a great turnout we had for our 8th annual Space Day celebration this past Saturday! Approximately 2000 people attended and engaged in more than 30 hands-on activities. This was our most successful Space Day event yet and we appreciate all of our exhibitors and volunteers efforts to make it such a success! We thank you so much for sharing your time and talents to bring this free fun family event to the Greater Cincinnati community. For a list of exhibitors, see Exhibitor_List.
We will be posting photos on Facebook so please be sure to go in and “Like” us! iSPACE Facebook Page
FIRST RoundUP! UPDATE
This weekend the FIRST RoundUP! will be held at the iSPACE Space Day (May 5, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm) at Scarlet Oaks in Sharonville. Come check out demos by current Junior FIRST LEGO League, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition (Jr.FLL, FLL, FTC and FRC) teams. Get information about teams, resources and tournaments in the area and attend a mini-workshop/networking session.
Mini Workshop
and Networking Sessions
Jr.FLL®: 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Room 901)
FLL®: 11:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. (Room 901)
FTC®: 12:20 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. (Room 901)
FRC®: 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.(Room 901)
Space Day 2012 – May 5
Click on link below to find out all about our eighth annual SPACE DAY coming up this Saturday May 5, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm!