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Welcome to the Florida FTC Forum
Here you can network with other teams, coaches, and mentors and stay informed about game and competition details.
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About the Florida FTC Forums
This is the place for official discussions about FIRST Tech Challenge in Florida. Post your comments, questions, answers or observations to the appropriate category heading. Please be respectful of one another at all times, and remember that the forums are used by a wide variety of individuals, young and older, of varying backgrounds, interests, abilities and disabilities. Gracious Professionalism is the guiding principle of these forums, as it is in all our FIRST activities.Everyone can read forum postings, but you must register to be able to post. * Please remember that advice and recommendations on these forums is intended to be of a generally helpful nature, but that all official FIRST Tech Challenge information about game play, robot construction, and awards can only come from FIRST.
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Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Announcements
Announcements pertaining to FIRST Tech Challenge in Florida.
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The Competitions
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Florida State Qualifying Competitions
Follow and discuss state qualifying competition news, updates, experiences and results in this forum. Sub-forums will be created for each qualifying competition. Go to the FL FTC website to register for a qualifying tournament.
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Hillsborough High School Competition - November 14, 2009
Talk about the RoboMania qualifying competition in Tampa here.
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Robot Fest - December 12, 2009
RobotFest at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2009. Here's the link to last year's event there, which includes location information: http://www.daytonarobotfest.org/Default.aspx
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Science Center of Pinellas Competition - January 9, 2010
Science Center of Pinellas state qualifying competition in St. Petersburg, FL scheduled for January 9, 2010.
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Palm Bay Qualifying Event - January 23, 2010 - cancelled, see note
Talk about the January 23 qualifying competition in Palm Bay, FL here. This event has been canceled. Read forum post for more information.
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USF Polytechnic RoboBattle - January 30, 2010
We'll talk about our third qualifying competition, the USF Polytechnic RoboBattle, here.
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Middleton High School Qualifying competition - February 6, 2010
Middleton High School qualifying competition in Tampa discussions go here.
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Florida State Championship - Feb. 27, 2010
The University of South Florida in Tampa is once again hosting the FTC Florida Championship on Saturday, February 27,2010. You can see photos from last year’s event at Florida FTC: http://www.flfirst.org/Media.shtml
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World Championship - April 14-16
The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship will be held inAtlanta, April 14 - 16, 2010 (dates subject to change), at the GeorgiaDome. 100 FTC teams will be eligible to participate in the FTC WorldChampionship. Eligibility criteria will be announced in September/October 2009.
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The Game
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2009-10 General Game Discussion
Use our Florida FTC Game forum for sharing general discussion, insights and experiences about this season's game, but get your official facts about rules and other game issues from the official FIRST Tech Challenge forums .
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The Robot
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2009-10 General Robot Discussion
Use our Florida FTC Robot forum for sharing general discussion, insightsand experiences about this season's robot development, but get your official factsabout robot construction rules and related issues from the official FIRST Tech Challenge forums .
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PTC/ProE
PTC is the official CAD and Collaboration Sponsor to FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Through its sponsorship of FIRST , PTC is providing Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad, Windchill and ProductView to all FTC and FRC teams. Visit the PTC and FIRST community for more information and downloads.
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Programming
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LabVIEW
Discuss LabVIEW programming questions and issues here. Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.
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NXT-G
Discuss NXT-G programming questions and issues here. Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.
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ROBOTC
Discuss ROBOTC programming questions and issues here. Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.
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General Programming Q&A
Enjoy general programming discussion in this forum, including comparisons of the different programming choices.
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Mentors
Discuss and share ideas about connecting with and incorporating mentors into your program, recommendations for good mentoring sources, and mentoring experiences here. Additional resources are available at NEMO, the Non-Engineering Mentor Organization.
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Team Issues
Use this forum to talk about team related issues, from building a team to team work skills, training tools and opportunities, team dynamics and more.
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Help Wanted
Need help with something? Ask here! Looking for a part, need ideas for promotional material, left something behind at a competition? Use this forum.
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Special Events
Discuss and share information about special events and opportunities for FIRST teams here.
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