History
2019
Club maintains high membership level.
Club meets a congresman at the 4H Fair
Club members meet a person in distress at the 4H fair and uses their electrical skills to fix her broken electric wheelchair, earning kudos from fair staff and the person they helped.
FTC
FTC team 12601 placed high at and won several events
Team 12601 was the winning alliance captain and recieved the Connect award at their state championship qualifier
12601 advanced to the State Championship
Finalist for the Connect award at the NJ State Championships
2018
Robostorm First Tech Challenge (FTC) Team is Formed!
FTC
FTC team 12601 placed in the top 3 at all of their meets and qualifier
Team 12601 Recieved the Inovate award at their qualifier
12601 advanced to the State Championship
After being an aliance captain at the State Championships, team 12601 advanced to the East Super Regional Championship held in Scranton, PA
Team 12601's ranking at the East Super Regional Championship advanced them to the FIRST World Championship in Detroit, Michigan
2017
Accepted lots of new members. Club tripled in size.
Aquabot
Aquabot Locator was created
2016
Aquabot
Store bottles sold in EEPROM
Add connectors for LEDs, required switching location of money and electronics boxes
Replaced battery
Add key switch to re-enable
Add emergency stop button
Add leds in the drive electronics box to signal enabled
3D Printing
3D Printer control board gets replaced
3D Printer bed gets replaced with blank pcb
3D Printer bed get insulate underneath with cork
Nametag app gets redone in Go, works much better
Nametag server upgraded to Vostro 200
Fair
Shed is on opposite side of the tent
Share tent with Astrobots
Arcades in shed
MAKE OVER $1100 IN AQUABOT AND 3D PRINTER SALES!!!!
Sell out of Legos in Lego fundraiser
2015
First time at the Maker day at the library
Aquabot
Moved Teensy and cooler electronics out of the money box and into its own box
Added keypad to go along with LCD
Added LED strips
Added microcontroller in drive box for enable button
Made panels to cover cooler
Battlebots
Official field made
Start to allow some non Lego components
3D Printing
Build 3d printer as a club
Began loaning it out
First year for 3D Printed Nametags
Fair
Shared tent with Astrobots
First year flying copters at the fair
First year doing 3D Printed Nametags
Of the 4 printers, only 2 or 3 operational at a time
Nametag app was buggy and had issues
Nametag app ran on old laptop
Still arcades in the shed, but reserved part of shed for nametag server and our stuff
Start selling donated Legos to benefit Tabby's place
2014
Start to move away from Mindstorms
Club grew in size
Aquabot
3D Printed Dispenser
Real bill acceptor
Teensy++ 2.0 for control
Much more reliable
Battlebots
First year
Used folded up tables for playing field
All Lego robots
Fair
Larger tent
Required personal project for each member
First year of arcades in the shed, includes both the arcade machine and Pong
Shared tent with Roborockers
Debut of Battlebots, huge success
2013
Still lots of Lego Mindstorms projects
Displayed at Independence Manor
Aquabot
First year!
Lego dispenser and bill acceptor
Fair
Same size tent and shed
Shed Lego projects included the Lego Mazebot, Ziplinebot, and ROMbot
Various personal projects in the tent
Debut of Aquabot
2012
Club grew in size
Club bought club Mindstorms kits to loan out to members, and for fair projects
Fair
Got our own tent at the fair, along with a shed next to it for storage at night
Made a small mock-up of the fairgrounds in the shed
Included Lego Sheep Herder, Ferris Wheel, Tractor Pull, and others
Various personal projects in the tent
Founding 2011
First year as a club
Started with only about 5 members
Fair
Got a display in the Ramsburg building and timeslots in the sheep barn for demos
All Lego Mindstorms projects