FYI: NASA is offering students a head start for the 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition. NASA has teamed up with Fremont Union High School district in California...
Hello Roboticists, Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA will host a workshop for the new VEX robotics platform from August 8-10. We invite educators of all ...
All, this is the latest press release from Innovation FIRST and FIRST about the status of the Vex product line. In a nutshell, Innovation FIRST (the creator of...
Hi, I'm a father and mentor wanting to get involved in FVC immediately. My daughter wants to join a team in the San Jose or Santa Clara area and I would like...
All, There are three separate notes in this email ... all are important, so make sure to read each of them. FVC TOURNAMENT MARCH 4TH The date and location for...
All, I have added registration information to the NorCalVex website: http://www.norcalvex.org/modules.php?name=FVC_Tournament We are still looking for one or...
All, We are in need of several volunteers for the Northern California FVC Tournament on March 4th at Evergreen Valley College. If any of you are available to...
If you are interested in the big FIRST robots (FRC), this Saturday 9/15, there is an opportunity to learn more. Also the robot controller mini-course will be...
Greetings Teams! The official 2007 FIRST Tech Challenge Season begins NOW, with the release of our 2007 game: *Quad Quandary!* Visit the game animation here: ...
Some Vex resources for rookies have recently been uploaded here: Vex for the Technically Challenged (a technical guide) and A Clueless Coach's Companion to...
What is Cal-Game? Cal-Games (now known as the Northern California Robot Games) is an off-season FIRST Robotics Competition event. These are the 100+ pound...
*************CORRECTION******************* Robot Recipes (the document posted at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2029 contains a rather major error...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the norcalvex group: Which tournament recognition item would be most appreciated by your team? o...
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Northern California teams can now register for the Championship tournament via the www.norcalvex.org website. We expect to open registration for non-local...
All, If you didn't receive a copy of the October 2007 eNewsletter from FIRST, you should subscribe. Also, please forward to your team parents and others that...
I would encourage the public school teachers in Northern California to add their requests on the Donor Choose website. I have colleagues that are interested in...
FYI - From FIRST HQ: The FTC playing field pieces haven't started shipping but I expect that they will by early next week. I received word from my procurement...
The Honda robot, Asimo, is coming to the Computer History Museum on 11/15. I don't know if space is still available - but a flier with information on...
If you missed any of the email blasts that were sent out to coaches from FIRST, the archive is at: http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc/content.aspx?id=7384 ...
hello nor cal vex! anyone interested in a nor cal pre tournament scrimmage? our school has a gym in dublin, ca and would love to use it. i would love to invite...
Garrick, Thanks for the invite -- we would love to attend, but we'll probably be attending an event in Turlock (date uncertain), so I don't think we'll be able...
Any update on the timing for a scrimmage in Dublin? Our team is getting darned close to functional for a scrimmage and we're in Fremont. Dublin is just over...
Hey Jill & others -- I've purchased a set of 9 softtiles from the correct vendor to emulate the playing surface. However, I'm not sure which side belongs "UP"....
... smooth side up, not the textured side. - Mark -- Mark Edelman Playing@Learning phone: (510)656-8664 42668 Lerwick Street fax: (510)656-8664 Fremont, CA...
"Heck I bet the robot could drive us there!" - wow, that's a lot of torque and battery power! ;) i have not received any other interest in our scrimmage. the...
Hi Bob, Jill and others, This is our first year.. so some naive questions. How critical is it to practise on the exact same surface. How do I order the Soft...
IMPORTANT: We are closing the Northern California FTC tournament registration on Thursday 12/13 at 11:50pm - that will give us enough time to finalize the...