Saturday, January 7, 2012 The Saturday Kickoff marks the beginning of the design and build season. We have two locations for our kickoff this year: Corvallis and Vancouver (Evergreen High School). At our kickoffs, teams have the opportunity to meet with others to compare notes, get ideas, make friends, find mentoring teams, pick up [...]
December 17, 2011
December 4, 2011
Girls Generation 2012 Experience
Lindsey Scott is a rookie and a Senior at Trout Lake High School on Team 3711. She and Maggie Baker participated in the 2012 Girls Generation at Catlin Gable. Here is what Lindsey wrote the event: “Move to the left, no to the left, no your other left! Down Maggie, no too far, back [...]
November 28, 2011
Hotels Now Available
Do you need a hotel for the 2012 Regionals? We’ve just updated our Accomodations page to give you the inside scoop on how to get a nice discount! We have the following hotels available in Portland for the 2012 Autodesk Oregon Regional. To get these rates, you must use the FIRST system. More details [...]
November 13, 2011
Come to the Pre-Season Scrimmage for 2012 FRC Game
When: Saturday, February 18th, 2012 Where: Crescent Valley HS, Corvallis – OR Crescent Valley High School 4444 NW Highland Drive Corvallis, OR, 97330 Time: ~10:00am to late afternoon What: A place to bring your robot and test on a full field with other robots. The informal scrimmage format allows teams to [...]
November 11, 2011
Find out who are the Cart Conundrum Contest winners!
Congratulations to the winners of Autodesk’s Cart Conundrum Design Challenge! Thanks to all the teams who entered the Cart Conundrum. We were excited to see entries from many first-time users of Inventor, and thrilled to be able to award your teams with some well-deserved grant money. The following teams will be receiving grants during [...]
October 30, 2011
Mentors needed for FIRST Teams
FIRST in Oregon and Washington is seeking industry professionals to mentor local high school teams in January and February to guide students in the areas of CAD, mechanical, electrical, software, project management or marketing/PR. If you interested in learning more and joining in on the fun, please contact Deb Mumm-Hill here. Use our map to find which team is closest to you. [...]
October 30, 2011
RoboFest at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum – Nov 25, 2011
Robo-Fest The Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach (ORTOP) and Oregon FIRST Robotics will be on hand to help demonstrate FLL/FTC/FRC team robotics and share their enthusiasm. If you are not on a team, but interested in forming one for 2012, come and find out about how to get involved! Location: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum Cost: [...]
October 17, 2011
Winners of the Autodesk Loaner Laptops
Congratulations to the following winners of the Autodesk Loaner Laptops! Tualatin High School - Team 2002 Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences – Team 2550 US Grant High School – Team 3636 Corvallis High School – Team 997 Seaside High School – Team 3673 Union High School – Team 3712 Gladstone High School – Team [...]
October 16, 2011
FIRST Fare 2011 Presentations are online!
Missed FIRST Fare 2011? Check here for the presentations. That page will be updated as more of the presentations come in. You’ll also be able to find the presentations from the past three FIRST Fares. Thanks to all who made the event such a great success!
October 6, 2011
Like us on Facebook!
Hi friends, please take a minute to navigate on over to Facebook and find your new favorite page: Oregon FIRST: First Robotics Competition (FRC). Expect to find updates about events, FIRST in the news, pictures and stories that will be of interest to our community. **Please note that this is not meant to replace the regular listserv, [...]
