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2011 Minnesota Splash goes Online via Microsoft
Minnesota Splash this year went online with three nights of webinars, thanks to the generous donation of studio facilities and live video-streaming capacity of the new Microsoft Technology Center, Edina.
Hosted by Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816-The Green Machine, Team 2169-KING-TeC, Team 2177-The Robettes, and the Minnesota FIRST Regional Planning Committee, FRC team members, mentors, and leaders throughout Minnesota are able to view and participate in the live seminars. All of the seminars, including comment streams, are recorded and archived. The links to the presentations via YouTube are now live.
2011 Webinars
December 13th – Rookie Track
Build Season Survival Guide/Essentials: Team 2169- KING TeC (WMV)
Drive Trains: Team 2169 – KING TeC (WMV)
Manipulators: Team 2169 -KING TeC (WMV)
Rookie Programming/Libraries/Running the Robot: Team 1816-The Green Machine (WMV)
December 15th – Wiring, LabVIEW, and Fund Raising
Electrical Wiring: Team 2177-The Robettes (WMV)
Pneumatics: Team 2177 –The Robettes (WMV)
LabVIEW/National Instruments: Jed Retherford, National Instruments (WMV)
Fundraising/Business Plans: Team 1816 – The Green Machine (WMV | Presentation Slides)
Game Strategy: Team 1816 –The Green Machine (WMV | Presentation Slides [.ppt] | Presentation Slides [.key])
December 20th – Advanced Programming/Robot Inspection
Programming/Sensors/Beta Test/Kinect: FRC Teams 1816, 2177, 2169
Robot Inspections: Jeff Pahl, and Jon Stratis, Lead Robot Inspectors (WMV)