Driven Nuts & the ROBOWhizards will host a robotics demo and hands-on workshops at the Marple Public Library in Broomall, PA on Monday, April, 13, 2009, from 3:00-8:00 pm. Workshops run continuously and will take about 30 minutes to complete. No registration required. The event is free.

This event will introduce students and adults to the middle school robotics program called FIRST LEGO League (FLL). This annual competition teaches students aged 9-14 how to design, build and program their own robots using the LEGO Mindstorms robotics system.

LEGO robotics camps being offered again this summer

Driven Nuts will be hosting week-long LEGO robotics camps this summer in Havertown, PA. Students will build robots using LEGO Mindstorms NXT and will work in teams of 3 or 4. Each team will build and program a robot under the guidance of a mentor. Tuition is $125 per child. For more information or to register, visit: http://camp.drivenrobotics.com.

Camps being offered this summer:

DRIVEN Nuts had a stellar performance at the Pennsylvania regional competition in Downingtown today. The team performed well all day, seeding 3rd in the qualification matches, finishing as the captain of the tournament’s finalist alliance (with Radnor Robotics), and qualifying for the World Championships by winning the “Robot Skills Challenge,” a subset of the larger alliance competition. The team also won the Build Award for exceptional robot design.

The Driven Nuts have registered for three competitions:

1/24/09 league scrimmage at Christopher Dock HS in Lansdale
2/28/09 PA competition in Downingtown
4/2-4/09 Atlantic Coast competition

The Driven Nuts have registered to be in the Vex Robotics Competition for the 2008-2009 season. Our team number is 76. The challenge is Elevation. The team now has six members, losing four from last year but gaining one.