Welcome to RoboDesigners!
RoboDesigners is a site for young people who are interested in designing, building, and programming robots. Our mission is to inspire our visitors and provide them with helpful resources.
Central VA VRC Tournament - February 11, 2012
RoboDesigners will be competing at the Central VA VRC tournament on February 11th, 2012. We will have two teams at this event, each pursuing vastly different designs. For more information about the event, see its page on RobotEvents.
NOVA VRC Tournament - December 3, 2011
RoboDesigners competed at the NOVA VRC Tournament on December 3, 2011. We won all but one qualifying match during the day, with a record of 5-1. The TwistedBotz selected us to form the 3rd seeded alliance. We made it to semi-finals, but had technical difficulties which prevented us from advancing further. We won a Judges' Award. For more information about the event, click here.
RoboDesigners Begins Gateway Season
RoboDesigners has officially begun its Gateway season. We are strategizing and prototyping robot designs.
FIRST LEGO League Coaches' Workshop
To access the workshop website, click here.
RoboDesigners members presented at the 2011 Lynchburg FLL Coaches' Workshop. The workshop was held on September 10th. Thanks to Apress and LEGO Education for some great door prizes! For more information, click here.
VEX 2011-2012 Gateway is Released!
The new VRC game, Gateway, was released at the VRC World Championship. For more information about the game, visit the Gateway page on the VEXwiki.
RoboDesigners Presents to Boy Scout Troop 211
On May 24, RoboDesigners presented VEX and FIRST robotics to Boy Scout Troop 211. The scouts had opportunities to drive the VEX robots, and learned about robotics competitions for middle and high school students.
RoboDesigners Shares VEX with Bedford County Schools
RoboDesigners demonstrated VEX Robotics at Liberty, Staunton River, and Jefferson Forest high schools on May 9 and 12, 2011.
RoboDesigners Competes at the VRC World Championship
RoboDesigners, team 2190D, competed at the VRC World Championship in Orlando, Florida on April 14-16. We had a great time, and saw many incredible robots. At the end of qualifiers, we ranked 18th of 104 in the Math division.
Congratulations to all the award winners. We're looking forward to next year!
Watch movies taken at the Championship on our YouTube Channel.
RoboDesigners Wins Judges' Award at Liberty University VEX Competition
RoboDesigners team 2190 competed at the Liberty University VEX Competition, held on March 26, 2011. We were undefeated throughout the qualifiers, and seeded 1st place. Unfortunately, we lost by one point in the semi-finals. However, we still won the Judges' Award, which is awarded to a team that the judges think deserves special recognition for their performance.
We congratulate teams 33, the Mavericks, and 1851B, the Southside Vexters, for winning first place. We also congratulate the Twisted Botz on winning the Excellence Award. Many thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible.
Pictures of the tournament can be found on VEXsouth.com.
Watch videos of some of the matches on our YouTube Channel. (More to come!)
RoboDesigners Wins Tournament Champion Award at Central Virginia VRC Regional
David Norton, a.k.a. Team 2190D, joined Teams 12B and 12D to form the 1st Place Alliance at the Central Virginia VRC Tournament on February 5, 2011. The alliance was undefeated in all six of the elimination matches. David qualified to advance to the World Championship, to be held in April at the Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida.
Andrew Norton, Team 2190, seeded 15th in the qualifying matches. ACME 12G selected him to join the third place alliance, along with ACME 12M.
RoboDesigners Competes at VRC ROTEC Qualifier
Our VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) team, RoboDesigners (Team #2190) competed at the Roanoke Regional Robotics Qualifier on January 15. We were featured on WDBJ7, a local news channel. Watch the story herea>.
RoboDesigners will compete at the Central Virginia VRC Regional on February 5 and the Liberty University Competition on March 26.
See pictures of us building our robots!
ACME Robotics wins 1st Place Project Award at State Championship
Pictured above are team members James, Andrew, Ian, and David.
ACME Robotics competed at the VA/DC FLL State Championship on December 4-5. We won the 1st place Project Presentation Award for Division 2. Congratulations to Ashburn Robotics for advancing to the FIRST World Festival!
ACME Robotics - Lynchburg Regional Champions!
Pictured above are team members Ian, James, Andrew, and David.
ACME Robotics competed at the Lynchburg Regional Tournament on November 6. We won both the 1st Place Champion's Award and the 1st Place Robot Performance Award with a top score of 250 points. The team with the next highest score was the Panda Bears, with 210 points.
Read the story in the Botetourt View.
View pictures taken by CVCC.
Many thanks to the Central Virginia Community College for sponsoring our team, whose continued support has been critical for our success.
RoboDesigners at the Future Focus Expo
For more pictures, see our
Picasa Album!
On October 12, from 11am to 9pm, RoboDesigners represented FIRST LEGO League robotics at the Future Focus Expo. We had our field kit set up and demonstrated a remote-controlled NXT forklift. Go to www.futurefocusexpo.com for more information.
FIRST LEGO League Coaches' Workshop
RoboDesigners had the opportunity to lead the 2010 Lynchburg FLL Coaches' Workshop. We covered many topics, including NXT-G programming, the Body Forward Challenge, and coaching tips. We had a special afternoon programming session just for team members.
NXT-G Class at Fincastle Library
RoboDesigners has taught NXT-G programming classes at the Fincastle Library. Click here to view our Picasa web album.
What You can do on Our Site
- Find links to the current FLL Challenge
- Find out what we have been doing and learning about on our blog
- Learn about programming languages
- Learn about FIRST LEGO League (FLL)
- Learn about VEX Robotics
- Learn about Autodesk Inventor
- View pictures of our teams
- Watch movies of our robots
- Learn how to make animations
- Learn about LEGO Digital Designer (LDD)