Nov 25, 2009

2009 Wyoming FLL Championship Schedule

Casper Events Center
Friday, December 4th (6:00 - 8:30 p.m.)
• 6:00 PM Special Guest Speaker John Wright; NASA JPL – Robot Driving
• 7:15 PM Practice Round (1 hour 15 minutes)
Saturday, December 5th (7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
• 7:00 AM Team Registration Opens
• 8:00 AM FLL Judging Begins
• 9:30 AM Jr. FLL Expo Registration Begins
• 10:00 AM Jr. FLL Expo
• 11:30 AM Lunch Break
• 12:15 PM FLL Opening Ceremony including Jr. FLL Expo awards
• 1:00 PM Robot Rounds
• 5:00 PM Closing Ceremonies (Award/Trophy presentations)

Nov 24, 2009

Special Guest Speaker

To Kickoff the 2009 Wyoming FIRST LEGO League Championship we will have a Special Guest Speaker, John Wright, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. He will be speaking on Friday Evening, December 4th, at 6:00 p.m. prior to the practice robot rounds. I have attached a flyer you can use to promote the event. All Wyoming FLL teams and the general public are invited to attend this high interest presentation. The session should help students on all of our Wyoming FLL teams to experience additional real world application of robotics technology.
(click image to download PDF Flyer)

Wyoming FIRST LEGO League Presents -
Special Guest Speaker:
John Wright
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab


Topic:
Robot Driving Experiences at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab

The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission has been operating two rovers on the red planet for almost six years. The two autonomous robots have collected over 200,000 images and analyzed hundreds of soil and rock locations on opposite sides of Mars. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the All-Terrain Hex-Limbed ExtraTerrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) robots are being developed and their capabilities tested for supporting future manned exploration of the Moon and Mars. These teleoperated robots present a different driving challenge from MER. This talk will describe experiences driving the MER rovers since landing and the ATHLETE robots here on Earth during recent field trials.

Friday, December 4, 2009
6:00 PM
Casper Events Center
Doors open at 5:00
This event is FREE and open to the general public.

Nov 19, 2009

Wyoming FLL Hotel

Hi Wyoming FLL Community,

The Best Western Ramkota Hotel has been selected as our Wyoming FLL Housing partner for the 2009 Wyoming FIRST LEGO League Championship. They have reserved a block of 100 rooms for our event at a rate of $70 per night plus tax (if applicable). To receive this rate you will need to book your room(s) prior to November, 27th 2009. [Teams may choose alternate hotel accommodations of their preference as well.]

To make your reservations use the information below and indicate you are with the Wyoming FIRST LEGO League Championship.

Best Western
Ramkota Hotel
800 North Poplar
Casper, WY 82601
(307) 266-6000
fax: (307) 473-1010

HOTEL AMENITIES:
• 229 beautifully appointed guest rooms; featuring pillow-top mattresses,
• coffee makers, irons and full-sizeironing boards, blow dryers, phones, voice messaging, desk and work area,complimentary high speed wireless internet throughout the entire hotel,pillow-top mattresses
• Castaway Bay water playland
• 13,000 square feet of meeting and function space, which breaks into 13 separate meeting rooms of various configurations. All rooms are equipped with complimentary wireless high speed internet access
• 24 hour facsimile service and photocopy service
• Security key-card entry system
• Express check-out
• Remington’s Restaurant and Spirits Lounge
• Cardio-vascular Work-Out facility
• Free airport shuttle
• Free in town shuttle

Inclement Weather Policy

The Wyoming FLL Championship is a 'Rain or Shine' event. Well, in December, in Wyoming, it is really a 'Snow or Shine' event. Meaning that we do not have the ability to reschedule the event if there are poor road/travel conditions around the state. We are hoping for good weather, but we all know how it is in Wyoming (keep your fingers crossed that it will be a nice weekend). We will run the event with the teams that are present.

Final travel decisions will need to be made by each parent/coach/team with priority consideration given to child/team safety.