TDT mentor Chris Willingham finds his dopleganger on FRC team 4769!

TDT sponsor Learning is for Everyone has been helping sponsor a rookie FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team this year, #4769, the Electrodes, based at Dixie Hollins High School in St. Petersburg.   Programming and CAD mentor, Chris Willingham, has been splitting his mentoring time between TDT and the Electrodes for the last six weeks, an impressive feat considering the teams are more than 30 miles apart.

With the FTC State Championship successfully behind us now, Chris will be putting all his energies into helping the Electrodes get through their first event, the Orlando Regional, being held March 7-9 at the University of Central Florida. Arena.

TDT will be there, too, helping provide FIRST Tech Challenge demonstrations with a couple of our State Championship friends, FTC 4997, Masquerade and FTC 5454, dent in the universe .  FLL and Jr. FLL teams will also be showcasing their programs – That’s our whole Finalist Alliance!  And we hope to catch some of the FRC action of Ultimate Ascent  while we’re there. 

There will be 63 FRC teams at the event, from all over Florida, and around the country, as well as few international teams.  We can’t wait to see the big robots play!