Townview Interest Meeting

By Anuhya, Sol, Elias, Jai, Krish, Aarav, and Nalin

Yesterday, we hosted our first interest meeting! We were able to introduce a lot of kids to robotics, and got a lot of new recruits who had no experience as well as recruits who have done VEX, FTC and FLL before. We're very excited about our new season and sharing robotics with kids who will be able to keep the legacy of Iron Reign ongoing!

We talked to them about what we do as a team and gave them a quick overview of FTC: outreach, connecting with engineers, designing and building robots, programming and documentation. We then talked about Iron Reign values: innovation and (over)engineering. We gave them a rundown of the expectations for joining this team, as well as what commitment to a robotics team could look like.

A lot of them were very interested in the customizability of our robots. We presented PPE and Taubot, from the CenterStage and PowerPlay seasons, and they were fascinated by the carbon fiber on our robot and wanted to know how many of the robot parts we made ourselves. We elaborated on one of the best aspects of FTC: the amount of freedom and creativity you get with building robots. We don't just rely on kits, we have the ability to design our own parts and learn skills like CNCing and 3D printing.

We can't wait to teach these kids, who will be joining our junior varsity teams, all we know about robotics, starting with basic code on OnBot Java to Android Studio, but also things like teamwork, conflict resolution and time management!