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Cyber Blue Relay For Life
27 June 2008
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In 2007, we saw an opportunity to spread the word of FIRST in the Indianapolis area. We discovered that the Indianapolis Children's Museum (ICM) was preparing a fall exhibit entitled "Robots+Us." We contacted the ICM, explained our program, and offered assistance in the exhibit. Over the next several months, the ICM and Cyber Blue collaborated on a plan of action. We built four FTC robots and an obstacle course for children to navigate. We taught visiting children about FTC robots, how they work, and discussed the enjoyment of working with robots. We also taught children how to design and drive the robots. Students also trained museum personnel to operate the robots during our off-weeks so children could continue to learn and enjoy the robotics experience.

Cyber Blue is one of the lead organizers in the Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI). It is one of the most anticipated off-season events in FIRST, and this past year, a total of 72 teams came to the event. Some teams came all the way from Florida, California, and even Canada and Israel. Our team and parent crew are both very involved with the whole process of getting this event off the ground. The students on our team helped tape a live webcast for NASA TV, and our parent crew cooked for over 1000 people. Teams who came to the IRI brought backpacks full of school supplies at the request of our team, and they were sent to low income families. We also have a silent auction at the IRI where all proceeds go to the Julian Center and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America.

Power Storm is an all girls team sponsored by IUPUI and Rolls-Royce. All students in the Indianapolis area are invited to be part of this team. Over the summer, Cyber Blue was involved in a POWER camp. We trained the girls on machines and the fundamentals of robotics. We then built them a duplicate of our 2007 FRC which they used to compete in the Indiana Robotics Invitational. We gave them a care package to encourage them to continue with FIRST and the robotics programs. We wish them luck!

Cyber Blue will be traveling to 2 regionals and nationals this upcoming season. The first regional we will be going to is the Boilermaker Regional at Purdue University. The competition will be held from March 13-15.
The next week, we will be attending the West Michigan Regional (March 20-22.) Nationals will take place from April 16-18 in Atlanta, Georgia. On the way back we will be staying at a hotel in Murfreesboro.