Working alongside professionals, administrators, and teachers, the Nanites have put two computer science classes on the Lincoln High School's Course Guide for the 2013-2014 school year! 

Lincoln hasn't had a computer science related class in years, so this is exciting news!

Thus starts the first of four consecutive weeks of robotics tournaments...

At their first tournament of the season, the Nanites won all of the first five rounds of the competition and end up as captain of the second team of four in the semi-finals. Partnered in an alliance with the Tiger Team (4586) and the Dead Ringers (3535), the Nanites finish off the day by winning the game competition. Additionally, the Nanites also won the Inspire award and look forward to the qualifying tournament at Hood River next week!

The Nanites are going to their first qualifying tournament this weekend! The tournament will be on February 9th, and will be held at St. Helens High School. We're working on some final additions to the robot, and hopefully it will all be ready for the weekend. Looking forward to having a great time on Saturday!

We are excited to announce that our team will be hosting an ORTOP Qualifying Tournament this season! The event will be at OMSI on February 23rd, and we are looking forward to seeing and meeting the wonderful members of the Oregon FTC community. If you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering at this event, we welcome and encourage your help. Feel free to comment on this post with your contact information, or to email us at nanites4092@gmail.com

The Nanites can't wait for the tournament season to start!

At the 30th Annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, the Nanites were honored to conduct a paper presentation entitled "Engineering Quality in the Robotic World". The presentation at the World Trade Center was well-received by members of the professional software community; the Nanites discussed their experiences in FIRST robotics throughout FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge, the error and inaccuracies of the sensors initially used in FTC and the Nanites' solutions to the problems of unreliable orientation and position information.

After being set up months ago, looks like the Forest Heights Robotics Center is continuing to invite people to get involved in science and engineering. There have been a couple open houses, gathering many interested people, and now a summer camp is being started up.

If any of you live in the Forest Heights (NW Portland) area, you might be interested in a upcoming FREE robotics day camp, right in your local Forest Heights Village Center. Started by one of the local teams here in Forest Heights, this week long camp will introduce kids (ages 9-14) to the basics of robotics and the amazing FIRST LEGO League program.

For more information, as well as sign up, click below:
http://robotcamp.yolasite.com/

Limited spots, hurry to sign up!