New FLL Team is All Charged Up for the FIRST Lego League 2011 Food Factor Challenge

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All Charged Up, a new FIRST© Lego League team from Chickahominy Middle School, is preparing for the First Lego League 2011 challenge, Food Factor. In this year’s challenge released September 2nd, teams are researching the preservation of food and developing new methods that prevent spoiling. Like all FIRST competitions, the middle schoolers will also program robots to solve real-world problems. var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true,”data_track_addressbar”:false,”data_track_textcopy”:false,”ui_header_background”:”#E8E9EA”,”ui_header_color”:”#CE1A0C”,”ui_cobrand”:”Flexicell”};

Flexicell-Sponsored FIRST Lego League “Tobor Fanatics” Wins Norfolk Regional Championship, VA. “Mechanicsville Mechanics” Also Advance.

The Flexicell-sponsored Tobor Fanatics won the Norfolk Regional competition of the FIRST Robotics Lego League, taking the titles of: Division 1 Championship 1st Place in Robot Design The regional competition was held Saturday, November 22, 2009 in Norfolk, Virginia.  For the Division 1 Championship, the Tobor Fanatics scored 280 in the practice round, 1,270 in competition Round One, 1,270 in Round Two, and 280 in…

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Flexicell Sponsors Two Local LEGO Leagues in the FIRST Robotics Competition

For the first time, Ashland, VA-based robotic system integrator Flexicell will sponsor FIRST Robotics teams at the LEGO level. The LEGO League level is comprised of elementary and/or middle school students grades 4-8 (ages 9-14) as an introduction contest to the more intricate FIRST Robotics competitions held by high school teams around the globe. For 2009, Flexicell will be sponsoring the Mechanicsville Mechanics and the…

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