STEM-Fest 2017 4/1/17

Yesterday, our team participated in the second annual STEM-FEST (previously known as STEMCon). There were lot's of booths set up on location, and we had a lot of fun talking and meeting up with lots of fun and interesting people who are interested in STEM and Robotics. We look forward to doing it again next year!

FRC Colorado Regional 2017 3/23/17 - 3/25/17

March 23-25 was the FRC Colorado Regional. This year we had our most stable robot ever, with no breakdowns what so ever on the field. We finished at place 31 of 48. As always, we had lots of fun and we felt this was a great year for us. Next year we hope to expand and compete in two regionals, which would be a first for our team.

Creo Model of Our 2017 Robot 2/14/17

Happy Valentine's Day! to celebrate, we are unveiling the Creo model of our 2017 season robot. Currently, we do not have a name for it but as soon as we do, It shall be posted. (Also note that this is a screenshot, the picture will be updated with a render when it is available)
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Air Force Academy Lab Tour 1/26/17

Yes we realize that the date say 1-26-17, we are writing this now since we just got approval to post this picture. Anyway, last year our team got an offer from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to tour their robotics lab. Fast forward about 4 months and here we are. We really enjoyed it, saw some really cool projects and even made some good acquaintances along the way.
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Checked Out Twitter Lately? 1/27/17

In case you haven't heard, Team STEM IMPULSE has a Twitter account. We are tweeting every meeting about all kinds of robot related topics, from team Kudos, to funny prototype videos. Be sure to click on the button below to check us out and follow us!
Take Me To Twitter!

FIRST STEAMWORKS Colorado Kickoff 1/7/17

In anticipation of the new FIRST Robotics Challenge part of our team went down to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science while some of our other teammates set up a viewing party at STEM School. After the game reveal, we were all abuzz with excitement. All in all, a great way to kickoff build season.
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Tesla Test Ride 11/30/16

Have you heard of Tesla? Of course you have! Who am I taking to, you might be asking? To be honest, I don't know. Anyway, On November 30th, we were able to arrange an entire team test drive and presentation on Tesla; courtesy of the Park Meadows Tesla Store. It was extremely cool and we had a lot of fun. Ludicrous Speed AWAY!!!!!​

F-18 First Look 9/27/16

We were able to get a special opportunity to view up close, a brand new F-18 on it's maiden flight. One of our mentors is in the military and was gracious and kind enough to let us get up close and look into the cockpit as well as tell us how it works. It was a really fun and unique experience.

FIRST STEAMWORKS First Look 9/20/16

Hello FIRST fans,

At 7 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, FIRST revealed the sneak peak trailer for their 2017 competition. They also revealed the name of the competition which is "FIRST STEAMWORKS". If you haven't seen it yet, watch it down below.

Sparkfun AVC 2016 9/17/16

Have you heard of Sparkfun? If you haven't, Sparkfun is a local Colorado company located just north of Boulder, Colorado. They make hardware that works with the open source platform Arduino. If you don't know what that is, then all we can say is that you're not invested heavily enough to STEM ;-). Anyway, every year they host a competition called AVC (Autonomous Vehicle Competition) and we were invited. We set up a booth and presented to a class full of people about FRC as well as show off Frisbeebot and Totebot. We invited our Regional teammates 1410: Release the Kraken to come up with us as well. We all had loads of fun. We will be going there next year so we hope we can see you there then.

All American Academy High School Fair 9/14/16 - 9/15/16

Not all schools are K-12 like STEM, for those schools who only go to 8th grade, they hold high school fairs. One such school is All-American Academy. We were asked to come with our assistant principals to both locations to talk about our school from the student perspective. It was a lot of fun and we talked to a lot of great parents and kids.

8/27/16 Ingress

Several weeks ago we were presented with a tremendous opportunity by Colorado FIRST to present at an event called Ingress and we accepted. Ingress is a game made by Niantic labs (the same people who made Pokémon Go for all you uber nerd fans) and the event was a bunch of players of the game throwing a party. We brought Totebot and FrisbeeBot with us to show off.

At the event we were joined by another FRC team 4068 and an FTC team; 6929. We all had a lot of fun and we got to party with a bunch of nerds, plus make some new connections with the people there. we hope to be able to do it again someday.

Back To School Night 8/18/16

School is back in session and so is our team. To kick off the school year, we participated in our school's "Back to School Night". We had a lot of fun and we talked to a lot of great families come and talk to us about our program.

STEM-Con 5/7/16

STEM-Con was created by two parents at STEM School and Academy to showcase why STEM is a great thing, and it worked. They invited many of the after school clubs from the Academy as well as vendors from the surrounding area like Barnes & Noble. We showcased FrisbeeBot, ToteBot, and S.T.E.R.L.I.N.G to the people who came to our booth. It was a fun event and we hope it continues for years to come.
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STEM-Con articles 5/4/16

in two days we will be participating in an event called STEM-Con. This is the result of two hardworking parents who wanted to create an all inclusive Comic-Con like experience for High School students. Here is the link to the official website as well as some news articles written about it. We hope to see you there.
http://www.stemcon2016.com/

http://www.examiner.com/article/denver-area-school-to-hold-its-own-comic-con

http://coloradoleague.org/news/283891/-Introducing-STEM-CON-2016-First-Ever-Student-Driven-COMIC-CON-Event-in-Denver.htm

http://www.westword.com/event/stemcon-7866045

ULA Young Minds at Work Outreach Event 4/28/16

It has been said that the best time to get kids interested in STEM is when they are young, and that is exactly what we did. We went to ULA to show little kids what we have built over the years, including S.T.E.R.L.I.N.G, Totebot, and FrisbeeBot, for their Young Minds at Work event. All of the kids loved it and they even drove them around an area that was set up for them. All in all it was a lot of fun and we hope to do it again.

A Trip Down Middle School Lane 4/20/16

At Team STEM IMPULSE we have a big focus on community and having kids on our team who may not have had this chance at their school. Because of this we went back to our PR Lead's old school to talk to the soon to be graduating 8th graders about our team and FIRST as a whole. Everyone on both sides were excited and everyone wanted to see our robot, S.T.E.R.L.I.N.G. A huge thank you to Highline Academy Charter School for having us over, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
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STEM School and Academy's Aerospace Dinner 4/8/16

On April 8th, our home school presented an amazing opportunity to schools all across Douglas County; a chance to meet with real people who work or worked in the Aerospace industry like NASA or ULA or Lockheed Martin. There were over 7 schools represented at the event. A large amount of our FRC team went to the event to meet with these experts. The first half of the event was a delicious dinner at the Hotel Marriott across the street, we then went back to the school for dessert and for some after school clubs to show off what they have been working on. It was a huge success for everyone involved and we could not have had more fun.
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Colorado Regional 3/24/16 - 3/26/16

Well, the Colorado Regional for FIRST Robotics Competition came and went and we did super well this year. We placed 39th in the Qualification round. We then got picked by team 1410: Release the Kraken for their alliance along with team 1138: Eagle Engineering. We won the Quarterfinals, and almost won the Semifinals. We got farther than ever before and we can't wait until next year.

Colorado Scrimmage 2/20/16

Three days before the Build Season comes to a close, Coronado High School hosted a scrimmage match for all the teams who wanted to test their robot on a working playing field. This was our first year going there as a team and it was a blast, we hooked up with old friends and made some new ones as well. We also tested our robot three times to help us find out if there are any problems we need to fix. All in all it was a great time.
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A new home for our tools 2/13/16

Some hardworking parents came in today to build a new temporary storage for all of our carts and equipment. Huge thank you to all of them for doing this.

Rendering of our Robot 2/13/16

Our design team has been hard at work creating a CAD model worthy of being on the website and we are proud to present it to you now.
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A Safety Reminder for Everyone From Our New Mascot 2/12/16

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A Quick Behind the Scenes Tour 2/12/16

We have just uploaded time-lapses of Weeks 1 through 4 of our Build Season. Check them out below or on our YouTube Channel.

FIRST Robotics 2016 Kickoff 1/9/2016

Put down your squabbles about African and European Swallows and pick up your tools to build your Medieval Robots. FIRST Stronghold has been unveiled and it looks awesome. After revealing a Trailer in October, FIRST finally released all of the game details to the public with the Game Reveal Trailer. The next six weeks will be busy for sure.

Fundraiser at DaKind Soups 11/14/2015

Thank you very much to everyone who showed up to DaKind Soups on Saturday, we could never have reached the amount of money to fuel our robot without you. We reached the 30% marker for the fundraiser. We also sold HexBugs at the event. Thank you again so much to everyone who contributed to the fundraiser. At the event we showed off our robot T.O.T.E.S. and entertained the kids who showed up.

STEM WARS 10/24/2015

We had a great time at the Douglas County STEM WARS. We showed off our Recycle Rush Robot, T.O.T.E.S, and even got it signed by real life astronaut, Chris Cassidy.
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STEMosphere 9/26/2015

Creativity was all around us at STEMosphere at DU's own Magnus Arena, from making snow cones by riding bicycles to LEGO gummies. With a special keynote presentation from renowned artist, Eric Wahl, it was amazing and absolutely inspiring to see so many people attend. Our flagship robot T.O.T.E.S. worked hard and kids had fun testing it out.