Thank you for visiting the website for Team Rex. We are six kids on a FIRST Lego League (FLL)Team who meets twice a week at a home in Elon, NC to work on FLL challenges. Our Team won the NC State Championship in Greensboro, NC on February 20th and represented North Carolina at the World Festival in Atlanta during April 15-17.
The World Festival was an event honoring team, robotic, and project accomplishments. During 2 1/2 days, the team members took part in judging sessions and robot competition rounds, culminating at a final FLL award ceremony followed by a big party at the Centenniel Park in downtown Atlanta including fireworks to celebrate all the achievements. Read more...
Argentina, Australia, Benelux, Brazil, Chile, China/Hong Kong, Colombia, Egypt, France, Haiti, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Germany/Central Europe, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
First robot run at the World Festival in Atlanta on 4/16/2010
with Owen and Benny.
Thank you!
The team has received a tremendous level of support for the trip to the World Festival in Atlanta. We appreciate all sponsorships and donations.
Click here to view all our sponsors and donors
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Sponsors:
Randolph Bank, Mary Lynne McElhaney, DDS,
Professional Insurance Consultants, Haeseken,
Smitty's Homemade Ice Cream, Ted's Catering
Lee Brothers Academy, Burlington Carpet One,
Artisans Press, Creative Homebuyers
Get in touch with the team at
teamrex@ncbots.com
North Carolina State Championship
Front row: Lena Stein, Tobias Fischer, Benny Stein, Owen Gold, Gavin Koonts
Back row: Jan Fischer
Robot Dependability Award: 2nd Place
Robot Performance Award: 1st Place
Champion's Award: 1st Place
FLL is all about Gracious Professionalism, a term that has been coined by Dr. Woodie Flowers, FIRST National Advisor and Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"With Gracious Professionalism, fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions. Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy, but treat one another with respect and kindness in the process. They avoid treating anyone like losers. No chest thumping tough talk but no sticky-sweet platitudes either. Knowledge, competition, and empathy are comfortably blended." USFIRST.org
What's News
UNC-TV
The team was featured in North Carolina Now on UNC-TV on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 as part of a report about developments in robotics in the state of North Carolina.
Read more on our News page.
World Festival in Atlanta
Atlanta, April 15-17, 2010 - Team Rex went to the FIRST Word Festival in Atlanta.
Read, see and watch the full coverage here.
Or click here for the complete video lignup.
News 2 TV Coverage
Greensboro, 4/5/2010 - News 2 came last Friday to interview the team. See Photos.
The clip was broadcast on Monday and made live with an article on the News 2 website.
You can also watch it here on our site.
FRC Tournament
Raleigh, 4/3/2010 - An exiting day at the regional FIRST Robotics Competion in Raleigh. Read more or view our pictures.
Robot Rumble
Durham, 3/20/2010 - Team Rex was showing their work at the Robot Rumble at the Museum of Life + Science in Durham. The day was a big success for all participants. See pictures here.