Team Workshops

FIRST of the Great Lakes Bay Region Hosts a variety of workshops throughout the off-season, leading up to the next years FRC kickoff.

Pre-Season Workshop 2014 - 12/13/14

On December 13th FIRST of the Great Lakes Bay Region will host our second annual pre-season workshop at the Saginaw Career Complex from 9am - 2pm* December 13th 2014.
This workshop is open to all area teams including rookies and veterans. There is no cost to attendees.
Snacks will be provided between class sessions.
Below is the current list of classes* that will be offered (Or Click HERE for the class Schedule):
  • Introduction to FIRST
  • Awards/Judge Interaction
  • Safety
  • Sensors & Pneumatics
  • Imagery
  • Mentor Meetup
  • Fundraising
  • Scholarships
  • Administrative Tasks
  • Travel and Student Requirements
  • Drive Systems
  • Basic Machining
  • Advanced Machining
  • Scouting
  • Student Recruitment & Retention
  • Intro to Labview**
  • Robot Networking
  • Intro to C++
  • Intro to 3D Modeling (CAD)
  • Motors & Gearing
  • Parts Acquisition
  • 2015 FRC Control System
  • Open Lab w/ robotRIO & C++
* The schedule and class list are tentative and may be subject to change.
** Anyone interested in attending a Labview programming class are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop with            Labview installed on it (a free trial version can be found HERE). A limited number of computers will be                    available for participants without their own laptops to use.
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    Workshop Registration

    Registration for our workshops is not required to attend, but it helps us get an idea of how many people to expect. If your team is considering attending, please register and include an estimated number of attendees so we can better plan space requirements and snacks.