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FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
Go to this year's Challenge: SMART MOVE
December 12th, 2009 at the Augusta Civic Center
2009 FIRST LEGO League Champions Award Winners (cumulative award for the event)
1st – 6 Chicks and a Dude from Jay (coach Rob Taylor)
2nd – 2 BEE Determined from Farmington (coach Jan Roberts)
3rd – Frog Squad from York (coaches Linda and Gerald Mackaman)
Awards (other):
Team Spirit:
1st – Lego My Eggo from Blue Hill
2nd – Lego My Legos from Damariscotta
T-shirt Design:
1st – Buxton LEGO Transporters from Buxton
2nd – Notberts from Trenton
Teamwork:
Winner: Frenchboro Sea Monsters
Winner: York Legobots
Awards (technical):
Robot Design:
1st – Lego Jedi from Gorham
2nd – 2 BEE Determined from Farmington
Innovative Robot Design:
1st – Ego LEGOs from Bethel
2nd – Optimus Climb from Oakland
Programming (each robot is programmed to run its missions, using a computer):
1st – Frog Squad from York
2nd – the Bricksters from Limerick
Awards (Project and presentation):
1st – Team Road Kill from Orono
2nd – Bionic Buggies from Gray
3rd – Loch Ness Lockers from Oakland
4th – Autobots from Jay
Awards (Table Top Performance Award – actually doing the missions):
1st – 6 Chicks and a Dude from Jay
2nd – Purple Gizmo Cows from Blue Hill
3rd – The Road Runners from Orono
4th – We’re Supposed to Have a Name? from Bar Harbor
The Champions, 6 Chicks and a Dude, will be invited to compete in the FIRST LEGO League World
Festival on April 14th-17th at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia, good luck team!
The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) held it's first competition in 1998. Maine has been competing
since the 2000 tournament when the challenge was Volcanic Panic.
The FLL is a program aimed at 9 to 14 year olds with an interest in science and technology. FIRST
even means "For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" and was started by
the famed U.S. inventor Dean Kamen.
For the 2008 season, over 8000 North American teams and thousands more from around the
world will be participating in the Climate Connections, where teams learn about global warming
and climate issues in their area.
Teams have from 2 to 10 children on them and work throughout the season preparing for the
tournaments. The best way to describe it is a cross between a robot track meet and a science
fair. Teams build, test, and program robots made entirely from LEGOs to compete on a 4' x 8'
playing field that has missions devoted to the year's theme. The team also researches and gives a
presentation on a topic within the theme for the year. Other areas the teams are evaluated on
include team spirit, teamwork, programming, and design.
Teams are made up from in-school, after-school, homeschool, neighborhood, family, and
community organization backgrounds. In other words, anyone with the equipment and the desire
can form a team.
For more information:
Check out this Word document about this season 2008 FLL Intro
The national FLL website is First Lego League
The US FIRST website is www.usfirst.org
The Maine Robotics websites for particular years:
2004 No Limits - www.mainerobotics.org/nolimits.html
2005 Ocean Odyssey - www.mainerobotics.org/oceans.html
2006 Nano Quest - www.mainerobotics.org/nanoquest.html
2007 Power Puzzle - www.mainerobotics.org/powerpuzzle.html
2008 Climate Connection - www.mainerobotics.org/climateconnections.html
2009 SMART MOVE - www.mainerobotics.org/smartmove.html
General Calendar for the FLL:
December (previous year) - announcement of the upcoming challenge theme
May 1st - Registration opens for the current year
Summer - equipment and table top kits begin shipping
September 3th - Official announcement with all details of the challenge
End of Sept. - National registration closes (or when all team slots are full)
September & October - State registration open
December - Maine State tournaments
April - International tournament in Atlanta Georgia
Cost to run a FIRST LEGO League team:
* National Registration: $200 + shipping
* State Registration: (varies by state, Maine is $100)
* Field Set-up kit: $65 + shipping (playing field mat and pieces - new each year)
* MindStorms kit (if needed): $395 + shipping (many flavors of the kit are available, ranging from
around $200 on eBay to $395 for the official FLL kit. Bottom line is any will do, but make sure you
get the newer NXT controller, not the older RCX controller. Both are good, but they replaced the
RCX 3 years ago, probably time to move on. Also if you are running Windows Vista, make sure you
don't get the MindStorms 1.0 software (used only) as it has issues with Vista. Version 1.1 and on
all work.
So the cost is either around $700 if you need the MindStorms kit, or under $400 if
you already have one.
For more information on knowing what to purchase go here:
Purchasing a MindStorms Kit (Word) (PDF)
Go to this year's Challenge: SMART MOVE
December 12th, 2009 at the Augusta Civic Center
2009 FIRST LEGO League Champions Award Winners (cumulative award for the event)
1st – 6 Chicks and a Dude from Jay (coach Rob Taylor)
2nd – 2 BEE Determined from Farmington (coach Jan Roberts)
3rd – Frog Squad from York (coaches Linda and Gerald Mackaman)
Awards (other):
Team Spirit:
1st – Lego My Eggo from Blue Hill
2nd – Lego My Legos from Damariscotta
T-shirt Design:
1st – Buxton LEGO Transporters from Buxton
2nd – Notberts from Trenton
Teamwork:
Winner: Frenchboro Sea Monsters
Winner: York Legobots
Awards (technical):
Robot Design:
1st – Lego Jedi from Gorham
2nd – 2 BEE Determined from Farmington
Innovative Robot Design:
1st – Ego LEGOs from Bethel
2nd – Optimus Climb from Oakland
Programming (each robot is programmed to run its missions, using a computer):
1st – Frog Squad from York
2nd – the Bricksters from Limerick
Awards (Project and presentation):
1st – Team Road Kill from Orono
2nd – Bionic Buggies from Gray
3rd – Loch Ness Lockers from Oakland
4th – Autobots from Jay
Awards (Table Top Performance Award – actually doing the missions):
1st – 6 Chicks and a Dude from Jay
2nd – Purple Gizmo Cows from Blue Hill
3rd – The Road Runners from Orono
4th – We’re Supposed to Have a Name? from Bar Harbor
The Champions, 6 Chicks and a Dude, will be invited to compete in the FIRST LEGO League World
Festival on April 14th-17th at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia, good luck team!
The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) held it's first competition in 1998. Maine has been competing
since the 2000 tournament when the challenge was Volcanic Panic.
The FLL is a program aimed at 9 to 14 year olds with an interest in science and technology. FIRST
even means "For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" and was started by
the famed U.S. inventor Dean Kamen.
For the 2008 season, over 8000 North American teams and thousands more from around the
world will be participating in the Climate Connections, where teams learn about global warming
and climate issues in their area.
Teams have from 2 to 10 children on them and work throughout the season preparing for the
tournaments. The best way to describe it is a cross between a robot track meet and a science
fair. Teams build, test, and program robots made entirely from LEGOs to compete on a 4' x 8'
playing field that has missions devoted to the year's theme. The team also researches and gives a
presentation on a topic within the theme for the year. Other areas the teams are evaluated on
include team spirit, teamwork, programming, and design.
Teams are made up from in-school, after-school, homeschool, neighborhood, family, and
community organization backgrounds. In other words, anyone with the equipment and the desire
can form a team.
For more information:
Check out this Word document about this season 2008 FLL Intro
The national FLL website is First Lego League
The US FIRST website is www.usfirst.org
The Maine Robotics websites for particular years:
2004 No Limits - www.mainerobotics.org/nolimits.html
2005 Ocean Odyssey - www.mainerobotics.org/oceans.html
2006 Nano Quest - www.mainerobotics.org/nanoquest.html
2007 Power Puzzle - www.mainerobotics.org/powerpuzzle.html
2008 Climate Connection - www.mainerobotics.org/climateconnections.html
2009 SMART MOVE - www.mainerobotics.org/smartmove.html
General Calendar for the FLL:
December (previous year) - announcement of the upcoming challenge theme
May 1st - Registration opens for the current year
Summer - equipment and table top kits begin shipping
September 3th - Official announcement with all details of the challenge
End of Sept. - National registration closes (or when all team slots are full)
September & October - State registration open
December - Maine State tournaments
April - International tournament in Atlanta Georgia
Cost to run a FIRST LEGO League team:
* National Registration: $200 + shipping
* State Registration: (varies by state, Maine is $100)
* Field Set-up kit: $65 + shipping (playing field mat and pieces - new each year)
* MindStorms kit (if needed): $395 + shipping (many flavors of the kit are available, ranging from
around $200 on eBay to $395 for the official FLL kit. Bottom line is any will do, but make sure you
get the newer NXT controller, not the older RCX controller. Both are good, but they replaced the
RCX 3 years ago, probably time to move on. Also if you are running Windows Vista, make sure you
don't get the MindStorms 1.0 software (used only) as it has issues with Vista. Version 1.1 and on
all work.
So the cost is either around $700 if you need the MindStorms kit, or under $400 if
you already have one.
For more information on knowing what to purchase go here:
Purchasing a MindStorms Kit (Word) (PDF)
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE