2009 Central Illinois Regional FLL Tournament – 12/12/09
The 2009 Central Illinois Regional FLL (FIRST LEGO League) Tournament took place on December 12th at Bradley University. Some CIRC members participated in this competition as judges and a few others were available to setup a CIRC display advertising our club during this huge event. The CIRC booth got a lot of attention all day thanks to the exciting robot displays and video.
December 12, 2009 at 9:06 pm | Community | No comment
2009 iHobby Expo – 10/24/09
In 2009 the event organizers for the iHobby Expo, the largest hobby expo in the country, invited ChiBots to hold their annual ChiBotica robot competition at the expo. Chibots put out an invitation for anyone interested in helping with their display which intended to showcase the world of robotics to thousands of expo visitors. A few CIRC members were able to attend either to compete in the ChiBotica competition or to showcase their personal creations. This event was an absolute blast with a massive collection of RC cars and planes, model railroads, plastic models, and every other hobby industry you can think of. Along with ChiBots, the CRCA (Chicago Robotic Combat Association) also hosted their annual Mecha-Mayhem competition which featured 1lb and 3lb combat robots.
October 24, 2009 at 9:47 pm | Community | No comment
2009 Illini Boy Scout Jamboree – 9/12/09
In the summer of 2009 CIRC was contacted by the organizers of the Illini Boy Scout Jamboree and invited to come share the excitement of robotics. This jamboree is one of the largest Boy Scout events with thousands of scouts, parents, and scout masters. The event was held at an airfield in Rantoul, IL. Thankfully several CIRC members volunteered to make the nearly 2 hour trip out East and some other club members who couldn’t come let us borrow their robots. A big thanks to Jim Frye from Lynxmotion who let us borrow several of his popular kits to display! We were very popular with the scouts who swarmed around the tables all day.
September 12, 2009 at 9:11 pm | Community | 1 comment
