VisualEdge, Inc' and Indiana Robotics Educators

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VisualEdge, Inc. andIndiana Robotics Educators

• Fertilizing the grassroots robotics movement

Daniel Ward II Design Technology Program
Chair Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
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VisualEdge, Inc. andIndiana Robotics Educators

• Fertilizing the grassroots robotics movement

Daniel Ward II Executive Director Indiana
Robotics Educators Grant
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VisualEdge, Inc. andIndiana Robotics Educators

• Fertilizing the grassroots robotics movement

Daniel Ward II President VisualEdge, Inc.
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IRE factsSince 2005

• Indiana Robotics Educators Grant summer workshops
  have had 680 participants since 2005
• 888 Vex robot kits have been distributed to
  Indiana schools through the grant
• 16 major robotics competitions have been held in
  Indiana.
• 630 Indiana teams have participated in
  competitions (three students and a teacher per
  team)
• 14 Indiana teams advanced to the Vex National
  Competition in May of 2008
• 3 advanced to the top 16 out of 91 teams around
  the world
• 40 qualified for the Vex National and World
  Championships in April 2009

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Indiana VEX competitionsParticipation Record

• IRI June 2005 18 teams
• Enter-action (Cone Zone derivative)
• October 2006 50 teams
• InvolutionOver-and-Under (autonomous)
• January 2007 64 teams
• Hole-in-One
• IRI June 2007 12 teams
• Involution
• November 2007 96 teams
• Top-it-Off (Involution derivative)
• Pythagorean (autonomous)
• November 2007 40 teams
• Involution
• November 2007 40 teams
• Bridge Battle
• December 2007 80 teams
• Marbelous
• Shuffleboard (autonomous)
• February 2008 24 teams

• May 2008 9 teams
• Bridge Battle (Championships)
• November 2008 137 teams
• Top-it-Off 2 (Involution derivative)
• Full Pull
• Pythagorean 2 (autonomous)
• November 2008 20 teams
• Elevation
• December 2008 40 teams
• Elevation (VE sponsored)
• March 2009 16 teams
• Elevation
• March 2009 20 teams
• Elevation
• March 2009 40 teams
• Marco Polo
• February/March 2009 24 teams
• Bit-Bot (Over-and-Under derivative)

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2005 Indiana Robotics Invitational
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2008 Bridge Battle Qualifier
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2008 IRE League Competition
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Questions?Daniel Ward IIdward_at_ivytech.edu
dan_at_visualedgeinc.bizvisualedge2_at_gmail.comVisu
alEdge, Inc.120 North Dixon Road, 310Kokomo,
IN 46901