Basic Information
Our team, "Dash 2 The Moon", consists of Pransu (14) and Isa Dash (12) . Both of the team members have adequate experience with NXT Mindstorms kit. Pransu has participated in FLL for two years, and Isa is currently participating in FLL 2012 Senior Solution. Math and science are favorite subjects for both siblings. Our captain was coach for Pransu's FLL 2011 Food Factor team and participated at the 2012 World Festival. The team was also one of the top 20 semifinalists in Food Factor Global Innovation Award. Our captain also achieved best coach award at the FLL 2012 Silicon Valley Championships. We are looking forward to learning, teaching, and participating in the Moonbots Challenge from Google Lunar X-prize.
How we came to know about MoonBots
Dash to the Moon first came to know about MoonBots when one of Isa's team members from FLL told her about it. They received word of this challenge 3 days before the submission date. Since the MoonBots challenge emerged as extremely interesting to them, and it was summer vacation, they decided to form a team of two because there wasn't any time to gather other friends. they worked tirelessly for the next three days, filming, editing, eating, and sleeping with only one goal: finish Phase One.
Goals for Phase Two
- Build interesting Lego models for Lunar Landscape
- Rocketship on pulley
- Flag to push up
- Solar panel that re-powers post office
- Enhance robot balance, appearance, and effeciency
- Either 4 wheel drive train or treads
- Carabineer to collect hoops/moon samples
- Similar colored bricks on robot
- Rocketship on pulley
- Flag to push up
- Solar panel that re-powers post office
- Enhance robot balance, appearance, and effeciency
- Either 4 wheel drive train or treads
- Carabineer to collect hoops/moon samples
- Similar colored bricks on robot