FIRST 2013 Season: Dunlap Eagles Robotics Team (DERT) 2040

A project in Peoria, IL by Lisa Mathes
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FIRST is teaching our Dunlap, IL HS team valuable hands-on engineering and communication skills by building a robot in six weeks!
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Backers: 93
Average Pledge Per Backer: $46

Funded: $4,296 of $1,000
Dates: Mar 7th -> Apr 4th (28 days)
Project By: Lisa Mathes
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Latest News

Shooter Accuracy

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
See the previous update for our fearless captain going against the robot!  (Read More)

Shooter Accuracy

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
These videos showcase the accuracy of the shooter on our robot. Our co-captain/technical lead was so confident in the shooter that she went head-to-head with it! The other video shows the robot shooting frisbees through the human feeder slots, which... (Read More)

A Much Overdue Update!

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
These past few weeks have been thrilling! We not only sailed past our unofficial $2,500 goal (and we still have 10 more days!), we also had great success at the Boilermaker Regional where we were seeded 6th out of 40 teams going into the final... (Read More)

Incredible Support After 24 Hours!

March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! We jumped out of our DERTy boots when less than 24 hours after launching, nearly two dozen people showed their amazing support by helping us meet our goal of $1,000! We are humbled yet thrilled (flabbergasted as our coach put it!)  by... (Read More)

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