2. Location
Evergreen High School, 14300 Northeast 18th Street, Vancouver, WA 98684
Kickoff Agenda
Evergreen High School Doors open: 6:00 A.M.
Local Kickoff Videos Begin: 7:00 A.M.
Local Kickoff Speakers Begin: 7:15 A.M.
FRC Game Reveal Broadcast Begins: 7:30 A.M.
FRC Game Reveal Broadcast Ends: 9:15 A.M.
Kit of Parts Pickup: 9:15 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Workshops: 9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Lunch Break: 12:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Final Workshop: 12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.
Food & Beverages - PLEASE NO FOOD OR BEVERAGES IN THE AUDITORIUM.
Food or beverages will be on sale in the registration and kit pick up area, cash only.
Breakfast: VooDoo Donuts, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Fruit, Granola Bars, Starbucks Coffee, Juice (Cost: $1-$2 per item)
Lunch: Pizza ($2 per slice), Soda ($1), Chips or Breadsticks ($1) – see Lunch Order Form in packet
Registration
You need Consent and Release Form filled out for each student and adult team member in attendance. You will need all
of them to register in the morning when you arrive (which is required to pick up your KOP). Also remember that members
younger than 18 must have their parent or legal guardian sign the form as well. There will be volunteers there to help you
with the registration process. At registration you will receive the very important receipt paper. Please treat this as gold. It
will be required for the KOP (Kit of Parts).No receipt. No KOP. No exceptions. Also, you will receive the wireless password
for Evergreen High school for the day for internet access.
Where should I park?
All attendees should park in the east parking lot of Evergreen High School. We will have signs for "Robotics Kickoff"
directing attendees from those areas to the kickoff location. Please review the maps in the following packet.
What should I bring with me?
It is advised that you bring a hand truck or other rolling cart to transport your kit boxes to your car. Kit disbursement will
happen in the student center and you will be able to load gear easily from the location. You may want to bring a camera,
tape measure, and means to take notes on any field elements that are available to you on site.
What is the kit pickup procedure?
Kits will be available for any teams who have indicated such in TIMS. Teams may begin arriving as early as 6:00AM,
although the live broadcast does not begin until approximately 7:30AM. Upon arrival, a team MENTOR must sign-in and
receive your Kit of Parts (KoP) receipt. This piece of paper is what you will need to receive all elements of your KoP. At
the conclusion of the live broadcast, team members will proceed to the student center to pick up their kits. Each station
will have a different item and teams must provide their KoP receipt to that station volunteer who will check off that they
received their item. Since the loading area is limited, only the adult mentor with the KOP receipt and two team members
will be allowed in the loading area. Maps will be available for the pick-up and load-out areas. After all items are received,
a MENTOR will be required to turn in the receipt and sign off that all items have been provided to them. If your team is
picking-up a KOP for another team, you must have clearance from FIRST. The two teams must coordinate this in advance
with FIRST. If you have not done this, please get it done now. This is done by contacting FIRST and obtaining a letter of
permission. No letter. No KOP. No exceptions. There will be designated tables in the student center for each team for
inventorying of parts and initial brainstorming.
Will there be any workshops?
The Kickoff will host a series of workshops for all interested teams after kick-off formalities on January 7, 2012. Rookie
teams are especially encouraged to stay and attend the "quick build" workshops that are scheduled. For detailed
workshop descriptions and schedule please see the accompany pages included. Rookie teams should make
arrangements for snacks or lunch for their teams. There are several fast food franchises nearby plus snacks will be sold
by the hosting teams. For workshop schedule questions please contact Bud Hayes: email@thehayesplace.com

4. 2012 FIRST Kickoff Workshops
Rookie team workshop Veteran and Rookie team workshops
Workshop Tracks
All times are
subject to Mechanical Electrical / Programming Other
change.
9:30 AM Advanced
LabView by
Jim Chastain KoP KoP
10:00 AM RM 261 Inventory Distribution
for Rookie by Keith
Intro to Wegmann
Running teams by
10:30 AM Control
Frame and Make a Intro to LabView for Bob Hendel
Build a Systems by
Wheel Chain LabView by FRC RM 718
Gearbox Tim
Assembly Drive by Jim Chastain by Dennis
by Boeing Bennington- Rules
11:00 AM by Boeing Ed RM 261 Erickson Bag & Tag
Mentors Davis Review
Mentors Burdick RM 261 by Bob
RM 253 RM 259 by Team
RM 255 RM 253 Hendel
Crimping, Soldering, and 1510
11:30 AM Auditorium
Wiring by Paul Reetz RM 259 RM 607
12:00 PM Lunch : Rules Review and Bag and Tag by Bob Hendel - Auditorium
12:30 PM
Final Integration by Boeing Mentors, Ed Burdick, Dennis Erickson, Tim Bennington-Davis,
Paul Reetz, Jim Chastain RM 255
1:00 PM

5. Veteran and Rookie Workshops
Introduction to LabView
Leader: Jim Chastain
Description: Hands on exercises to learn LabVIEW development environment. Series of 10 examples of basic control
elements needed for robot design to help student gain familiarity with mechanics of programming in LabVIEW.
Examples include: Numeric computation; Digital to Analog conversion; Signal inversion; Parallel loops; Timing
elements; Enable gates; Local variables; Controls, indicators and constants. Examples of how to generate "problem
statement" to improve inter-team communications.
Students with LabVIEW installed encouraged to bring laptop. Some number of PC's available at school with demo
installed will be available.
Audience: Rookie AND Veteran teams
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 261 Computer Lab
Things to bring: Laptop with LabView (demo or FRC version) downloaded.
Advanced LabView
Leader: Jim Chastain
Description: Examples of design which incorporate system control and monitoring for Autonomous mode and
Teleoperated mode. Utilizes state machine design, debug techniques, shift registers, Global Variables and type
definition.
A Background state machine to control ball lift elevator. Utilizes PWM motor control, micro limit switches and time
delay elements
B Autonomous robot designed to navigate an unknown maze. Robot with defined footprint must navigate maze
with pathways > 2 times the dimension of robot width.
All designs based on FRC Robot Project 2010 Framework.
Be prepared to take notes.
Audience: Rookie AND Veteran teams
Duration: 1hr
Location: Room 261 Computer Lab
Tools to bring: Pen, paper
Rules Review
Leader: Team 1510
Description: Go over all the rules in detail
Audience: Rookie AND veteran teams
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Location: Room 607
Tools to bring: Pencil and Paper, Electronic or paper copies of 2012 FRC rules
Bag & Tag
Leader: Bob Hendel
Description: Describe how bag and tag will work
Audience: Team Coaches/ Shipping Mentor
Duration: 1 hr
Location: Auditorium

6. Rookie Workshops
KoP Review
Leader:Bob Hendel/Team 1510
Description: Go over the Kit of Parts (KoP) checklist. Ensure that all parts are there and make a list of missing parts.
Explain the parts and their function. Also give them a list of vendors for different parts.
Audience: Rookie team members
Duration: 1 hour - Leave at least one student for whole session. Rest go to different workshops after the parts needed for
the workshops have been identified and checked off.
Place: Room 718
Things to bring: Pencil and paper.
Build Frame and Wheel Sprocket Assembly
Leader: Ejvin Berry, Chris Imondi
Description: Assemble the frame. Assemble sprocket, spacer, and wheel and mount on the frame.
Audience: Rookie Teams - mechanical representative
Duration: 1.5 hr
Location: Room 255 - Woodshop
Tools to bring: Allen wrench set, 2 each open-end and box wrenches and/or socket wrenches (sizes: 7/16", 1/2"), 10/32"
tap (preferable – but not required)
Make a Chain Drive
Leader: Ed Burdick
Description: Build a chain loop. Learn how to make master links and offset links.
Audience: Rookie Teams - mechanical representative
Duration: 1.5 hr
Location: Room 253 – Small Engine’s room
Tools to bring: #35 Chain breaker, Pin punches, Master links and offset links (ANSI #35 size chain), small ball peen
hammer, pair of long-nosed pliers, locking blade knife, chain puller (optional)
Build a Gearbox
Leader: Jason Marr
Description: Assemble one of the gearboxes in the kit.
Audience: Rookie Teams - mechanical representative
Duration: 1.5 hr
Location: Room 253 – Small Engine’s room
Tools to bring: 5/16” allen wrench, 3/16” allen wrench, 7/16” wrench (or socket driver), Small hammer
Running LabView for FRC
Leader: Dennis Erickson
Description: Install LabView on Classmate PC. Download FRC canned code. Walk through some major blocks. Compile
it. Download into cRio. Run.
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Audience: Rookie team - programming/electrical students
Location: Room 261
Tools to bring: Pencil and Paper

7. Introduction to Control Systems
Leader: Tim Bennington-Davis
Description: Describe what the different electronic components are. Plan how they are laid out and mount on a board.
We will be only mounting enough parts to control a single motor/gearbox.
Audience: Rookie team - programming/electrical student
Duration: 1 hr
Location: Room 259
Tools to bring: Philips head screw driver, a pair of wire strippers, and the magic Wago screwdriver that comes in the kit.
Crimping and assembling other electrical connectors
Leader: Paul Reetz
Description: Learn how to assemble the various connectors, which includes crimping and soldering. Cut wires to length
and add necessary connectors. Wire up all electrical components.
Audience: Rookie teams - programming/electrical student
Duration: 0.5 hr
Location: Room 259
Tools to bring: Wire cutter, crimper, wire stripper, soldering iron and solder.
Final Integration
Leader: Boeing Mentors, Ed Burdick, Dennis Erickson, Tim Bennington-Davis, Paul Reetz, Jim Chastain
Description: Mount the control board on the frame, with gearbox and chain drive. Run the code
Audience: Rookie teams – all sub-teams
Duration: 1hr
Location: Room 255 – Woodshop

8. Lunch Order Form
TEAM NAME:
PHONE:
COACH/MENTOR:
PLEASE MARK CHOICES
Total
Lunch Options Quantity Price
Pizza - $2 per slice
Soda - $1 per can
Chips - $1 per bag
Breadstick - $1 per stick
TOTAL
All orders must be given to the registration desk no later than 11:00 am. Please
mark choice, quantity, price and pick up time. Form needs to be fully completed.
Orders without name and phone will not be filled.

9. Kickoff Evaluation Form
Were your team’s expectations of this event met (please circle one)? Yes Somewhat No
Please explain:
What things did your team like about this event?
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What things would your team like to see changed/improved (please circle all that apply)?
Food Seating Workshops Communication Field Other
Please explain:
If this event was given again, would you attend (please circle one)? Yes Maybe No
Please rate this event on a scale of 1 (lowest) to five (highest): 1 2 3 4 5
Comments:
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