FW: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls

 

Greetings Teams:

In the 2010 season, FRC teams will have the option of programming their robot in Java. The addition of Java as a programming language option is the culmination of work by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and researchers from the Sun SPOT project at Sun Microsystems Laboratories. To learn more as you wait for the 2010 season to begin visit http://www.sunspotworld.com/frc/Welcome.html and http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/frc-programming.html.  We’ll be updating both locations as details are finalized.

If you are planning to hold an off season event or host a demonstration of your robot over the summer, you might want some extra game pieces. Used orbit balls (the ones that survived championship) are available for purchase starting today here http://logoloc.com/first/ Quantities are limited. If you are borrowing a FIRST field for your off season event, please remember that game pieces are not included in the loan.

Go Teams!

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FIRST Robotics Competition

Phone 1-800-871-8326 ext. 0

Fax 603-666-3907

frcteams@usfirst.org

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