Welcome US FIRST website visitor!

Hello! As this is the first point of entry from the Gatorbotics website (you clicked on the 'team blogs' link didn't you?), we'd liked to give you a quick tour. Each subgroup within the Gatorbotics Team kept their own blogs to keep each other up to date and to document the design process; the links are below and to the side.

* Build Team Blog : This is the most extensive blog with over a hundred postings in the last seven weeks. Subteam leaders Chrissy and Kersten have used this blog almost daily to share thoughts, to capture what was done and what needed to be done in terms of building a fantastic 120 lbs. robot. This is a great behind-the-scenes peek into the robot builders at Castilleja.

* Hardware / Coding Blog : This blog became a discussion forum for all things to do with electronics and coding. Gatorbotics was incredibly ambitious this year - and attempted to tackle numerous sensors and the camera.

* Animation Team Blog : Another ambitious subteam put together a creative storyboard and a final 30 second animation.

* Spirit Team Blog : After all the fun pit decorating and dancing at the regionals last year, Gatorbotics decided to put together a spirit team.

* PR and Finance Blog : This blog gives insights into the subteam that had the most enormous responsibility - raising atleast $10,000 to allow us to participate in both the Portland Regional and the Silicon Valley Regional in 2006.

* Friends n' Mentors Blog : This is a blog about mentoring and coaching robotics at Castilleja School and thoughts on the educating young women in science and technology.

* Website Team Blog : This blog gives you the behind the scenes process that the website team went through in order to design and build the wonderful website from which you came from!

Cheers!