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  Our mission is to inspire youth using 4-H principles along with the tenets of gracious professionalism to explore science and technology through a mentor based program, which develops leadership and life skills and encourages innovative, creative solutions to engineering and technical challenges.

4-H Exploding Bacon Robotics is a FIRST ( F or I nspiration and R ecognition of S cience and T echnology) Robotics Competition (FRC) team based in Orlando, Florida. Adults serve as mentors to guide  the student members in team management, engineering and computer programming, and essential leadership skills. The goal is to inspire students to pursue degrees in science and technology while teaching them how a "company" works.

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Junior FLL - Ages 6 to 9!
We will be having an informational meeting on Thursday Sept 8th at 7pm at the Orange County Extension Center at 6021 S Conway Rd. We will be setting up our Jr FLL, ages 6-9 year olds that will be meeting on Mondays at 5:30 or 6. We will also have two Lego league teams for ages 9 -14. One will meet Mondays from 5:30/6:00 to 8pm at the extension center and one that will meet on the east side of town with a day an time to be assigned.


2011 Game LOGOMOTION
The game is played by two teams of three robots each on a 27 by 54 foot field. Inflated shapes forming the FIRST logo are put into play. Each team tries to hang up as many of these objects as they can on a grid at the back of the field. Scoring is determined by where and how the game pieces are placed. There's a twist at the end of the game when, to score more points, teams can deploy 'mini' bots and that score by climbing one of the center poles.

This dynamic challenge allows for numerous strategies, making for interesting gameplay.
Please join us in looking forward to the 2011 game "LogoMotion"

The game animation can be found here .

Bacon has taken over YouTube!  Click here to check out our new "Makin' Bacon" fundraiser.


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News

22 Jul

Team participated in the Indianapolis Robotics Invitational. The competition was at it's usual high level and the talent show was a hit!

24 Mar

We got a bus  -  Thanks to Electronic Arts! We're got a bus to go to the Palmetto Regional in South Carolina, March 24 - 26.

27 Apr

The championship will be in St. Louis this year and we wouldn't miss it. If you can't be there, watch it on webcast, April 27 - 30.

10 Mar

Florida Regional at the UCF Arena! March 10-12. Come see our FIRST tournament of the year. Wear orange and oink for us!
  (Sorry about the pun)

10 Feb

Our robot 'Bacon Strips' personally delivered an invatation to the Florida Regional to the employees at Electronic Arts. We want to fill the stands.

14 Jan

Otronicon begins the 14 th at the Orlando Science Center. Exploding Bacon will have it's robots there along with last year's game simulation.

8 Jan

We hosted an FRC Kick-Off event at the 4H center, and it looks like a great game!

3 Apr

2010 - Oink Oink BOOM! Bacon brings home the gold from the inaugural North Carolina Regional event! We joined teams 1086 (Blue Cheese) and 48 (Delphi E.L.I.T.E.) to score the regional win. We also won the prestigious Industrial Design award, which celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively achieves the game challenge. Next stop, Atlanta for the world championship event!

13 Mar

2010 - FIRST Robotics Team 1902 competed at the Florida Regional at the UCF Arena, fun was had by all and the team did outstanding. We won the Imagery award, got to the semi-finals and were awarded the Regional Chairmans award, the highest honor bestowed on a team at the regional level.