10th Anniversary of FLYSET Workshop

Date: 8/17/2024
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm (US Central Daylight Saving Time)
Location: TI Auditorium, UTD (ECSS 2.102)
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080

Both morning and afternoon sessions are presented in zoom for local and global attendees

Registration: tinyurl.com/24flyset

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of FLYSET organization, this year’s workshop features appreciation gifts for speakers, souvenirs for the local attendees, and many more giveaway drawings for local and remote attendees.

Guest Speakers and Special Appearances

We are excited to announce a very special keynote speaker, Ms. Suz Ramsbottom, Vice President at Texas Instruments, who will be presenting on “Future Factory – Robotics in High Tech Manufacturing.”

As in previous years, Mr. Lon Cherryholmes, Program Delivery Coordinator for FIRST in Texas, will share highlights for the upcoming FTC season, INTO THE DEEP. Additionally, we will feature an FTC product introduction from Swyft Robotics, along with various exciting robotics and AI demos throughout the day, including the Unitree Go1 robot dog.

 

General Deadlines for Presenting Teams

Presentation Topic Proposal Deadline (Closed)

Presentation Abstract Submission Deadline (7/24/24)

Presentation Acceptance Notified (7/31/24)

    • Notification via email

Full Presentation Slides Submission Deadline (8/10/24)

    • Instructions: provided in the email sent to the email submitted in the abstract 
Social Media Contest

For the 10th Anniversary Workshop, we will be taking social media by storm! There are awards for both in person and online attendees so everyone gets the chance to win big!

Social Media Challenge #1 (hashtag #flyset10)
When: 8/11 to 8/16 @10:00pm CDT
Who: Online and in person presenters + attendees 
Acceptable platforms: Instagram and Twitter with public like counts

Social Media Challenge #2 (hashtag #technicbots10)
When: During the workshop, ends 8/18 @9:00am CDT
Who: Online and in person presenters + attendees
Acceptable platforms: Instagram and Twitter with public like counts

Bonus: in-person presenters and attendees can pickup a TechnicBots memento keychain onsite after their social media post verified by hosting team

For detailed contest rules, please see here

Workshop Highlights
  • Morning
    • Guest Speeches
    • FLL Track
    • FTC Track
  • Lunch Break
    • Robot and AI Demos
    • Marketplace
  • Afternoon
    • Guest speech and Planery session
    • FTC tracks
    • FTC hands on lab with OpenCV
      • FLYSET FIRST Monthly Mentoring Forum August edition
      • Open to everyone in-person with a laptop
      • basic Java syntax is needed