Droid Rage Robotics Team #3381

Hi Everybody~

We (Mason and Cassidy Taylor) have a fantastic opportunity to participate in a Robotics program sponsored by the Kohler and Manitowoc Cranes companies. Our goal with the team this year is to build a robot to do specific tasks and then take that robot and compete against about 400 other teams who have also built robots to do the same thing!

                2012 Rebound Rumble Kickoff!!

       (Notice how well Mason is holding up the wall!)

This year’s challenge entitled "Rebound Rumble" is to shoot foam basketballs through 4 different hoops for various point values. There are bonus points for getting our robot to balance on a platform also. Here’s a quick video to explain our challenge this year:

We are trying to raise money for travel costs, competition fees, hotel costs and food expenses so that we can go to Duluth, MN and Milwaukee, WI in March 2012.

The cost of our robot has already been covered by corporate sponsors, which will total about $3500. It is up to us to raise the rest of our funds so we can go and compete!

So, if you’d like to help us meet our goal of raising $750.00 (total costs for both Mason and Cassidy) to cover competition expenses, here’s an easy way for you to donate:

Chip-In allows you to make a contribution easily. Mom and Dad are requiring us to raise a good portion of our costs ourselves. So, even if you can only donate $5 or $10, it will help us immensely!

Thank you in advance for your help in reaching our goal. We’d also appreciate your prayers for safe travel to and from competitions.

                                      ~Mason and Cassidy