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Welcome to the informational site for the Lansing Homeschool Hackers.

The current focus of this site is FIRST LEGO League, specifically the 2023-2024 season.

Core Values (link)

The FIRST Core Values are the cornerstones of the program. They are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FIRST LEGO League from other programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values, participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.

We express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition through our Core Values:

• Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
• Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
• Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
• Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
• Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
• Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!

Python Programming

Check out the sample code that we have been working on for the Spike Prime in the code folder of this repository.

Recent Posts

• 30 Oct 2023

  A New Spin... (Brendon Thiede)

  A New Spin…The team wanted to try out a gear arm that could be used to spin gears that were oriented horizontally. Wh...

• 10 Feb 2022

  New Robot (Brendon Thiede)

  The focus of this week was trying out a new robot design. After originally having a variation of the Spike Prime “Dri...

• 19 Oct 2021

  Robot Movement (Brendon Thiede)

  This week the team practiced moving the robot around in 2D space. Key takeaways: How to use yaw measurement to make ...

• 18 Oct 2021

  Support from Ford! (Brendon Thiede)

  This year Ford offered several grants for FIRST in Michigan, and we were fortunate to be selected to receive one! The...

• 03 Oct 2021

  Cargo Connect Mission Model Build Instructions (Brendon Thiede)

  Here are links to the build instructions for Cargo Connect Challenge “Mission Models” (originally from FLL Season Res...

• 29 Aug 2021

  2021-2022 Season Intro - Cargo Connect (Brendon Thiede)

  The FIRST Lego League challenge for the 2021-2022 season has been officially announced as “Cargo Connect.” Here are s...