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Updated 2011-10-03

This site will be open as part of Doors Open Mississauga on October 1, 2011. From April to October each year, communities across the province open the doors to some of their most intriguing and charming heritage sites - some of which have never been open to the public. Come and see what the THEORY6 robots are upto!

Date(s) & Time(s):
Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location:
301 Burnhamthorpe Road West Mississauga, Ontario

Accessibility:
This activity is wheelchair accessible.
Updated 2011-10-03

THEORY6 will be conducting free Workshops@Mississauga Central Library for children ages 5-15 at the Mississauga Central Library in the Children's Department located on the lower level of the Central Library. In these 10 sessions, kids will learn how to build and program robots from LEGO materials and learn principles of mechanical construction. Great fun for everyone! Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, October 8, 15, 22, 29 � 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Saturday, November 5, 12, 19, 26 � 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Saturday, December 3, 10 � 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Location 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West Mississauga, Ontario Accessibility This activity is wheelchair accessible. For more information on any of our upcoming events, please contact Arti Javeri @ 647-928-1008
Updated 2011-06-19

Bob Delaney visit THEORY6 The team was elated when Physics Geek and an avid fan of Robotics, MPP Bob Delaney contacted the team to come see them in action. Just returning from the Worlds with a great unchallegend score, the team was delighted to show him and his crew Posiedon. Bob drove the robot, picked up a few FIRST logo tubes and showed great interest in seeing how the team dymnamics work. Bob has shown great support for the program and has also delievred a statement to the Legislative Asembly of Ontario on the FIRST Robotics Greater Toronto Regional Event that he attended where he also mentioned the fantastic work Mississauga schools are doing.
Updated 2011-05-18

Partnership with Peel Board of Education. THEORY6 was invited by the Peel Board to present the Robotics Program to the Peel Board Trustees, Superintendents and members of the Peel Board. A team of 10-12 students, mentors, parents and teachers presented to the Board the scope and breath of the program. They showcased the goals and vision of the team and how this incorporates in today's education, how this program creates opportunities for all learners, builds positive relationships leading to student success. Students stressed on how the program has a tight deadline, dependencies and various challenges that forces the students to use resources effectively, communicate effectively and set high expectations. Mentors also presented on how todays technology is incorporated into the program that build increased awareness and student capabilities. Parents also spoke on how this program has taken parent involvement to a much higher level. The presentation ended with a short demo on the robot and having almost all audiences drive the robot and see Posiedon and the VEX robots up-close.
Updated 2011-05-11

THEORY6 was invited by the Mayor Mississauga - Hazel McCallion to present to the Mississauga City Council where we showcased our vision to to further reach out to the community with our Robotics program and to promote this program to every school starting from our elementary grades to middle school and high school levels in the Mississauga community. The team presented their accomplishments for this year, the various awards they won at the various regional competitions. They also spoke about our rookie teams successes specifically in mentoring and mentioned how many rookie team won awards from Rookie Inspiration Award to Excellence in Design Award at the Greater Toronto Regional Robotics competition in Mississauga. Shagun Gupta stressed on how this program has a proven impact on student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Simrat Sodhi, a returning Alumni mentor presented upcoming initiatives the team is involved with in the community as well as our goal and vision for the broader Mississauga Community. Mayor Hazel was extremely proud of this team and has graciously offered any help from the City through the various awards. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1_voeTVfLA
Updated 2011-02-14

As Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion turned 90 on February 14th, 2011, Theory6 was right there, ready to wish her. A Party was held at the Living Arts Center where numerous performances were held, and different organizations presented gifts and wished the Mayor. Theory6 Robotics walked in at around 6 o'clock dressed in team jersey's, a bag of gifts and Team 1241 souvenirs and 2 VEX Robots. The VEX Robots included Shadow, the team mascot, holding a ''Happy Birthday Mayor!'' sign.

When the team headed on stage to wish the Mayor, cheers could be heard from the crowd, and people seemed impressed by this Robotics team filled with youngsters. Theory6 gave its best wishes to Madame Mayor, and invited her to visit Rick Hansen and watch Team 1241 in motion. As they headed off stage, they met with curious MP, Bonnie Crombie, who was extremely impressed and intrigued by this young team of children ranging from Grade 6 to Grade 12. Sanjana Choksi gave Ms. Crombie, a brief description of what Theory6 actually was, and what do they actually do, and eventually invited her to watch as well. Ms. Crombie then drove Shadow around for a bit and promised to come visit soon.

Just as the team was packing up, they bumped into an old' pal, Councillor Ron Starr. Mr. Starr greeted the team with enthusiasm and delight and enjoyed driving Shadow once again, like he had done before.

Theory6 propagated the idea of youth engineering, FIRST, VEX and what Theory6 is doing in the community. It was truly a brilliant outing for Theory6 Robotics. The Mayor, an MP and City Councillor, all in one night!
Updated 2011-02-01

Local politicians and companies got a lesson in robotics yesterday from THEORY6 team. Students hosted a Robotics Day to showcase their work, line up some sponsors and share how much they enjoy being part of the school club. THEORY6 robot welcomed City Councilor Ron Starr along with many superintendents from Mississauga Education North and West Offices. A cake cutting at the event celebrated past wins.

The team presented to the guests the importance of the program and its strong partnerships in the community. Students showcased how the club has allowed them to face real-world engineering challenges by designing, building and programming robots. The team emphasized on that the program is not only building robots, but also fostering an environment that helps students learn self-confidence, communication, leadership and gracious professionalism.

City councillor Ron Starr and Carol Speers, Peel District School Board Superintendent, had lots of fun with the robot and took a tour of the tech wing as well as tried their hand at robot controllers
Updated 2011-01-08

On Saturday, January 8th, 2011, FIRST Robotics broadcasted live, the unveiling of the 2011 game 'Logomotion' on NASA TV. Thousands of people tuned in to watch as Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers, founders of FIRST Robotics Competition began the show. Other speakers included Walt Havenstein, Jon Dundas, Neal Bascomb, Amir Abo-Shaeer, Dave Lavery and the one and only, Will.I.Am. The broadcasted lasted for about an hour, and in the last fifteen minutes, every Robotics student, mentor and teacher was on the edge of their seat. As they announced the game, people just sat in awe as they revealed, Logomotion.

The Game was basically, the Robot had to pick up Game Pieces and places them on the pegs. The game pieces were: Ubertubes and the triangle, square and circle from the FRC logo. In the end game, the Robot had to deploy a minibot which raced up a pole. There was a 15 second autonomous period and 2 minutes of tele operation.

Rick Hansen was all worked up to watch the animation. People had already downloaded their encrypted manuals, and were only waiting for the password. As soon as the broadcast got over, Theory 6 went crazy on MSN Messenger and Skype. People were going haywire, talking about the game, printing off manuals and discussing tactics. Within thirty minutes of the broadcast finishing, more than 3/4th of the team was at school, already planning out their steps. Other rookie schools: Fletcher's, West Credit and Chinguacousy were also present. Mr. Hobbins, Phecda and other mentors were there as well. They went over the basic rules of the game and had a session where every student went over the rules and strategized about possible techniques for the robot. At the end of the day, everyone seemed pumped up, raring to go and do a little Logomotion.
Updated 2010-12-20

The team generously donated new unwrapped toys to the Starlight Children's Foundation Canada that has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses and life-altering injuries by providing entertainment, education and family activities that help them cope with the pain, fear and isolation of prolonged illness. There were two large bags of toys for the toy drive, close to 40 items of toys if not more. Special thanks goes to Jim and Terisena who came in this morning with their SUV and loaded up all the toys and made the deliver to the Children's Starlight Foundation.
Updated 2010-12-17

For people who are already finding it hard to make ends meet, Christmas can create an extra burden, especially for families with children. This year we decided to sponsor a family for the holidays, hence sponsored Kevin's Family. Kevin is a friendly and curious little boy with a loving disposition. He has been described as a young boy with a kind heart and was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia a short while ago. Kevin spends a lot of time at the hospital going through treatment or waiting to get into clinic to see the doctor. With the help of Team 1241, Kevin and his family received every gift listed from clothing, shoes, boots, snowpants, helmet, scooter, toys and DD movies. Team 1241 have fulfilled if not exceeded in taking care of Kevin's family.
Updated 2010-12-11

Congratulations to Team 1241F on achieving the Finalist Position (2nd) and now qualifying for the World's Championship in Disney, Orlando! It was huge spirit to see so many students in their blue and orange gear! The greatest advantage of working in a team is to learn to trust, learn to take risks and bring out leadership qualities. We definitely saw the results yesterday! Without the hard work and long hours of Mr. Hobbins, Mr. McCann and Mr. Jervis, along with the Rick Hansen Student Mentors - Thuvishan, Vedant, Harsh, Rajiv and many many more who taught, guided, helped and worked their way in moving the Fallingbrook team to victory, this would not have been possible. Stay tuned to hear more about the Rookie 1241F Middle School Team!
Updated 2010-12-03

THEORY6 have extended this program vision region wide across peel by introducing robotics at various high schools such as Chinguacousy S.S in Brampton, Fletchers Meadows S.S and West Credit S.S in Mississauga. Team 1241 has also undertaken the initiative to involve elementary and middle school by introducing robotics at Fallingbrook M.S - the only middle school in the Peel Region with a robotics team competing at a high school level!
Updated 2010-11-27

Teams 1241 also known as THEORY6 is a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team from Rick Hansen S. S in Mississauga. On November 27, they walked in with 4 teams (1241, 1241B, 1241C, 1241D) determined to compete and do their very best & go all out against sixty other VEX Teams from all over Ontario in the largest VEX Robotics Regional in Canada. Decked up in THEORY6 t-shirts, blue & orange hair, blue & orange glasses, blue & orange army face paint and orange Theory6 tuques - the judges quoted "the party began"! They were off to a roll with various positions during the tournament finally winning the competition and now qualify for the World Championship in Disney, Orlando in April!
Updated 2010-10-31

For October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Team 1241 made it their mission to show support for Breast Cancer victims and survivors. The team planned and executed two successful events and raised a significant amount of money for the cause. The events held were: a bake sale and a "tie-one-on" event. During the bake sale some team members participated in making and selling of delicious pink treats for the students and faculty in the morning as well as after school. The "Tie-one-on" event consisted of alumni members participating alongside students; In this campaign they helped raise awareness of activities going on throughout the last week of October by having a small group of students stand by each entrance of the school with pink ribbons that they were tied on to students' handbags, backpacks and arms, who in turn wore them to show their support as well their acknowledgement of the Breast cancer awareness related activities. The day was a wonderful vision of pink. Team 1241 planned two very successful and proactive events that truly made a difference in the community around them.
Updated 2010-10-16

Along with many other FRC teams, Team 1241 was one of the few privileged teams to attend St.Mildred's- Lightbourn School in Oakville for a robotics symposium. All teams participated in divisions of FRC; from management to complicated ideas such as programming and mobility. The workshops were designed to help improve the teams skills in their specialized work areas. Everyone from industry mentors to previous FRC candidates took part in this event. The day moved on with the students splitting up into different groups to participate in the lessons planned by mentors from different teams. It was a great experience for all students because everybody learned many new strategies that could be used when working in their divisions. There was plenty of time for the teams to interact and socialize with each other.