• John Waidner
  • Electronics Engineer with a background in Logic design, analog circuit, system integration and testing
  • Currently John is a mentor for the TechHOUNDS and volunteers for the Boy Scouts of America
• Derek Fronek 
  • High school student from Carmel High School
  • Part of the Carmel High School robotics team the TechHOUNDS
• TechHOUNDS
  • What are the TechHOUNDS and how did you start?
  • Leadership? Who leads the group?
  • Divisions
    • Robot Ops
    • Programming/Electrical
    • Construction
    • Information Technology
    • Public Relations
  • How do you handle the overlap between divisions?
  • Derek - What division are you most involved with?
  • John - How involved are you in the process?
  • What is FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
    • Who can be a part of FIRST?
    • How to get involved
    • Funding?
  • Competing in FRC (First Robotics Competition)
    • What are the competitions?
    • How does your team prepare for them?
    • Who gets to go?
    • Who gets to drive the bot?
  • The TechHOUNDS youtube channel has lots of videos of the robot and competitions the group has been in
    • 2018 Robot Reveal
    • TechHOUNDS Team 868 Flickr
  • What is next for the TechHOUNDS?

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