1. KCHS Robotics TeamFIRST Nationwide Robotics Competition March 13-15 2009 Remotec December 3, 2008 • Presentation Team • Students • Julie, Matt, and Eric • Mentors • Ed Shoemaker • Susan Rowland, Math Teacher • Bill Kunkel

2. FIRST FIRST Is the Sponsoring Organization For High School Competition Nationwide www.usfirst.org

3. FIRST The National Host Organization • FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology • Challenges teams from across the Country to build a robot over six weeks from a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules • $10 million in scholarships made available to student participants

4. Our Team • 20 High School students • Three mentors • One box of robot parts • A Competition challenge • And you, Our Sponsor Our 1st parts kit –with no assembly instructions

5. A Box With No Instructions So how do you build a robot? • What we did is split up into groups and each came up with different ways of dealing with the obstacles • We then divided into teams to turn these ideas into reality • And the light came on

6. Our 1st Competition Duluth Georgia Regional Competition March 12-14, 2008 • Our 1st Competition • 22 out of 45 teams • One of 4 teams invited to participate at the November 20th Rockwell vendor conference in Nashville • 2009 Goal a top 10 finisher • Knoxville Catholic High School • Robotichauns

7. Lessons Learned From Competition • Recruit sponsors and register early • Dedicate time to robot design before digging into the parts kit • Keep it simple

8. Remotec HD-1 is the newest member of the ANDROS family Why Help Us? • If you don’t, who will? • Robots capture ones imagination and interest in science and technology 404 our 1st Robot

9. Major sponsors to help with the funding and design For the 2008-9 competition we estimate we will need to raise $10,000 $6,000 for the parts kit and registration with FIRST $4,000 for travel, lodging and extras for competition As a Major Sponsor Your logo on competition t-shirts Your name on banner at competition in Atlanta Name the robot What We Need for Our 2008-9Competition

10. Remotec – The Industry Leader • Subsidiary of Northrop Grumman • Remotec U.S.353 JD Yarnell ParkwayClinton, TN 37716 http://www.ms.northropgrumman.com/Remotec/hd1.htm

11. Your Questions? Our Contact Information Bill Kunkel, Fund Raising Mentor CFO Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C. wkunkel@lewisking.com 865 541-5283