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Team History

Team 590 was started in 2000; this is their seventh year in competition. During our first year we started with only eight members and went to Houston. We have been to the Lone Star Regional in Houston, Texas for three years; to the Peachtree Regional in Duluth, Georgia for three years; and 2007 will be our first year going to the Bayou Regional in New Orleans, Louisiana.

We have won several awards: Lone Star judge’s award during our second year, Peachtree judge’s award during our fourth year, Motorola quality award and Peachtree Regional finalist award both during our sixth year. We have built seven robots, Tushka 1-7, and competed for seven consecutive years using each robot, respectively. We were sponsored by Chahta Electronics Enterprises and by a start-up grant from NASA during our first two years. We were sponsored solely by Chahta Electronics Enterprises during our third and fourth years, Chahta Enterprises during our fifth year, we were self-funded during our sixth year, and now during our seventh year we are sponsored by a grant from NASA.

            Team 590 has participated in some community projects. For five years we have hosted the local First Lego League Tournament involving approximately 100 Choctaw children. We have also participated in the local Veteran’s Day parade for two years, for which we have built floats and during our first year we showcased our robot. This the second year that we have attended the National Kid’s Day hosted by Boys &Girls Club; there we entertained children by teaching them to build water rockets. During the past year we hosted a Lego camp, where we taught them to build a simple robot from Lego and to create a basic program.