FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics is a worldwide robotic challenge where teams receive a set of building parameters in the January of each year. In FRC there over 50,000 students representing over 3,000 teams worldwide.
The Mission of FIRST
"Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership." -Dean Kamen, Co-Founder of FIRST
We have been consistently successful in the building of robots, because our team has put in a lot of hard work and dedication to produce impressive results with our robots.
2013 Season:
We made it to the Semi-Finals in the Seattle Regional Competition. We also won the Industrial Design Award that "celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively addressed the game challenge." (FRC). Essentially, we had the best designed robot at the competition.
2014 Season:
We made it all the way to the Quarter Finals in at the Glacier Peak District Event.
2015 Season:
At the Glacier Peak District Competition we were the district champions, and with this we have a very good chance of going to the Pacific NW Regional Competition in Cheney, WA. We also won the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation that celebrates "... an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions." (FRC). This award was given to use for our use of the ramp to push litter into the landfill area to score points for our alliances.
At the Mount Vernon District Competition we made it to the Quarter Finals and won the Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi that celebrates "... an elegant and advantageous machine feature." (FRC). This award was also given to use for our use of the ramp to scoop litter and move it into the landfill zone to score points for our alliances.
Our success in the District Competitions advanced us to the Pacific NW Regional Competition in Cheney, WA. At the Regional event we placed 49 out of 64 and we averaged about 110 points per match.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics is a worldwide robotic challenge where teams receive a set of building parameters in the January of each year. In FRC there over 50,000 students representing over 3,000 teams worldwide.
The Mission of FIRST
"Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership." -Dean Kamen, Co-Founder of FIRST
We have been consistently successful in the building of robots, because our team has put in a lot of hard work and dedication to produce impressive results with our robots.
2013 Season:
We made it to the Semi-Finals in the Seattle Regional Competition. We also won the Industrial Design Award that "celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively addressed the game challenge." (FRC). Essentially, we had the best designed robot at the competition.
2014 Season:
We made it all the way to the Quarter Finals in at the Glacier Peak District Event.
2015 Season:
At the Glacier Peak District Competition we were the district champions, and with this we have a very good chance of going to the Pacific NW Regional Competition in Cheney, WA. We also won the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation that celebrates "... an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions." (FRC). This award was given to use for our use of the ramp to push litter into the landfill area to score points for our alliances.
At the Mount Vernon District Competition we made it to the Quarter Finals and won the Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi that celebrates "... an elegant and advantageous machine feature." (FRC). This award was also given to use for our use of the ramp to scoop litter and move it into the landfill zone to score points for our alliances.
Our success in the District Competitions advanced us to the Pacific NW Regional Competition in Cheney, WA. At the Regional event we placed 49 out of 64 and we averaged about 110 points per match.