This upcoming season, our team will face many unfortunate challenges. We currently face a lack of funding, which may end up being detrimental to our team’s potential success this season. However, we are Raider Robotix and we are ready to overcome adversity. Our determination will help us build the best robot we possibly can, as we are willing to surmount any obstacles we face along the way, no matter how big or small they turn out to be. Our dedication will allow us to put in long hours every week in order to perfect our robot. Our creativity will shine as we develop new strategies to win this year’s game, along with creating a robot whose design is outside the box. Our enthusiasm will help us outperform our competition, as our whole team has one goal in mind, and that is to leave our blood, sweat, and tears out on the field. Our humor will help make those long nights, well, a little less long, and not as laborious as one might seem. Our leaders will help us get past the rough times we will face along our journey towards success. Lastly, our all-around well-balanced, charismatic team will help make the 2012 Raider Robotix season a memorable experience, one I hope we all will never forget. WE ARE RAIDER ROBOTIX!
Monthly archives for January, 2012
Rebound Rumble
The upcoming 2012 FRC season is right around the corner and you have probably just begun preparing for this season’s game, Rebound Rumble. The main objective of Rebound Rumble is simple: Collect basketballs that are littered around the court and then successfully shoot the balls through one of the four baskets which are located on three different tiers. However, you must strategically decide which basket to aim for as the highest tier basket is worth three points, the two middle baskets are worth two points, and last but not least, the lowest tier basket is worth a single point. The course is riddled with many obstacles, while the game itself is filled with challenges. First, there is a central obstacle located on the field, causing movement through the center of the play area to be a struggle. In order to cross onto the opposite side of the field, a team must either have their robot travel over a small steel beam that is located directly across the center line of the play area, or the team may decide to cross to the other side of the field by lowering a bridge and crossing it without tipping over. Finally, if you thought the beginning and middle parts of the game were fun, then you will think that Rebound Rumble’s end game is a blast! During end game, it is recommended that alliances attempt to balance as many robots as possible on the three bridges. The Coopertition Bridge, which is directly in the middle of the field, requires one robot from each alliance to help balance it in order for both alliances to earn extra “Coopertition” points. These points will help teams qualify higher in the rankings. If robots balance on their respective alliance bridge, they will earn regular points for that game only, which has the potential of providing enough points for an alliance to clinch victory in that match. In summation, the objective of this year’s FIRST robotics game is quite simple and entertaining: score as many points as possible by scoring basketballs or balancing bridges to help your alliance win the match.
To better understand this year’s game, watch the Rebound Rumble game animation below:
Parkin’ Lot Dancin’
In the parking lot following the season kickoff at Montgomery High School.
Congratulations to JV Raider Robotix
Our three teams had a great day today at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ. Roger Weiss, our Volunteer Coach, works extensively with the FTC program and our JV teams. Roger wrote:
Hello All,
As you all now ponder solutions to this years FRC challenge I am PROUD to congratulate teams 2825 and 3568 for winning awards today at the well documented Liberty Science Center which earns them a spot at the state championships at NJIT on Sunday Feb 12th.
We had a very exciting and rewarding day at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. Our 3 teams performed well coming away with two awards. Team 2825 was a semifinalist , Team 3719 played each game diligently but luck was not on their side today and team 3568 was no threat as they demonstrated the path of pure frustration to enlightened achievement.
Team 3568 – the ICE Wolves – won the “Think” Award This award is given to the team that best reflects the “journey” the team took as … robot. Journal entries of interest to judges for this award will include those describing the steps, brainstorms, designs, … going as planned. A team will not be a candidate for this award if they have not completed the section of the Engineering Notebook …
Team 2825, team SWAG- won the “Connect” Award- This award is given to the team that most connected with their local community and … an essential part to their success. The recipient of this award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST , the … Challenge, and the team itself. The team that wins this award is aggressively reaching out to engineers and exploring the opportunities …
In the four years participating in FTC, Liberty Science Center, in my opinion, is the best place to host this type of competition. The touch tunnel is back and in operation!!!
See Howard in Action as referee, See Deep and Urmil focused on controlling their robot, Yes, Team 2825 painted all their faces yellow and blue. See Diyvia and Alexa’s reaction after a match – check out nj.com’s pictures of the event.
Also watch Tapesh and Deep focused on playing the game at NEWS 12, NJ. I turned on channel 12 when I got home and that was the first event on the NEWS.
Of Course POPE JOHN’s 247 played against 248 in the championship with one of the “Watts” teams. Also as an FYI, Pope John is number 1 in the US for the Lego Space Shuttle Challenge at MIT.
Enjoy your Sunday
Mr. Weiss
Congratulations to our JV teams!
