FIRST Robotics Team #145 kicks off 2011 season
NORWICH – The Chenango County FIRST TR-X 145 Robotics Team recently held their 2011 kick-off at the Norwich Senior High School. Through a live feed provided by NASA, originating from Manchester, NH, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, the team learned of the new challenge for 2011 along with other teams nationwide.
Inventor Dean Kamen and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas launched the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) 20th anniversary season with the a new robotics game called “LOGO MOTION™.”
FIRST teams received a kit of Parts made up of motors, batteries, a control system, a PC and a mix of automation components – but no instructions. Working with mentors, students have six weeks to design, build, program and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. Once these young inventors create a robot, their teams participate in competitions that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration and the determination of students.
In the FRC “LOGO MOTION” robotics game, two alliances of three teams will compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with poles, attempting to earn points by hanging as many triangle, circle and square logo pieces as possible. Bonus points will be earned for each robot that can hang and assemble logo pieces to form the FIRST logo.
Through collaboration with LEGO® Education, a new opportunity to earn extra points is available to teams if they design, build and deploy a FIRST® Tech Challenge Mini-Bot from their primary robot. For the first time in the history of the program, FRC will allow the use of the two robotic building systems from the FIRST® LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge programs: LEGO MINDSTORMS® and TETRIX®.
The Kickoff included presentations by FIRST founder Dean Kamen; PTC senior vice president, solutions marketing and FIRST executive sponsor Robin Saitz; NASA program executive Dave Lavery; FIRST chairman Walt P. Havenstein; FIRST national advisor Dr. Woodie Flowers; and FIRST president Jon Dudas. The program also featured remarks by THE NEW COOL author Neal Bascomb; MacArthur Foundation fellow Amir Abo-Shaeer; U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire; Gov. John Lynch of New Hampshire; and FIRST Robotics Competition director Bill Miller. All spoke of the future of these aspiring technology and science students while learning skills that will last a lifetime.
FIRST redefines winning for these students because they are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and the ability to overcome obstacles. There are 1,369 veteran teams and 581 rookie teams, not including teams in Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Chile, and others that will be competing in regional competitions all over the world.
Team #145 has twenty-five students and twelve mentors that meet Monday through Saturday, during the six-week build season in an effort to build a robot that meets the specifications set by the National FIRST leaders. The team has won a number of honored awards such as: the Rockwell International Innovation in Controls Award, Best Sportsmanship, the GM Industrial Design Award and the Judges Award. The team will be traveling to Rochester Institute of Technology on March 4th and 5th for their regional competition. If you are interested in learning more about the FIRST #145 team, visit the website at www.trx145.net or www.usfirst.org.
Inventor Dean Kamen and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas launched the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) 20th anniversary season with the a new robotics game called “LOGO MOTION™.”
FIRST teams received a kit of Parts made up of motors, batteries, a control system, a PC and a mix of automation components – but no instructions. Working with mentors, students have six weeks to design, build, program and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. Once these young inventors create a robot, their teams participate in competitions that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration and the determination of students.
In the FRC “LOGO MOTION” robotics game, two alliances of three teams will compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with poles, attempting to earn points by hanging as many triangle, circle and square logo pieces as possible. Bonus points will be earned for each robot that can hang and assemble logo pieces to form the FIRST logo.
Through collaboration with LEGO® Education, a new opportunity to earn extra points is available to teams if they design, build and deploy a FIRST® Tech Challenge Mini-Bot from their primary robot. For the first time in the history of the program, FRC will allow the use of the two robotic building systems from the FIRST® LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge programs: LEGO MINDSTORMS® and TETRIX®.
The Kickoff included presentations by FIRST founder Dean Kamen; PTC senior vice president, solutions marketing and FIRST executive sponsor Robin Saitz; NASA program executive Dave Lavery; FIRST chairman Walt P. Havenstein; FIRST national advisor Dr. Woodie Flowers; and FIRST president Jon Dudas. The program also featured remarks by THE NEW COOL author Neal Bascomb; MacArthur Foundation fellow Amir Abo-Shaeer; U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire; Gov. John Lynch of New Hampshire; and FIRST Robotics Competition director Bill Miller. All spoke of the future of these aspiring technology and science students while learning skills that will last a lifetime.
FIRST redefines winning for these students because they are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and the ability to overcome obstacles. There are 1,369 veteran teams and 581 rookie teams, not including teams in Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Chile, and others that will be competing in regional competitions all over the world.
Team #145 has twenty-five students and twelve mentors that meet Monday through Saturday, during the six-week build season in an effort to build a robot that meets the specifications set by the National FIRST leaders. The team has won a number of honored awards such as: the Rockwell International Innovation in Controls Award, Best Sportsmanship, the GM Industrial Design Award and the Judges Award. The team will be traveling to Rochester Institute of Technology on March 4th and 5th for their regional competition. If you are interested in learning more about the FIRST #145 team, visit the website at www.trx145.net or www.usfirst.org.
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