It rocked! ….yes, it really did At our second visit to the FTC World Championship, we took home the PTC Design Award! Out of 128 FTC teams, our team was recognized as the team that “recognizes design elements of the robot that are both functional and aesthetic….The winning design should not compromise the practical operation of the robots but compliment its purpose.” We were very honored to have received this award. Along...
Yes! We won the Inspire Award! The day started out just like any other competition: Lauren and I watching random info-mertials about knives. Then we followed competition day tradition, a trip Dunkin Donuts for some sugary coffee and fatty breakfast sandwiches. Upon arrival, we were amazed and a little intimidated by the intense competition that faced us; a tough day lied ahead of us. Our judging interview went as smooth as butter goes on...
We may have found out very last minute (Thursday night)… but we got into the March 12th New York City Championship at the Jacob Javitz Center!!!! We can’t wait to compete!! I would type more but, I have to do work because competition is tomorrow!!!
Until States! Tick Tick Tick, thats the sound of our time running out (For all you Dexter fans!!) February 19th is the date of the NJ FTC State Championship, and its just around the corner…yikes! We are hard at work putting the finishing touches on our bot and autonomous modes. After that it is drive drive drive drive drive drive drive, interview practice, drive drive drive drive drive. Midterms aren’t helping though, but we’ll...
We Won First Place! Congrats!!! We had a very successful qualifier and we will see who qualified...
We Qualified!! On December 4th at Moorestown Friends School, we qualified to compete at the NJ FTC State Championship. After a grueling day of tough competition, we lead our alliance (Lancers, The B.E.S.T. and Hot Gears) to victory. We also won the inspire award!!! Double win! We would like to thank the Moorestown Friends Foxes for hosting this event. We also want to congratulate all other teams who qualified for states. We can’t wait until...
WE’RE USING CAD! Last year the words Computer Aided Design meant nothing more to us than a class some of us have taken, and an award we ignored during closing ceremonies. Things have changed. Our new toy this year, or bundle of toys, is the Autodesk Inventor suite. Using this incredible program, we have started to build components of our robot. We never knew how valuable CAD could have been for our thinking process. As we continue to learn about...
Yay for Turkey! Livingston is a town in New Jersey, New Jersey is in America, and in America we celebrate thanksgiving. So lets put down our allen keys, turn off our NXT’s, and fill our stomachs. Then get back to work! Harley 3415 The Lancers
Getting over this is going to take some time… The event at LHS was awesome, thanks to Vince and Pat, and everyone else who contributed to this event’s success. As for the game, just when we thought hot shot was tough, the folks at FTC really hit us hard with “Get Over It”. Instead of shooting mass quantities of wiffle balls, we now have to transport batons, only five at a time, into moving targets, balance on ramps, and all sorts...
Thats right, and you heard it straight from us. September 11th is this year’s kick off and game unveiling!!! And it is happening at Livingston High School for all you New Jersians, I think we can all pump our fists to that. Any team that wishes to attend this event should register here on the FIRST website: http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx All you have to do is check the 2010 season, scroll down to New Jersey, and click the “Show...
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Learn MoreThroughout the years, we have come to accumulate a number of awards for our robots and our outreach in our community. For the last 3 years we have accumulated a total of 12 major awards and many more others given by our community.
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