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2008 Build Season Progess

February 3, 2008

The 2008 Build Season is now more than half over. The build team is working feverishly to complete two robots. For the first time in team history, we will be building a full practice robot. The two drive bases are now completed and running around at most build meetings. Hopefully, this will pay off during the competition season.

The team has also designed two viable mechanisms for handling the Trackball. Since we have two robots, we will build both designs and see which works best. Stay tuned to our 2008 Build Season media section to see which design prevails.

We are currently expanding our coverage of the early weeks of the Build Season. Thanks to team members and our newest mentor, Bryan Ragaini for supplying us with more incredible pictures. Bryan is a team alumnus, having been a student team member during our first few seasons. He is now a mechanical engineer, and is hoping to inspire our current team members to follow his lead.

2008 FRC Game Released - FIRST Overdrive

January 5, 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!

The 2008 FRC game has been released - FIRST Overdrive. This year's game has a racing theme. Not only will teams of three robots per alliance be racing around the playing field, but they'll be handling 40" balls, too. If pushing or carrying a ball larger than your robot wasn't tough enough, teams can score extra points by hurdling the balls over a bridge more than six feet high.

There's a new twist to the robot autonomous mode, now called hybrid mode. A human "Robot Coach" will be sending commands to the robot using a common TV remote. The IR sensor board sent to teams before Kickoff will receive the commands and modify the robot's autonomous mission.

In six short weeks the building will be over, then the gear grinding, tire scrubbing, and fender bumping will begin. You'd better build a robot that's fast, or you'll get bumped to pass.

FRC Kickoff Night Pasta Dinner!

December 16, 2007

In celebration of our tenth anniversary season being involved in the FIRST Robotics Competition, Team 228 is holding a pasta dinner fundraiser on January 5, 2008 (the night of the 2008 FRC Kickoff Event) from 5-8pm. Tickets cost $7.00 at the event, which is being held at Maloney High School in Meriden, CT. Along with our tasty pasta, we will also have a raffle, videos from the Kickoff Event and about our team, and several of our robots set up for demonstration.

So bring your family, friends, and your appetite, because this is one event you will not want to miss!

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Connecticut Regional
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Connecticut Regional

March 15, 2008

The team had loads of fun at the Connecticut regional this year. Even though we didn't win, we had fun competing and...

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About Gus

Gus Robotics Team 228 was founded in 1999 to bring the excitement and inspiration of the FIRST Robotics Competition to the three Meriden High Schools. Since then, our team has grown to include over twenty students from the three high schools.

Events

Upcoming (and recent) events and meetings from our events calendar.

Where's Wolcott
14 June, 2008
Beantown Blitz
31 May, 2008
Battlecry @ WPI
10 May, 2008
Battlecry @ WPI
9 May, 2008

About FIRST

FIRST was founded in 1989 by the renowned inventor Dean Kamen. The aim of FIRST is to inspire students to careers in math, science, and technology through a fun and engaging robotics competition, which provides students with the ability to meet one-on-one with industry leaders and engineers.

The initial FIRST Robotics Competition comprised of 28 teams competiting in a New Hampshire high school gymnasium. The ensuing years brought rapid growth to the program, to include over 30,000 students, 1,300 teams from 7 countries, competing at 37 Regional Events, culminating with the World Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia.

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