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Breakaway!
January 9, 2010
The 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition Game has finally been released! Breakaway is the name of this year's game and it definitely breaks away from the ideas of past FIRST games.
The game pieces this year are soccer balls and they are scored in corner goals on the field. After a ball is scored, it is returned to the field by the human players, on a horizontal track above the field. At the end of the match, robots will race to hang on a bar or another robot, before time runs out. An obstacles robots will have to over come in the matches is: the field is divided into three parts separated by "speedbump"-like structures. This years game is a going to be a challenge, but good luck to all teams in their designing and building!
Kickoff is Coming!
January 7, 2010
The kickoff for the FIRST game of 2010 is now only a few days away! Get all your sleep in now because for the next six weeks, you will be losing a lot of it while pondering over robot designs and the game.
To watch the kickoff live this Saturday from the comforts of your home, watch a broadcast of the event live on NASA TV of on NASA's website (link below). The broadcast is from 10:00am to noon this Saturday, January 9, 2010.
After the kickoff, download the game manual from the FIRST website by following the below link.
Game Hint for the 2010 FRC Game
January 6, 2010
On Christmas eve, FIRST gave us an early Christmas gift by releasing a game hint for the upcoming 2010 game. The below picture is the game hint. Make of it what you can!
On January 6, 2010, FIRST released a second game hint. The picture below is the hint. This seems to give rise to more questions than give answers. Happy hinting!
For Gus team members, if you'd like to discuss the hint over the holidays with the rest of the team, look for a new topic in the forums.
Happy Hinting!
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Build Season, Week Two
January 22, 2010
During week two of the build season, Gus finalized our prototype designs. We also made a lot of headway on our team...
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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 thirty students from the three high schools, as well as others in nearby towns.
Sponsors
Gus Robotics Team 228 would like to thank our team sponsors for their gracious sponsorship of our team.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Corporate Sponsor - Meriden Board of Education
School System Sponsor - Big Country Hickory Pit BBQ
Partnership Sponsor - CUNO Foundation
Non-Profit Grant - R&D Precision
CNC Fabrication Services
Events
Upcoming events and meetings from our events calendar.
- Ship Date
23 February, 2010 - Battlecry @ WPI
7 May, 2010 - Battlecry @ WPI
8 May, 2010 - Beantown Blitz at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
22 May, 2010
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 35,000 students, 1,800 teams from 11 countries, competing at over 50 District and Regional Events, culminating with the World Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia.
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