FIRST Competitions

After six weeks of the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into the fabrication of the robot, here is where it all pays off. The competitions run from early to late March each year, with the FIRST Championships in April. On the playing field, you are out to win, but gracious professionally. Off the field, you cooperate with the other teams. FIRST does not have long-standing rivalries like other sports, as a team may be your partner one match, but your opponent the next. And that is what gracious professionalism is. Learning to compete, but not violently, but then cooperate the rest of the time, to openly share ideas and concepts, to synergize together. This may should new and unique to rookies and newcomers, but this is what will fuel the industry of the future, competing while cooperating in an open and friendly environment.

Beantown Blitz (2005)

Exactly one month after the 2005 Championships, Gus Robotics attended their first post-season event of 2005. At Beantown Blitz, which is hosted by Northeastern University, Gus did very well in the qualification rounds with four wins and one loss, ending in the 9th seed. After being selected by the 5th alliance (Team 125, The NUTRONS), Teams 125, 228, and 222 (The Tigertrons) competed hard in the elimination rounds until a 2 point loss to the 4th alliance (Teams 69, 126, 1071) left Gus as Quarterfinalists. Thanks to teams 125 and 222 for their hard work!

Pictures from the 2005 Beantown Blitz can be found on the Event Pictures page. Sorry, but match videos are not available from the 2005 Beantown Blitz event.

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