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C++ Beta Test Open House: 12/10 at Santa Clara University
Friday, December 2nd, 2011UPDATE: Our presentation has been posted here. Feel free to contact us if you have any more questions or need help.
As part of the C++ beta testing we have been doing over the past few months, we will be holding an open house to share our findings and experiences. There will also be a question and answer session on anything related to the beta testing of C++ and Windriver.
If you have any trouble installing or configuring the Windriver software, driver station, or utilities, we welcome those questions as well.
We will be holding our open house as a part of the December WRRF workshops at Santa Clara University.
You can find instructions on how to sign up to attend the workshops on our website here.
Our session is during slot A, from 1:00 – 2:30pm.
During slot B, (2:30-4:00pm), one of our mentors, Mr. Best, will be on a panel discussing what software is best for FRC and your team.
2012 Game Hint #1!
Friday, December 2nd, 2011It’s that time of year again! FIRST has just released the first game hint for the 2012 FRC Challenge!
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2011 Off-season Recap
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011With the 2011-2012 season just starting, FIRST Team 604 has already been hard at work, competing at two different off-season competitions — the WRRF CalGames and the MadTown Throwdown – running workshops, and demonstrating our robot throughout the community.
Working with NASA and FIRST Team 846, we showed off our 2010 FRC robot OverKill and introduced kids to robotics by letting them drive VEX robots at the 2011 San Francisco Fleet Week. You can find pictures from that demo and a few more this year on our website here.
For our off-season competitions, we chose to redesign our entire arm and minibot deployment. At CalGames, after some hard fought matches, we were chosen to be on the 6th seed alliance by FIRST Teams 1351 from Mitty HS, and 751 from Woodside Priory HS. Unfortunately, after losing the first quarterfinal against FIRST Teams 1868, 1678, and 256, our robot had communication issues with the field and was unable to move the entire next match, ending our CalGames tournament run. However we got some good news later on in the day when we found out we won the Entrepreneurship Award, as well as the first runner-up for the AMD CAD Award.
At the MadTown Throwdown, we were selected to be on the 6th alliance after winning 4 matches and losing 2 in the qualification rounds, joining FIRST Teams 3512, 1323B, and 3859. Unfortunately we lost in quarterfinals to the 3rd alliance, consisting of FIRST Teams 2073, 971B, 3256, and 362. It was a great learning experience for the team, and we look forward to going back next year!
Two Saturdays ago we hosted our annual FLL tournament, the Quixilver Qualifier. There were 16 teams in attendance with some action-packed rounds. We tried out a new system this year, having playoffs done with four alliances of two teams each, to try and mix up FLL and FRC. Looking at the feedback, it seems that all of the participants loved it! Congratulations to the champions, Team 1202, VulnifiSquidz. Our team was later recognized with the Volunteer Award! A big thanks to Jim Mori for directing the tournament, all the volunteers, and FIRST Teams 2643 and 2135 for their help.
Entreprenuership & Runner-Up CAD Award!
Our eliminations alliance at the Madtown Throwdown
Shooting t-shirts at the Quixilver Qualifier
Scrimmage at Leland HS: Feb 20, 2011
Friday, February 18th, 2011FIRST Team 604 will be holding a scrimmage at Leland HS for any team who would like to practice on a field with other teams. The official invitation (copied below) can be found here!
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FIRST Team 604 would like to invite you to our pre-ship/lockup scrimmage:
What: FIRST Team 604 Pre-Ship/Lockup Scrimmage
Where: Leland HS, San Jose, CA
When: Sunday, February 20th: 1PM – 5PM
Please RSVP with us by emailing LelandRobotics@gmail.com
Suggested Items to bring:
-Safety Glasses
-Batteries/Chargers
-Extra field pieces (marked with team number)
-Driver Station/Charger
-Robot!
LogoMotion 2011
Monday, January 10th, 2011Yesterday, FIRST released the 2011 game, LogoMotion!
Robots manipulate inner tubes shaped as triangles, circles, and squares — the elements of the FIRST logo — to hang them on a grid. It is played on a flat 27′ x 54′ carpeted field by two alliances of three teams each. Each 2 minute and 15 second match begins with a 15 second Autonomous period where robots hang ‘Ubertubes’ on the grid to score extra points. Any piece scored on a peg with an Ubertube receives double points, and a row with a complete FIRST logo earns an additional doubling of points. During the final ten seconds robots can deploy a ‘minibot’ which is created out of the FTC kit of parts or similar items to race to the top of four individual poles to earn 30 points for the first one up, 20 for the second, 15 for third, and 10 for fourth.
FIRST Team 604 after volunteering at Kickoff!
Blast from the Past!
Friday, January 7th, 2011In honor of FIRST celebrating their 20th anniversary and our own 10th anniversary, we decided to dig through our own archives, have posted a few photos from 2005 and 2006. Videos from 2006 will be uploaded soon! Only one day until Kickoff!
Update: We have been able to locate photos from 2001, and have posted them here. Photos from 2002 have been posted here.
A promotional photo drawn by one of our members in 2005.
2011 Game Hint #2
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011FIRST has just released the second game hint for the 2011 FRC Challenge.
2nd Game Hint for 2011
What could it mean? Join the discussion on Chief Delphi here.
2011 FRC Game Hint #1
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010FIRST has released the first game hint for the 2011 FRC Challenge!
1st Game Hint for the 2011 FRC Season
What could it mean? Join the discussion on Chief Delphi here!
