Team 2228 Cougartech

Ride for Robotics

Edmund Napp, a mentor from our F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team, will be taking a bike ride around Lake Ontario with his brother, Christoph Napp (Germany), and Kathy and Ken Nawrocki. The trip will last for 9 days, and is about 600 Miles. You can follow his trip, which starts on July 9th, on the link posted below.

http://lakeontariotour.blogspot.com

Webcast

Here is the webcast link.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-in-nc

North Carolina

Team 2228 Cougar Tech is currently participating in the North Carolina Regional at the Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Match Times will be posted on hflrobotics.com as they become available. Also once the webcast becomes available, we will post a link. As more information becomes available we will post it on the website.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at webmaster@hflrobotics.com

Missed a Match?

Team 2228 Matches are being uploaded to youtube as they are completed. Just click on the match you would like to view to see the video. There are still pictures being uploaded throughout the day in the media section of the website.

Friday Matches Saturday Matches

Match 2 Match 57

Match 10 Match 63

Match 20 Match 68

Match 25

Match 36

Match 42

Match 51

Match times can be found at http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/events/ROC/schedulequal.html

Finger Lakes Regional @ RIT Gordon Field House

Team 2228 Cougar Tech is currently participating in the Finger Lakes Regional at RIT’s Gordon Field House. Match Times will be posted on hflrobotics.com as they become available. There will be pictures uploaded to the website, throughout the day, Thursday Friday and Saturday, these can be found in the media section of the site under the 2010 Season or by clicking here. The Matches can also be viewed live online via web cast at http://www.rit.edu/sg/first/webcast/ on Friday and Saturday only.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at webmaster@hflrobotics.com

2010 Game Breakaway

Summary:

Two alliances of three teams each compete

on a 27' x 54' field with bumps

attempting to earn points by collecting

soccer balls in their goals. Additional

bonus points are earned for each robot

not touching the field at the end of the

match.

Robots:

• Dimensions at start of game 28" x 38"

x 60"

• Max. dimensions during last 20 seconds

of game not to exceed 7' in diameter or

90" in height.

•Weight not to exceed 120 lbs., excluding

batteries and bumpers.

Game Play Rules:

• Robots may not possess more than one

ball at a time, but they may herd and

kick multiple balls at a time. Balls must

remain in contact with the floor while in

robot’s possession.

• Alliances must return scored balls to the

field quickly.

• Only one robot at a time is permitted to

play defense in front of the opponent’s

goals.

PLAY:

Autonomous 15 seconds Robots attempt to score soccer balls

Teleoperated 2 minutes* Humans help robots to score soccer balls

Finale* Final 20 seconds Robots attempt to hang above the field

SCORING:

Ball in goal ............................................1 point

Robot hanging on tower ......................2 points

Robot hanging from another robot ......3 points

Parent/Student FIRST registration

https://my.usfirst.org/frc/goteams/site.lasso

This is where the parent/student digital registration is located.

While your at it feel free to register with the Team 2228 website for live updates during the FIRST robotics competitions that we are attending this season.

Connecticut Webcast

Click on the link below to view the LIVE coverage of the 2009 Connecticut Regional.

http://www.shsrobotics.org/webcast.html

We encourage you to check back constantly during the next few days to view short team videos and pictures from the 2009 Connecticut Regional.

The Robot is Finished!

Our Robot Delta:

- Can gather and release balls efficiently

- Can hold up to 40 balls

- Has a shooter with a range of 0 to 15 ft

- The shooter can shoot balls accurately up to 8 ft

- Our human player is 94% accurate

2009 FRC GAME LUNACY!!!

Lunacy is a game played on a field known as the CRATER (illustrated in the figure below). Two ALLIANCES, one red and one blue, composed of three FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams each, compete in each MATCH. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by placing the GAME PIECES in the TRAILERS hitched to the opposing ALLIANCE’S ROBOTS.