2010 XQ-Robotix - Team 1450
The XQ-Robotix Team Vision is to :
1) Ignite the untapped talent that lies within every student
2) Provide students with hands on experience in various fields of engineering
3) Facilitate an environment where students will build lifelong relationships with students and mentors.
On The Ben Franklin Educational Campus, the FIRST Robotics Program is helping groom the future innovators, CEO's, and leaders of our great country. We know that success is about more than winning. Success embraces sportsmanship, team spirit, and the appreciation of diversity. Our mentors are not only helping us to build a robot but also academically by allowing us [students] realize that education can be enjoyable.
We invite you to explore our Website to learn more about our Team and the FIRST Robotics Program
About This Year's Game:
Summary:
Two alliances of three teams each compete in 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
About FIRST :
FIRST 's Vision is to make a positive impact on the lives of youth, their schools, and communities by transforming society to appreciate science and technology as much as sports and entertainment. The FIRST Robotics Competition partners professionals with young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The opportunities that FIRST provides for its participants are both life-changing and career-molding. “FIRST competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines”.
FIRST teams come from Brazil , Canada , Ecuador , Israel , Mexico , the U.K. , and almost every U.S. state. The combination of volunteers, mentors, professional engineers, teachers, and other adults working with students across the country is the unstoppable key to FIRST's unrelenting success.
The Vision of FIRST doesn't stop after students matriculate to graduate level studies. Thanks to colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals across the nation participants have access to a plethora of scholarships.
FIRST shows students that technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are not just for scientist but for the future Einstein's, just like them!
