Bitpusher had a blast at the recent robotics competition in New York City.
While Mayor Bloomberg looked on, the Montclair High School "Partially Robotic Bulldog of Death, Destruction and Gracious Professionalism," better known as Team 555, allied with teams from Watchung Hills Regional and Vernon Township High Schools won the New York City Regional FIRST Robotics Competition.
In this year's competition, called "Overdrive," the robots had to race around a track, gaining extra points by lifting a ball over a hurdle each lap. As in other years, the Teams are grouped into three team Alliances.It's on to Altanta for the FIRST Championship April 17 - April 19. The event will be streamed over the net and broadcast on NASA Digtal TV. Go to usfirst.org/ for more info.
Congratulations to Coach Dituri and her crew! Come see Montclair's co-ed Team 555 and their sister Team 1929, the all-female Montclair Foxybots do their annual robotics demonstration at the Montclair Society of Engineers meeting, Friday, May16 at 8pm. As usual, dessert and coffee (unfortunately not served by robots) will be served at 7:30. Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. Montclair. Contact Montclairengineers@yahoo.com for more info.
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Team 555 just got back today from a 4-day trip to the 2008 First Championship in Atlanta, where they competed in the Archimedes Division. Thanks to Ms. Dituri and Mr. Hobin for their efforts and encouragement, and to the team for their hard work!
For details and results:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=432