FIRST Competition is Coming Up
The robot that we are building right now, will be in a competition at The Soveriegn Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ from February 26-28, 2009. The game this year is called "Lunacy" and is an interesting game that is reminiscent of a playing basketball on the moon with baskets hitched to the back of the robots. Our team has started building the robot for this competition and are excited about our progress so far. We are very excited about participating in this year's game and if we have enough interest we will have a spectator bus to encourage students and parents to come on down and see what FIRST is all about.
[posted on 2-15-09 by EDixon]
Other Team 423 News!
We have a couple new mentors coming aboard this year. They are:
 | Tobias Bohn, father of Alex Bohn, a Cheltenham senior. |
 | David Cohen, father of Gabriel Cohen, a Cheltenham freshman. |
Also, joining us is David Delacato, father of sophmore Nick Delacato of Springfield High School.
For more information regarding becoming invovled with the Simple Machines Team, contact us at teamsec423@yahoo.com with your name and what school you are affiliated with.
[posted on 1-31-09 by EDixon]
The FIRST FRC Build Season Starts!
What happens when you fill a room with people who want to figure out how to build a great robot for this year's FIRST competition? About a million ideas get tossed around, refined, discarded, pulled out of the trash, redefined, twisted, combined...
I think we are starting to figure things out. At least the major design decisions are shaking out. DO ONE THING REALLY WELL was our motto last year, and we've decided that it's still something we want to keep on top of our minds as we plan this year's strategy. We are sure that our robot design will allow us to do one thing really well.
Our inventory of the kit of parts is done and the organization of tools is about to begin. This year, in addition to building a great robot, we want to build a great pit! Organization of the pit, tools and spare parts will be key to this venture. For the first time, we will have a student filling the role of project manager. He has a lot to do, but the whole team is confident that he will be able to do it and do it well. The Business Group is hitting the pavement to get the word out and the money in (hopefully). If you would like to sponsor our team, and get your name or company logo over here on the right, just contact us at teamsec423@yahoo.com and we'll even make it a live link to your site!
[posted on 2-15-2009 by EDixon]