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Rochester High School’s FEDS 201 US First Robotics team made it all the way to the semi-finals of the Great Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held at Eastern Michigan University March 27 – 29, 2008.  Our robot performed well in this year’s game, “FIRST Overdrive,” in which the robot raced around a track knocking down 40" inflated Trackballs and moving them around the track, passing them either over or under a 6'6" overpass. Next, the Rochester High School FEDS 201 will travel to Atlanta for the FIRST Championship in April 2008, competing against nearly 300 teams.

At the Great Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, Rochester High School’s FEDS 201 US First Robotics team will be competing against sixty-six competing teams from around the country and Canada. March 27 – 29, 2008, held at the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan

News Archive: 2008 Build Season Underway

    The Rochester (Michigan) High School Robotics Team,  FEDS 201, recently kicked off the 2008 US First Robotics competition. This is the 10^th season the RHS Robotics Team has been affiliated with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

    The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual competition that helps students discover the rewards and excitement of science, engineering, and technology. Over 37,500 high-school students on more than 1,500 teams from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the U.K., and every state in the U.S. are participating in this year’s competition.

    The FEDS 201 team has received a common kit of parts made up of motors, batteries, a control system, and a mix of automation components – but no instructions. Working with mentors, students now have just six weeks to design, build, and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. Once these young inventors create the robot, their teams participate in regional competitions that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration, and the determination of students.

    In this year’s game, “FIRST Overdrive,” students’ robots are designed to race around a track knocking down 40" inflated Trackballs and moving them around the track, passing them either over or under a 6'6" overpass. Extra points are scored by robots positioning the Trackballs back on the overpass before the end of the 2 minute and 15 second match.

About FEDS 201:

FEDS 201 FIRST Overdrive

FEDS 201 MEDIA COVERAGE

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