At our meeting we recapped our club history, talked about next years challenge, and covered the tryout and interview process. You can check This Powerpoint out it basicly covers everything we talked about during the meeting. Also it might be helpful to check out these links:
The 2010 Season has come to an end and we at Foothill Robotics see our season as being very successful. This season we have gone to 6 regional tournaments being champions at 4 and finalists at 2. We have also won a robot skills, judges, and energy awards on the side. We have recently come back from the Vex Robotics World Championship in Dallas where our A, B, and D teams competed. 1000b led the pack of team 1000 robots, going 6 - 2 in qualifications ending up as ranked 19th in the division. This beats our 2009 ranking of 29th in our division. 1000a went 4 - 4, suffering from a broken micro-controller(computer) which caused its drive to sporadically fail. Still the team was ranked very high 52nd in their division. 1000d had a very difficult match schedule but still was able to pull out some wins going 2 - 6 in the tournament but still making it in the top 100 in the division ranking 87th. We had a great time in Texas, and we are extremely happy with our performance in the 2010 season. In 2009 we were a small 5 man rookie team, but in one year we quadrupled in size and became one of the top teams in the Northern California. This could not have been done without the help of our sponsors Simpson Strong Tie, CPUTech, Willow Garage, RHI, and MechanicNet. They provided us with the assistance and funding to be able to compete and succeed. We hope that they can return for another year as our sponsors.
The month of Februray was a huge success for Foothill Robotics with all three active teams participating in the competitions of the month. At the begining of the month Regional on the 13th 1000b and 1000d competed at the Independence regional. 1000b went 5-1 in qualifications, placing 3rd in the rankings. 1000d went 3-3 in qualifications and placed 7th in the rankings. In the playoffs 1000b was selected by the first seed robot 254a, and 1000b was selected by 3rd seed robot 254z. 1000d went 1-2 in playoffs making it ultimatly to the semi-finals. 1000b went 2-1 in the playoffs ultimatly becoming finalists loosing close matches to the alliance of 1031, 254c, and 254d. The next week at the Ceres competition on the 20th Foothill teams 1000a and 1000b competed. 1000a had tough times suffering interference and problems with the feild controller, but still did well going 2-3 in qualifications. 1000b went 4-1 in qualifications ranking 5th. In playoffs 1000b was the captain of the 4th seed alliance picking teams 254c and 254f. The alliance ultimatly made it to the finals loosing to an alliance of 9378 robots. 1000a was a 1st pick of 8th seed alliance and made it to the quarterfinals. With the end of these two tournaments comes the culmination of the Foothill Robotics comepting local tournaments with the lead up to the world championship in Dallas this coming April.
Quoted from The Foothill High School Website: Article Here
"Robotics Teams Quality for Internationals
All four of Foothill's robotics teams have qualified for the national competition
All four of Foothill's robotics teams have done so well in regional competitions that they'll travel to Dallas in late April for the Vex Robotics World Championship.
Foothill's robotics club has become so popular that the group has been broken down into four separate teams to ensure that everyone gets hands-on experience in building and working with robotics. The four teams are 1000A, 1000B, 1000C and 1000C.
Each year, Innovation First creates a unique challenge for high school robotics teams across the country. This year's challenge, Cleansweep, consists of four teams playing in a two versus two format. Two robots on a 12-foot-by-12-foot playing field must work together to throw as many balls as possible over a middle wall and onto the other side. There are three types of ball with each successively larger ball counting for more points. The team that moves the most balls to the other side is the winner.
Foothill's robotics teams have been taking part in regional competitions, starting in late October. Each regional competition includes qualifying rounds, followed by elmination rounds.
In the first regional at Bellarmine College Prep on Halloween, all four teams took part. 1000D came first in qualifications, 1000B came third in qualifications, 1000A came seventh in qualifications and 1000C was 10th. In the elimination rounds, 1000D placed first, 1000B placed second, 1000A placed third and 1000C placed fifth. 1000D was also the recipient of the Judges Award (best team according to judges).
At the second regional at Vanden High School in Fairfield on Nov. 7, only 1000A and 1000B took part. 1000A placed third came 3rd in qualifications and 1000B was eighth. 1000A placed first in eliminations and 1000B placed fourth. 1000B, however, was the recipient of the Robot Skills Award (for most points scored in a one-minute segment) and the Energy Award (for team spirit).
At the third regional at Central Valley High School on Nov. 21, 1000B, 1000C and 1000D competed. 1000B placed third in qualifications, 1000D was eighth in qualifications and 1000C was 16th in qualifications. In eliminations, 1000C placed first, while 1000B and 1000D were on the same alliance that placed third.
Another regional contest will be held in San Ramon in early December. All four teams have done well enough at regional contests to qualify for the national competition in Dallas.
Foothill Robotics 1000A Tim Lee, Abishek Akella, Yash Nagda, Dhruv Monga & Danny See 1000B Varun Sharma, Wenson Hsieh, Abhinav Kalakuntla, Justin So and Rayed Khan 1000C Abheek Chanana, Vikram Sreekanti, Kevin Choy and Roger Huang 1000D Andrew Eng, Leo Kam, Mayur Urva and Amatya Taran"
