Team 229

Team 229 – Division By Zero

Joshua Miller — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:50:43 +0000

Every year, students from Massena and Salmon River Central School in Massena and Salmon River New York gather in the depths of the Technology wing, and start planning for a new game. Robotics is an extracurricular program at the school, in which students design and build a robot from the ground up to perform a specific task. This task is part of the game, which is distributed every year by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). This game is played by hundreds of robotics teams from around the world, and is the training ground for the engineers of the future.

The games in which Division By Zero (team number 229) participates are not the typical robot games that you see on TV, where robots are designed to smash each other to bits. These games are developed in a way where both teams are trying to perform a specific task, while slowing the other team’s progress. These fights are always fair, and robots do not directly attack each other.

FIRST is an international organization that was founded by (Dean Kamen) in hopes that it would inspire students to pursue a field in engineering. The ultimate goal is “to transform culture, making science, math, engineering, and technology as cool for kids as sports are today.”

Since our formation in the 1999 season, we have won many awards and achieved many accomplishments, solidifying our position as a well-known team in the FIRST community.

Of course, none of this could be possible without our generous sponsors, our dedicated mentors, and our inspiring teachers at Massena and Salmon River Central Schools. Thanks to everyone who has dedicated countless hours to prepare us for the future!

Breakaway Documents

Erin Kennedy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:10:19 +0000

Here are some helpful documents for the 2010 FRC game, Breakaway.

Manual Passwords: Breakaway4FRC!

Complete 2010 Manual

Game description

Video:

Control System Manual:

Chapter 0 (Beta Test)
Chapter 1 (Introduction)
Chapter 2 (Getting started, benchmarking)
Chapter 3 (Component data sheets)

Hardware Documentation:

Parts:

Useful Links:

Build Schedule 2010 FRC

Kevin Brown — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:39:31 +0000

Build Schedule

Game Manual

Kevin Brown — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:22:42 +0000

This is where you will be able to view this years game manual and access more information about technicalities for this year's game, Breakaway! http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/content.aspx?id=452

Thoughts go out to Team 3125 Members & Family

Erin Kennedy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:40:11 +0000

While watching the live Twitter feeds this morning of Kickoff, it has come to our attention of the recent bus accident. For details of this accident, check out the news article here.

On behalf of all of Team 229, our best hopes and wishes go out to those who have been affected by this.

FLL – Live blogging from the competition!

Erin Kennedy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:24:23 +0000

The following is a condensed version of all of our live blogging pictures of the FIRST Lego League Competition 2009 in Potsdam NY at Clarkson University. It was a fantastic competition with much enthusiasm and gracious professionalism. We look forward to seeing everyone again (and new faces) next year!!!

2:25 PM – FLL at its best!

2:19 PM – Robots on the move

2:02 PM – FLL at its best!

1:52 PM – More teamwork, anticipating results…

1:48 PM – Excitement on the field…

1:45 PM – Intense match!

1:35 PM – Teamwork

1:30 PM – Team spirit is evident!

12:58 PM – Matches begin!

12:37 PM – Opening ceremony

11:28 AM – Referees at work

10:59 AM – Some teams at work, some at play, A/V crew working hard

10:57 AM – Teams at work

10:34 AM – Testing all the robots

10:29 AM – Teams warming up!

Watch the Fall 2009 FLL Competition LIVE! Hosted by Team 229 @ Clarkson University

Erin Kennedy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:48:16 +0000

This is a live feed only available on Friday December 4th and Saturday December 5th.
Check it out! @ http://bit.ly/5fOAEG

FTC – Live blogging from the competition!

Erin Kennedy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:22:56 +0000

The following is a condensed version of all of our live blogging pictures of the FIRST Tech Challenge 2009 in Potsdam NY at Clarkson University. It was a fantastic competition with much enthusiasm and gracious professionalism. We look forward to seeing everyone again (and new faces) next year!!!

8:02 PM – Creative high-fives for award winners!

7:37 PM – Winners of the competition!

8:35 PM – View of the stands

7:27 PM – Tension and excitement is rising, the most points is within the yellow wiffle ball!

7:11 PM – Excitement!!!

7:04 PM – Spirit is beginning to be shown!

6:58 PM – Lots of scoring is being made!

6:51 PM – Watching robots is mesmerizing for the crowd…

6:47 PM – Games are starting to pick up, excitement is rising!

5:22 PM – Live blogging from the competition field in Walker Arena at Clarkson University begins!

Watch the Fall 2009 FTC Competition Hosted by Team 229 @ Clarkson University!

Kevin Brown — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:17:28 +0000

This is a live feed only available on Friday December 4th and Saturday December 5th.
Check it out! @ http://bit.ly/5fOAEG

Webisode 3 – FTC Robots

Erin Kennedy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:24 +0000

Despite the upcoming crunch time for exams and tournament time, the Division by Zero webisode team talks more about our FTC robots and interviews some mechanical engineering mentors. Enjoy!