Congrats to TechFire for another amazing performance this past weekend at the Lenape Seneca District competition. 225 dominated the qualification rounds and emerged as #2 seed going in to the alliance selections. With alliance partners 203 TUFF and Team 1403 Cougar Robotics, TechFire easily won two quarter-final matches to press on to the the semi-final rounds. After two very close matches against a tough alliance of Team 316 LuNaTeCs , 2494  Hamilton West Robotics, and 2729 Storm Robotics, Techfire just missed another shot at a blue banner.  Final results here.

In addition to an amazing performance on the field, 225 was honored with the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation.  This award "celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components to provide unique machine functions."  Great job 225--very well-deserved!

With invaluable experience and lessons learned from both district competitions, 225 will be in top form and ready for the best performance of the season at the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition April 11-13 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. GO TECHFIRE!

Congrats to TechFire 225 for an outstanding performance at the Springside Chestnut Hill District Championship. Team 225 was ranked #3 after the qualifying rounds and was chosen along with team1495 AGR by Team 341 Miss Daisy during the alliance selections. After some of the most intense final matches ever (our robot was tipped over twice!), TechFire and awesome alliance partners 341 and 1495 emerged victorious. TechFire also received the Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox. This award celebrates creative design, in process, execution, or via a creative or unique strategy of play. It is focused on a feature or features of the machine or development process. For complete results, click here. Great job 225!  

Friday March 22, 2013

4:00 PM Pits Open for Limited Team Members

6:00 PM Inspection Open/Practice Area Open

6:30 PM Cafeteria Open for Team Pre-Order Dinner

10:00 PM Pits Close / Clean up

Saturday March 23, 2013

7:30 AM Pits Open and Machine Shop Open

8:30 AM Practice Rounds

10:00 AM Opening Ceremonies

10:30 AM Qualifying Rounds

12:00 PM LUNCH Break

1:00 PM Qualifying Rounds

5:30 PM Qualifying Rounds end for Day 1

6:30 PM Pits Close

Sunday March 24, 2013

8:00 AM Pits Open and Machine Shop Open

9:00 AM Opening Ceremonies

10:30 AM Qualifying Rounds (cont.)

11:30 PM Alliance Selection

12:00 PM LUNCH Break

1:00 PM Elimination Rounds

4:00 PM Awards Ceremony

5:30 PM Pits Close