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TechFire Robotics Competition Team Heads to World Competition

4/15/2018

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York-based competitive robotics team, TechFire 225, qualifies for the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Detroit, MI on April 25 - 28. York’s premiere robotics team set the Mid-Atlantic Region on fire when its top seeded alliance took the top place among more than 60 competing teams. “This is a year where we have had a lot of great opportunities. We have a really robust robot, a really strong scouting team, and we’ve got some solid mechanics to back it all up,” says Jagr Krtanjek, one of 225’s Drive Team members.

Along with alliance partners, team 2590 Nemesis of Robbinsville, New Jersey, and team 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches of Ewing, New Jersey, team 225 TechFire competed throughout the weekend, making it to finals and battling through the playoff rounds to finish in first place at the district event. Krtanjek says landing the Mighty Monkey Wrenches team on the alliance was, “a steal and a half.” He beams, “They complemented our alliance so well. Nemesis being a fantastic scale bot, TechFire being a fantastic scale bot, and the Mighty Monkey Wrenches being an amazing switch and exchange robot... the fact that we had them available was incredible.” Pit Team Member Jess Babcock agrees, “What matters most about your alliance partners is what you can do with them. Compliment your weaknesses with their strengths.”

Winning the event qualifies all three teams to compete at the FIRST World Championship sponsored by Qualcomm on April 25 - 28 in Detroit, MI. TechFire is hopeful to make it further into the competition than last year, ideally all the way to the esteemed “Einstein” field. Babcock predicts, “This year I think we can make it to Einstein. I think we can only be stopped by our own personal limitations, and if we believe we can do it, then we will do it.”

Babcock remembers, “Last year was a season where we did not have that great of luck. We had some tough matches. But, I think this year, we are able to see that hard work that I know we put in really come to life. Especially with many of us being juniors and seniors this year, it makes me tear up just thinking about how happy I am to end my senior year on a good note. That is something I’ll always remember.”

Watch history being made at the FIRST World Championships at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan on April 25 - 28. Visit firstinspires.com and www.firstchampionship.org for more information.
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Local Robotics Team, TechFire Takes Two Awards at Regional Qualifier

4/5/2018

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TechFire, York’s premiere competitive robotics team set the district on fire when it received two prestigious awards at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Qualifier of the FIRST Robotics Competition in Montgomery, New Jersey on March 25.  Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, the FIRST Robotics Competition is the ultimate sport for the mind.

For its unique robot design, TechFire  was awarded the Industrial Design Award. Sponsored by General Motors, this award celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively addresses the FIRST Robotics POWER UP game challenge.

Along with its alliance partners, Team 25 Raider Robotix of North Brunswick, New Jersey, and Team 5992 the Pirates from Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey, Team 225 TechFire competed throughout the weekend and battled through the playoff rounds to win the District Event.
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Winning the event qualifies all three teams to compete at the FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson on April 4 - 7 at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena. Winning teams will then move on to the FIRST World Championships on April 25 - 28 in Detroit, MI.

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