Gladiator of the week

This weeks Gladiator of the week is our coach and mentors. Thank you for all the time you have spent working side by side with us, it truly inspires us to have dedicated professionals such as yourselves investing in our futures!

11days until
FIRST Portland Regional 2012

5days since
End of Build Season

Cool Robot of the Day

Events

    The Portland FIRST regional is the competition we participate in all year. Every team in our region comes to the rose center and compete in this years challenge, Rebound Rumble. The competition is on March 9th and 10th 2012.

Portland FIRST regional

About Rebound Rumble:

Rebound Rumble is played by two competing alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 ft field. Each alliance consists of three robots. They compete to score as many basketballs into their hoops as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the hoop in which the basketball is scored, the more points the alliance receives.

  The match begins with a 15-second Hybrid Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs. During this Hybrid Period, one robot on each alliance may be controlled using a Microsoft Kinect. Baskets scored during this period are worth extra points. For the remainder of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their alliance score by scoring as many baskets as possible.

 The match ends with robots attempting to balance on bridges located at the middle of the field. In Qualification Matches, a robot from each alliance will also try to balance on the white CoopertitionTM bridge to score additional ranking points for each alliance.


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