Team 1778 "Chill Out" is from Mountlake Terrace High School in Washington state. This program captures the essence of FIRST bringing kids and mentors together to teach them about team work in the fields of science and technology.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2012 has been declared by Team 1778 as "The Year of the Penguin."
Chill-Out is entirely focused on building a high-scoring robot and taking it to St. Louis for the National Championships.
This year's game, Rebound Rumble, features four basketball hoops at each end of the playing field, with the highest hoop worth the most points. In autonomous mode at the beginning of the match, successful robots will shoot and score by programming alone; no input from the operators. During teleop mode, three-on-three alliances play it out, scoring baskets for their alliance or defensively blocking opposing shots. In the final seconds of the game, alliances will attempt to balance all three bots on the wobble bridge for maximum points.
The team is designing and building a tall robot expected to scoop and shoot a maximum of three basketballs at a time. It will use a conveyor belt system to capture the balls and a camera-equipped turret to aim and shoot them out. Large wheels allow it to cross the bump at centerfield. A clever counterweight system will assist in the final act of balancing on the wobble bridge.
"The Year of the Penguin" extends beyond the robot's performance in the game. 1778 strives to continue, and become better at, exemplifying the ideas behind FIRST. Chill Out mentors several other FLL, FTC, and FRC teams. They make presentations to elementary schools and run robotics camps for kids during the summer. They volunteer at blood drives, food banks and city parks. Team spokespeople share FIRST at school assemblies, school district fairs, Boeing events, and even the Seattle Seafair Hydroplane Races. Team 1778 - Chill Out works hard and serves well, all with gracious professionalism.
To finance the trip to St. Louis, Team 1778 - Chill Out is selling LED light bulbs. Learn about E-Watt Saver bulbs at www.usfirst.org/e-wattinfo.
Chill-Out is entirely focused on building a high-scoring robot and taking it to St. Louis for the National Championships.
This year's game, Rebound Rumble, features four basketball hoops at each end of the playing field, with the highest hoop worth the most points. In autonomous mode at the beginning of the match, successful robots will shoot and score by programming alone; no input from the operators. During teleop mode, three-on-three alliances play it out, scoring baskets for their alliance or defensively blocking opposing shots. In the final seconds of the game, alliances will attempt to balance all three bots on the wobble bridge for maximum points.
The team is designing and building a tall robot expected to scoop and shoot a maximum of three basketballs at a time. It will use a conveyor belt system to capture the balls and a camera-equipped turret to aim and shoot them out. Large wheels allow it to cross the bump at centerfield. A clever counterweight system will assist in the final act of balancing on the wobble bridge.
"The Year of the Penguin" extends beyond the robot's performance in the game. 1778 strives to continue, and become better at, exemplifying the ideas behind FIRST. Chill Out mentors several other FLL, FTC, and FRC teams. They make presentations to elementary schools and run robotics camps for kids during the summer. They volunteer at blood drives, food banks and city parks. Team spokespeople share FIRST at school assemblies, school district fairs, Boeing events, and even the Seattle Seafair Hydroplane Races. Team 1778 - Chill Out works hard and serves well, all with gracious professionalism.
To finance the trip to St. Louis, Team 1778 - Chill Out is selling LED light bulbs. Learn about E-Watt Saver bulbs at www.usfirst.org/e-wattinfo.
