Welcome to Team 1418!
FRC Seminar was a great success Dec 2009
For updates on the 2009 year, Click here
We are the the robotics team of George Mason High School (GMHS) in Falls Church, Virginia. We compete in events sponsored by FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
We drove all weekend!
Everybody worked really hard and produced a drivable six wheel drive vehicle. It was fast and could spin in place with a tiny movement of the joystick! The plan is to do a evening session on Wednesday 1/20/2010 -- so alums and mentors: drop by and check out what they've done!
xkcd on FIRST
thought you guys would get a kick out of this :) xkcd.com/689/
"Omnidirectional Drive Systems" by Ian Mackenzie
Charlie, our newest mentor wanted to post this great paper "Omnidirectional Drive Systems" (PDF) by Ian Mackenzie
Kickoff is Saturday morning Jan 9 , 2010.
A bunch of us are meeting at the school Saturday Morning and driving to the local kickoff. The classroom will be an alternative viewing area for people that are not going to the kickoff.
Tell your friends to tune in at home online and on NASA TV: January 9th, 2010. The presentation runs from 10:00AM EST to 12:30AM EST
mr lotts.
Get Involved in the 09-10 Season
As the new school year has begun, the new robotics season has also started. Even though kick-off isn't until January, the team has been holding meetings every Tuesday after school in Mr. Ballou's room to get things organized and to be prepared for whatever might come our way.
This year, the team is hoping to be able to assist other teams that need help, and to be open for any questions posed by others.
Cricket Moore: 2009 Outstanding Volunteer!
Congratulations to Cricket Moore! Cricket was honored tonight with the inaugural Outstanding Volunteer Award at the 2009 FRC Washington, DC Regional. This award is a testamony to Cricket's dedication and hard work, for which we are all very grateful. Well done, Cricket!
DC Match Schedule
Yesterday, Thursday the 26, the team played in several practice rounds. The practice rounds helped the team make adjustments to the robot to help it play the game better. Today, Friday, the team will be playing in 5 seeding rounds. The times of those are as follows (subject to change):
D.C. Regional
The D.C. regional competition is in less than one week away on February 26, 27, and 28. It is being held in the Convention Center. If you would like to watch the webcast of the event live, click here.
Washington DC Regional Competition
We are now registered for the Washington, DC regional competition on February 26th, 27th, and 28th. This is the first weekend of FRC competitions.
