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Operating out of Churchville-Chili Senior High School, we are a collection of students from
Rochester (NY) Area school districts including the High Schools of: Churchville-Chili, Aquinas, and Kendall. Although our team works 52 weeks a year on many different projects, each January through April we take part in the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®). Team 340 was founded in 2000 and has achieved many things with the assistance of numerous mentors and people throughout the community. |
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FIRST is an organization that was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989, the first competition was held in 1992 in a New Hampshire High School gymnasium. FIRST stands For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, it was created to inspire students to work in the science,technology,engineering and math fields. Since its creation, FIRST® has made a positive impact in the lives of students and communities around the globe. (Copyright to FIRST)
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Ultimate Ascent is played by two competing alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 foot field. Each Alliance consists of three robots, and they compete to score as many discs into their goals as they can during a two (2)-minute and fifteen (15)-second match. The higher the goal in which the disc is scored, the more points the Alliance receives.The match begins with a fifteen (15)-second Autonomous Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs. Discs scored during this period are worth additional points. For the remainder of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their alliance score by scoring as many goals as possible.The match ends with robots attempting to climb up pyramids located near the middle of the field. Each robot earns points based on how high it climbs for the match is summarized below. (Copyright to FIRST)
There is more information on the competition page including the game animation, game manual and what regional's we will be going to. |
Buckeye Regional- March 28-30 held at Cleveland State University. This is the second regional team 340 will be attending this year. For more information check out http://www.oai.org/firstbuckeye/index.html
Finger Lakes Regional- The team had a blast seeding 12th and making it to quarterfinal with teams 1557 and 1450. Although we didn't end up winning are team is now even more driven to do well at the upcoming regional Buckeye. To find out more details about how each day went check out our blog!
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