Welcome to FIRST® Greater Rochester Robotics Team 340′s homepage!
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, Wheatland-Chili, Aquinas, and Brockport. 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®).
Six-Time Regional Chairman’s Award Winning Team
FIRST® is an organization that was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 and the first competition was held in 1992 in a New Hampshire High School gymnasium. Also known as For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, it was created to inspire students to work in the technology and engineering fields. Since its creation, FIRST® has made a positive impact in the lives of students and communities around the globe.
Team 340 was founded in 2000 and has achieved many things with the assistance of numerous mentors and people throughout the community. We are currently working on our robot and promotional endeavors for the 2012 Build Season.
Ready for 2012?
The Rebound RumbleSM robotics game is played between two Alliances of three teams each. Each Alliance competes by trying to score as many of the basketballs in the hoops as possible during the 2-minute and 15-second match. Balls scored in higher hoops score Alliances more points. Alliances are awarded bonus points if they are balanced on bridges at the end of the match. In matches where opponent Alliances work together to balance on the white bridge, all participating teams earn additional valuable seeding points.