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[[Image:FTCBP-Game-Logo.png|right|frameless|upright=1.1]][[Image:FTC7314_OJR_tournament_140111_csm-11.jpg|right|frameless|upright=1.1]][[Image:FTC7314_OJR_tournament_140111_csm-12.jpg|right|frameless|upright=1.1]]FTC 7314 was created to provide a robotics opportunity for 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> grade students in Chester County and especially (but not exclusively) in the Downingtown area.   
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FTC 7314 was created to provide a robotics opportunity for 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> grade students in Chester County and especially (but not exclusively) in the Downingtown area.  The team is a feeder for [[FRC Team 1640]].
 
   
 
   
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Students successfully participating in FTC will be eligible (but not required) to step up to the FRC program upon entering High School.
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All students successfully participating in FTC will be eligible (but not required) to step up to the FRC program upon entering High School.
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==Meetings==
 
==Meetings==
 
The team will meet at the [http://cciu.org/ CCIU] [http://www.cciu.org/tchsbrandywine TCHS-Brandywine] on:
 
The team will meet at the [http://cciu.org/ CCIU] [http://www.cciu.org/tchsbrandywine TCHS-Brandywine] on:
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:* Thursday evenings 6:00-9:00pm; and  
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:* Monday - Thursday evenings 6:30-8:30pm; and
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:* Saturday afternoons 2:00-5:00pm
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:* Saturdays 9:30am-2:30 pm
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:* Team is split into two schedules and no student attends every session listed above, but is encouraged to attend 2-3 times per week during build season.
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Any deviations from this schedule will be clearly communicated via TeamSnap.
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[[CCIU TCHS Brandywine Campus | Directions]].
  
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Any deviations from this schedule will be clearly communicated.
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==Team History==
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[[FTC 7314 - 2018-2019 | 2018-2019 Rover Ruckus]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 - 2017-2018 | 2017-2018 Relic Recovery]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 - 2016-2017 | 2016-2017 Velocity Vortex]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 - 2015-2016 | 2015-2016 FIRST Res-Q]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 - 2014-2015 | 2014-2015 Cascade Effect]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 - 2013-2014 | 2013-2014 Block Party!]]
  
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See the [[FTC Calendar]] and [[DEW_Robotics:Current_events | current events]] for more details.
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==Awards==
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<small>Chronological by reverse season. '''Official awards are bold''', off-season awards are standard, and ''team peer awards and italicized''.</small><br>
  
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[[CCIU TCHS Brandywine Campus | Directions]].
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<big>'''2015-2016 - ResQ'''</big>
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*'''Hopper Division Finalist - [[FTC 7314 East Super-Regional Championship Tournament 2016 | East Super-Regional Championship Tournament]]'''
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*'''Champion - [[FTC 7314 Pennsylvania Championship Tournament 2016 | Pennsylvania Championship Tournament]]'''
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*'''Champion - [[FTC 7314 South Central Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2016 | South Central Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament]]'''
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*'''Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - [[FTC 7314 South Central Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2016 | South Central Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament]]'''
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*'''PTC Design Award - [[FTC 7314 Southeastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2016 | Southeastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament]]'''
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*'''Finalist - [[FTC 7314 Eastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2015 | Eastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament]]
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<big>'''2014-2015 - Cascade Effect'''</big>
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*'''Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - [[FTC 7314 Eastern Pennsylvania Qualifying Tournament 2014 | Eastern Pennsylvania FTC Qualifying Tournament]]'''
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<big>'''2013-2014 - Block Party'''</big>
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*'''Finalist - [[2013 PA Rookies Qualifying Tournament | PA Rookies Qualifying Tournament]]'''
  
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==Tools==
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==Tools & Resources==
 
[[media:Mechanisms_&_Manipulators_v5.0.pdf | Common FTC Mechanisms & Manipulators]] - created by [http://www.bcrobotics.org/ "FRC 294 Beach Cities Robotics"]<br>
 
[[media:Mechanisms_&_Manipulators_v5.0.pdf | Common FTC Mechanisms & Manipulators]] - created by [http://www.bcrobotics.org/ "FRC 294 Beach Cities Robotics"]<br>
 
[[media:ManiupulatorDesign.pdf | Manipulator Design]] - created by [http://www.andymark.com/Presentations-Education-s/194.htm "AndyMark]<br>
 
[[media:ManiupulatorDesign.pdf | Manipulator Design]] - created by [http://www.andymark.com/Presentations-Education-s/194.htm "AndyMark]<br>
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[http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FTC/FTC_Documents/Using_the_IR_Seeker.pdf IR Seeker Programming]<br>
 
[http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FTC/FTC_Documents/Using_the_IR_Seeker.pdf IR Seeker Programming]<br>
  
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==Build Season==
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==Engineering Notebooks==
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imho, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Party! ''Block Party!''] is an enormously rich game of strategy.  Less certain about casual spectator appeal, but it's a heck of a game for players.  Look up the [http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/game rules].  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPAATO-NpcM Watch game animation].
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[[FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2015-16]]<br>
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[[FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2014-15]]
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[[FTC 7314 build September 2013 | September build meetings]]<br>
 
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[[FTC 7314 build October 2013 | October build meetings]]<br>
 
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[[FTC 7314 build November 2013 | November build meetings]]<br>
 
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[[FTC 7314 build December 2013 | December build meetings]]<br>
 
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[[FTC 7314 build January 2014 | January build meetings]]<br>
 
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==Official Events==
 
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;<big>FTC Kickoff - 7-September-2013</big>
 
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:The deepest, darkest secrets of the 2013-2014 FIRST Tech Challenge game will be revealed to all true believers (and anyone else present as well).  Will 18 x 18 x 18" robots need to pick up Medicine Balls?  Will we need to isolate the controller from diesel fuel?  ''If ya don't go, ya won't know!'' (unless, of course, you actually read the rules)
 
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:Hosted by the CCIU TCHS!
 
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;<big>[[DEWBOT IX Duel on the Delaware | Duel on the Delaware]] - 19-October-2013</big>
 
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:The team's first scrimmage.  Both [[FRC Team 1640 | FRC 1640]] and FTC 7314 participated.  No, we weren't really ready for this, but it was a great experience.
 
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;<big>[[DEWBOT IX Ramp Riot | Ramp Riot ]] - 2-November-2013</big>
 
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:A somewhat more formal scrimmage and we were far better prepared.  Both [[FRC Team 1640 | FRC 1640]] and FTC 7314 participated in this classic event hosted by team 341 [http://www.team341.com/ Miss Daisy] at Wissahickon High School, Ambler PA!  FTC 7314 ended up 5<sup>th</sup> seed (out of 12).
 
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;<big>[[2013 Southeast Pennsylvania FTC Regional Qualifying Tournament | Southeast Pennsylvania FTC Regional Qualifying Tournament]] - 16-November-2013</big>
 
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:Our first qualifier.  Hosted by the [http://www.oxford.k12.pa.us/oahs/ Oxford Area High school].
 
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;<big>[[2013 PA Rookies Qualifying Tournament | PA Rookies Qualifying Tournament]] - 11-January-2014</big>
 
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:Hosted by Owen J Roberts High School.  Team Sab-BOT-age performed extraorinarily well, finishing as event finalists after losing in the rubber match.  So close to winning (and qualifying for PA Championship)!
 
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:The team did very well during qualification matches, winning 5 of its 6 matches to place as 4<sup>th</sup> seed overall (of 21 teams participating).  We were invited by 1<sup>st</sup> seed 7056 to join the 1<sup>st</sup> alliance, and accepted.  This was a great performance by the team, which has worked hard since Oxford to improve its mediocre performace and succeeded in turning the robot into a powerful scorer.
 
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;<big>[http://www.ftcpenn.org/ftc-events/2013-2014-season/south-central-pennsylvania-regional-qualifying-tournament South Central Pennsylvania FTC Regional Qualifying Tournament] - 25-January-2014</big>
 
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:FTC 7314's third qualifying event.  Hosted by [http://www.yk.psu.edu/ Penn State York].
 
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;<big>Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament - 1-March-2014</big>
 
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:FTC 7314 must qualify to participate.  Held at [http://www.millersville.edu/ Millersville University] near Lancaster.
 
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;<big>Eastern Super-Regional Championship Tournament - date TBA</big>
 
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:A new level of competition for the 2013-2014 season.  This event is so secret, that the date and location cannot be disclosed.  However, we hear from our highly placed ''"00"'' sources, that it will be held "somewhere in Pennsylvania".  Let's face it, though: if we don't qualify, we have ''no need to know''.
 
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;<big>FIRST Championship - 23-26 April-2014</big>
 
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:Edward Jones Dome, St Louis MO.  Will we be there?  Can we qualify?  It's a bit of a long shot, but we'll see.
 
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==Other Events==
 
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[[image:FLL_Scrimmage_131123-53.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Mindstorm Monsters hits it big!'']]
 
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;<big>[[Downingtown FIRST LEGO League Scrimmage 2013 | DAR FLL Scrimmage]]</big>
 
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:DAR hosted an FLL Scrimmage on 23-November-2013 at the CCIU TCHS.  18 area teams participated.
 
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;<big>[[Downingtown Area Robotics-TCHS-Penn FLL Qualifying Event 2013 | Downingtown Area Robotics-TCHS-Penn FLL Qualifier]] - 7-December-2013</big>
 
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:Downingtown's second annual FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Event will be held on '''7 December, 2013''' at the CCIU TCHS Brandywine Campus in '''Downingtown, PA'''.  This competition was hosted by [[About Downingtown Area Robotics|Downingtown Area Robotics]] to allow area FLL teams to compete and qualify for the Penn FLL Championship in this year's game, NATURE'S FURY<sup>SM</sup>.
 
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==People==
 
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[[FRC 7314 Mentors 2013-4 | Mentors]]
 
  
 
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[[Category:FTC]][[Category:Block Party!]][[Category:Cascade Effect]][[Category:ResQ]][[Category:Velocity Vortex]][[Category:Rover Ruckus]]

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ResQ PA Champions.jpg
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FTC7314 Eastern PA QUAL 141206-30.jpg
FTC7314 ResQ SEPA Qual 160109-14.jpg

FTC 7314 was created to provide a robotics opportunity for 7th and 8th grade students in Chester County and especially (but not exclusively) in the Downingtown area. The team is a feeder for FRC Team 1640.

All students successfully participating in FTC will be eligible (but not required) to step up to the FRC program upon entering High School.

Meetings

The team will meet at the CCIU TCHS-Brandywine on:

  • Monday - Thursday evenings 6:30-8:30pm; and
  • Saturdays 9:30am-2:30 pm
  • Team is split into two schedules and no student attends every session listed above, but is encouraged to attend 2-3 times per week during build season.

Any deviations from this schedule will be clearly communicated via TeamSnap.

Directions.

Team History

2018-2019 Rover Ruckus
2017-2018 Relic Recovery
2016-2017 Velocity Vortex
2015-2016 FIRST Res-Q
2014-2015 Cascade Effect
2013-2014 Block Party!

Awards

Chronological by reverse season. Official awards are bold, off-season awards are standard, and team peer awards and italicized.

2015-2016 - ResQ

2014-2015 - Cascade Effect

2013-2014 - Block Party

Tools & Resources

Common FTC Mechanisms & Manipulators - created by "FRC 294 Beach Cities Robotics"
Manipulator Design - created by "AndyMark
Designing for FTC with Tetrix Hints and Tips (2012) - created by "FTC 0001 Team Unlimited
Drivetrain mathematical model - adapted to FTC - Clem McKown
FTC Motor & Servo Specifications - Clem McKown
Tetrix for FTC (with Webinars for LabVIEW FTC programming)
FTC Resources from National Instruments (LabVIEW)
Tetrix files in SOLIDWORKS format - 1
Tetrix files in SOLIDWORKS format - 2
Tetrix files in SOLIDWORKS format - 3
IR Seeker Programming

Engineering Notebooks

FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2015-16
FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2014-15

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