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==[[King of Prussia FIRST Expo 2018]] - 19-May-2018==
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FIRST Robots at the Court at King of Prussia Mall!  How cool is that?  Our sincere thanks to FRC 708 ([http://www.team708.org/ Hatters]) for organizing this event.
  
 
==FRC 1640 applied to the Indiana Robotics Invitational==
 
==FRC 1640 applied to the Indiana Robotics Invitational==

Revision as of 02:10, 22 May 2018


This is the current news items about Downingtown Robotics, all the teams: FRC and FTC.

Remember to read about Current Events coming your way.


King of Prussia FIRST Expo 2018 - 19-May-2018

FIRST Robots at the Court at King of Prussia Mall! How cool is that? Our sincere thanks to FRC 708 (Hatters) for organizing this event.

FRC 1640 applied to the Indiana Robotics Invitational

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1640 Carson Sub-Division FINALISTS at FRC Championship - 25-28 April-2017

Sab-BOT-age at 2018 FRC Championship - Detroit
Finishing qualifications in 11th place (in a field of 68), we were the 1st pick of the 5th alliance comprising 71 (Team Hammond - Captain), ourselves, 5254 (HYPE) and 422 (Mech Tech Dragons). We made it to the finals, but were stopped there by the 2nd alliance.

Sab-BOT-age received the Excellence in Engineering Award for Carson-Tesla. This is the first time that the team has won an award (other than Winner or Finalist) at FRC Championships.

The team also won the 2018 FedEx Innovation Challenge Award, which comes with a grant of $10,000.

FIRST Mid-Atlantic Championship - 4 (load-in only) - 7 April-2018

We were the 1st pick of FRC 25 (Raider Robotix), the 2nd Alliance Captain. FRC 1089 (Team Mercury) completed this powerful Alliance. We finished as Finalists in the rubber match.

Sab-BOT-age received the Industrial Design Award.

At the close of the FIRST Mid-Atlantic competition season, 1640 is ranked #4 in MAR with 274 ranking points (behind 2590 Nemesis - 355 pts, 225 TechFire - 336 pts, and 25 Raider Robotix - 309 pts).

Hatboro-Horsham - 29-31 March-2018

Sab-BOT-age wins the District Chairman's Award
We were invited by 1218 (Vulcan Robotics) to join the 2nd Alliance. Together with 1218 and 1647 (Iron Devils), we blew through Quarter and Semifinals. So did the 1st Alliance (2590 Nemesis, 25 Raider Robotix, and 6226 Blue Devils). In Finals, we lost the first round to the 1st Alliance by 15 points (259-244). We then took the victory in the 2nd match by 17 points (252-260). These were two amazingly evenly-matched alliances! Alas, in the 3rd match, the fiberglass cascade anchors in our lift shattered early in the match, leaving us unable to score. We finished as finalists.

For the first time ever, Team Sab-BOT-age received the District Chairman's Award! This is a significant achievement for the team. Our fedoras are off to our Chairman's sub-team!

In addition, Head Mentor Clem McKown received the FIRST Mid Atlantic Don Bowers Inspiration Award.

As this was our 3rd District Event, we did not receive any qualifying points.

CHAMPIONS at Seneca - 23-25 March-2018

We were invited by 834 (SparTechs) to join the 3rd Alliance. Together with 834 and 2600 (Team Falcon), we went on to win! Collect 60 district qualifying points.

Westtown - 9-11 March-2018

DEWBOT places power cubes on the Scale
The Westtown event is co-hosted by teams 1391 (based at the Westtown School) and 1640. Steve Compton (1391 Head Mentor) serves as Event Coordinator, while Clem McKown (1640 Head Mentor) serves as Volunteer Coordinator. This was our 3rd year of co-hosting this event.

1640 performed well at this event, finishing qualifications in 3rd place with a 9-3-0 record. We led the 3rd alliance with teams 341 (Miss Daisy) and 4373 (Roobotics), making it to semifinals (3-3-0). Sab-BOT-age received the Creativity award, and 49 district qualifying points.

Downingtown FLL RQT - 9-December-2017

Our 6th annual regional qualifying tournament. Hosted at the CCIU. 23 teams participated.

D-Town Dustoff - 11-November-2017

Downingtown's sixth annual FIRST LEGO League scrimmage, the D-Town Dustoff, was held at the CCIU TCHS-Brandywine in Downingtown, PA. 28 teams attended, our largest FLL event yet. This non-qualifying event was hosted by Downingtown Area Robotics in cooperation with the TCHS to help area FLL teams gain experience and prepare for their Qualifiers in this year's game.

Ramp Riot - 4-November-2017

Duel on the Delaware - 21-October-2017

HAVOC - 30-September-2017

Techgirlz Robotics Workshop - 23-Sept-2017

TechGirlz workshop
Downingtown Area Robotics hosted its second Robotics Workshop in cooperation with Techgirlz. Thanks to Laura and Akhila for organizing and planning this event, and also to Sai and Meghana for instructing. Once again, a great success and a lot of fun.

Downingtown STEM Demo - 18-September-2017

Team Picnic - 2-August-2017

CCIU Demos - 26-July-2017

Demos performed for Robotics workshops at the CCIU.

MAR Dorney Day - 22-July-2017

Indiana Robotics Invitational - 14 & 15 July-2017

Binder Picnic - 3-July-2017

Team Dinner - 24-June-2017

MidKnight Mayhem - 17-June-2017

Sab-BOT-age finished qualifications ranked 4th. We accepted Nemesis' invitation to the 3rd alliance and Velocity completed our alliance. Alas, we were eliminated in quarterfinals by the 6th alliance, who went on the become champions.

Young Innovators Fair Demo - 10-June-2017

Team 1640 represented FRC at the Young Innovators Fair in Oaks, PA.

USP Demo - 26-May-2017

Congratulations to our Graduates

Our graduating students brought the team through a period of amazing growth and success. We thank them and wish them success at University and beyond.

  • Madi - Co-Captain - Avon Grove Charter School
  • Sullivan - Avon Grove Charter School
  • Aashay - Downingtown S.T.E.M. Academy
  • Joshua B - Downingtown West High School & CCIU TCHS
  • Patrick- Downingtown East High School
  • Jarryd - Downingtown East High School

Older news items can be found in:
News Archive 2017
News Archive 2016
News Archive 2015
News Archive 2014
News Archive 2013
News Archive 2012
News Archive 2011
News Archive 2010
News Archive 2009