SWAT Robotics Team Blog

Countdown to Kickoff

2010-12-28T22:32:00.001-06:00

The SWAT Team has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming 2011 FIRST Robotics season. We have been teaching the students how to use the tools in the shop, solder electrical components, program using LabView, and create business documents. Along with training the students we also hosted a fundraiser with the local Pizza Hut raising $340. This year is the 20th anniversary of the FIRST Robotics Competition; with only 10 days until kickoff, the team is anxiously awaiting the start of the 2011 season.

Championship Atlanta, GA

2009-04-23T16:24:00.001-05:00

The S.W.A.T. team attended the 2009 FIRST championship in Atlanta, GA along with more than 380 other teams.

After Qualification matches S.W.A.T. was ranked 2nd on Curie field. There are 4 fields with teams playing on them inside the Georgia Dome with each field being named after a scientists. S.W.A.T., 1806, picked teams 2039 and 668.

In the quarter finals 1806, 2039, and 668 were defeated after two rounds by the alliance that would eventually win Curie field and take second on Einstein field; the field where the winners from each field play against each other.

S.W.A.T. team outside of Georgia Dome

The S.W.A.T. team was ranked 9th overall out of the about 380 teams. The team’s record is 31 wins and 10 losses.

Greater Kansas City Regional winning alliance

2009-03-03T15:37:00.001-06:00

After the second day of the Greater Kansas City regional the SWAT team is ranked third out of 61 teams. SWAT has 5 wins and no losses. On the third day SWAT had won 7 with no losses and advanced to the number 1 rank.

"SWAT was one of eight teams that picked two other teams to join their alliance. The eight alliances then went through an elimination to determine the winning alliance. SWAT team #1806 chose team #931 and team #1208.

In the elimination you have to win two games in order to advance to the next round. The SWAT alliance lost the first match, tied the next match, and then finally won two games to continue. In the semifinals the SWAT alliance lost the first match and them came back to win the two games required. In the finals the SWAT alliance started off with a win and then another to finish and become the winning alliance of the Greater Kansas City Regional.

Picture of the winning alliance left Team #1208, Team
#1806, and Team #931

Ship day

2009-02-17T20:05:00.001-06:00

Monday night the S.W.A.T. Robotics team packed up the robot to ship to the Kansas city Regional. This marks the end of the six week build season that started January third. Next week the team will uncrate the robot down at Hale Arena along with 61 other teams. All FIRST Robotics Competition teams were given six weeks to design, build, program, and test their robot.

After the Kansas city Regional the robot will be shipped to the regional in St. Louis for the fourth week of competition.

SWAT team tests robot

2009-02-11T21:45:00.001-06:00

Tuesday the SWAT team took the 2009 robot down to Liberty High School to test-drive the robot on a practice FIRST Lunacy field. The 2009 robot was able to pickup the orbit balls and throw them into the trailer towed by the 2008 robot. Driving the new robot on the slick surface was not a problem and using the turret to aim at the opposing trailer helped score the orbit balls.