Team 1403
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: The Tape Measure Ramp Date: 10/11/2017 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 40 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: Popsicle sticks, glue guns, paper Impact on Team: Mentor Michael Leicht began the first Cougar Class on October 11th, with an introduction to the Robotics team. He briefly went over […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 6 After many weeks of hard work and anticipation, the build season has finally come to an end after week 6. Members of Team 1403 are excited for the upcoming competitions and putting final touches on the robot. At the beginning of this Saturday’s meeting, all members […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 5 By the end of week 5, FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics is pushing through the final stretch of build season. Cougar Robotics will hopefully have finalized their robot for this year’s game and the upcoming week will be devoted to testing, troubleshooting, and programming the […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 4 With only two weeks left in the build season, the Montgomery FIRST Team 1403 has been working diligently in preparation for competition. After weeks of anticipation, the robot sub teams have finished prototyping the shooter, the intake, and the hopper. They have also begun to […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 3 Officially having met the halfway mark of build season in Week 3, Team 1403 has been working vigorously to prepare for competition. This past week, our team has started to turn the wood prototype into metal. The Mechanical Team has made lots of progress, […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 2 Cougar Robotics is closing a critical week in build season with impressive progress. Mr. Leicht is “extremely proud of the robot prototypes that have been developed,” and he believes the team is prepared well for the coming weeks building the actual robot. This past […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 1 After the Steamworks theme for this year’s FIRST competition was officially announced, Montgomery FIRST Team 1403 started off the build season with fervor and extreme enthusiasm. On the Monday and Tuesday following Kickoff, the team made designs for each part of the robot and point strategy. On […]
11th Annual Kickoff On Saturday, January 7th, 2017, after months of anticipation and hard work, 31 teams gathered in Skillman, New Jersey at Montgomery High School for the 11th annual kickoff, which officially starts the build season. Before the official Kickoff was broadcasted from Manchester, England, students got the opportunity to attend workshops held by […]
The final Cougar Class took place on December 14th, 2016. As students entered the classroom, Michael Leicht started his presentation about the importance of responsibility, and sharing personal anecdotes to entertain and educate the students. At the end of the presentation, all the students learned an important lesson: one should always take responsibility for his […]
Mrs. Leicht started the 4th Cougar Class by giving a presentation about mannerisms and etiquette. She educated students on skills such as placing utensils on the table or giving a proper handshake. After the presentation, the students were individually given a Lost at Sea ranking chart, on which the students were given the challenge of […]