On October 31, 2015, an event called Fall Festival was held at Montgomery High School. Fall Festival is an event where the various clubs of Montgomery come together to promote their organizations. At the Fall Festival booth, various members of the team set up an area for children to test Read more…
As a recognized sport, robotics must uphold high standards for varsity letters. Each year the requirements are strictly put in place to maintain the greatest integrity in our team members. The robotics team requires a great amount of dedication in order to be taken seriously as a competitive sport. Although Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics is collecting toiletries to support the Montgomery Township Food Pantry. Items can be dropped off in the donation box in the foyer by the main entrance or brought to room F-1142. All donations benefit residents of Montgomery Township. Deodorant Toothbrushes and Toothpaste Shampoo & Conditioner Read more…
The FIRST Official Kickoff was an educational and exciting event that was hosted by Montgomery High School on January 3. Students from 35 schools arrived at 8 am on Saturday morning. After breakfast FRC mentors gave Engineering Workshops on Autodesk Inventor, Pneumatics, Gearboxes and Transmissions, the 2015 roboRIO, and Sensors in order to Read more…
Team 1403 created a presentation for the students in the MHS special education program to demonstrate the VEX robots, a smaller-scaled representation of what our team does. The members organized a friendly competition for the students between each VEX robot. Students were given the chance to operate the robots and encourage Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ ACTIVITY: Promoting Products Date: 12/17/14 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 47 Number of Mentors/Adults: 6 Action Items: Tape, a piece of paper, a rubber bouncing ball, and additional items used for decoration Impact on Team: The final Cougar Class began with mentor Michael Read more…
On October 6th, 2014, twelve members of the FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics team gave a presentation at Village Elementary School to Boy Scouts of America Troop 46. The purpose of the presentation was to introduce the principles of FIRST and describe Team 1403 to members of our community. This Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ ACTIVITY: Ping Pong Catching Date: 12/3/14 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 45 Number of Mentors/Adults: 6 Action Items: a block of wood, wooden sticks, tape, Popsicle sticks, rubber bands, hot glue, ping pong sessions in balls, and paper Impact on Team: The meeting Read more…
Montgomery’s Fall Festival, held on Saturday, October 18, 2014, proved to be highly successful. This fun packed event ran from 11am to 1pm. Team 1403: Cougar Robotics arranged a booth that sold LED light bulbs, introduced children to the works of the robot, and clarified and quantified what the Robotics Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: Favored Weight Date: 11/19/19 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 42 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: one hundred popsicle sticks, two cardboard wheels, one hot glue gun, two glue sticks, one wooden board, 18″ x 24″ paper, one plastic bag Impact on Team: The Read more…