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FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 5 As the end of build season draws closer, the Robotics room is filled with the frenzied energy typical of Week 5 of the build season. Each subteam is focused on keeping the momentum to make the necessary progress to Read more
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 4 . The progress during the past couple weeks has been hindered due to the snowstorm but Team 1403 has bounced back this week and made significant headway. Each sub team worked tenaciously during the week to get back on track. Read more
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Weeks 2 and 3 Despite Winter Storm Jonas’s decimating the east coast this past week, FIRST Team 1403 still maintains its level of progress. As shown through interviews with Team 1403’s captains, the entire team is working together cooperatively to finalize Read more
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 1 The screech of the drill press driving through metal becomes the melody to the whirs of the handsaw, and the clattering of keyboards accentuating the bass line of productive discussion. As week one of the build season comes to Read more
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