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. As the fourth week of build season progressed, each sub team remained oriented upon the continuation of efforts to complete the various aspects of the 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 efforts related to the prototype, making up for the lost week. Team Captain Rhea Kulkarni is proud of Team 1403’s progress despite the storm. She 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 a close, each sub-team has been working diligently to make extensive progress on this year’s robot. These meetings allow all of the sub-teams to come 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 the VEX robots and also an area for members who were interested in being on the drive team to practice driving last year’s robot. While 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 this years requirements are difficult, the determination and dedication for robotics makes them attainable. Requirements: Attendance of 75% of all team-specific and general meetings during 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 Disposable Razors & Shaving Cream Laundry Detergent Dish Detergent Ziploc bags Tissues and Napkins Toilet paper and Paper towels
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 educate students on several different aspects of Robotics. After attending the workshops, all students and staff assembled in the auditorium to see the Kickoff broadcast streaming 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 their fellow peers during each round of the competition. The students guided the VEX robots through a series of simple obstacles to reach the finish 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 Leicht restating all the lessons taught in past Cougar Classes. After giving a brief summary of a variety of lessons from teamwork to branding, the 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 was an opportunity to encourage the younger students throughout the district to partake in the FLL teams and our team to gain experience with STEM, Read more