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2021-2022, Uncategorized

WE’re Back

We’ve been back in-person at the Rochester Engineering Center at Edison since the start of the 2021-22 School Year. Things are a little different this year.

First we would like to thank our newest sponsor Xerox for their generous support for 2021 and 2022.

Covid is still with us. All participants in RCSD buildings are required to wear a mask. In addition all Mentors must Register to Volunteer with the Rochester City School District. And we still use Zoom if the School temporarily goes back to remote learning.

We are over half way through our 2022 Build Season. We’re way behind other years as we were remote for Kickoff and struggling to attract and retain students. And we are working with less mentors and students than usual. But we are making progress and we have about a half dozen dedicated students. We’ll be at RIT’s Finger Lakes Regional on March 10th, 11th, and 12th. (Assuming the event isn’t made shorter).

At this time RIT Safety Rules requires all persons over 5 years old attending an event at the Gordon Field House be fully vaccinated.

This is my 13th season in FIRST Robotics and we’re still working hard to build an RCSD FRC Team. It will take at least another four years. But its really really really … worth it.

Hope you can stop in or watch us at RIT.

Kurt

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2020 News (October 21st)

We are starting up for the 2020/2021 Season.   We will meet virtually per RCSD Covid 19 Guidelines.   To join us check our Calendar.

FIRST will have Virtual competitions for FRC Teams this Season.   We will be inventing a new FRC Game.  Hope to see you online.

We didn’t get to compete at the 2020 Finger Lakes Regional.   We arrived, unpacked, found out that the event was being changed from 3 days to 2 with competitions starting after lunch and no practice.   Then sent home by 10 AM as all events in Monroe County with greater than 100 people were cancelled.  We hope that competitions start up again in 2021 so we get to show our Robot.

2020 FRC3838 Robot

2020 FRC3838 Robot

Team returning early from the Cancelled 2020 Finger Lakes Regional at RIT
Team returning early from the Cancelled 2020 Finger Lakes Regional at RIT

Kurt

For Team Members

Welcome to our 2019-2020 Season

Team and Prospective Students;

Welcome to our 2019-2020 Season. We are a FIRST Robotics Competition Team for the Rochester NY City School District.

We have a lot planned for this Fall to get you ready for our next game Infinite Recharge. Don’t forget to register for our Mini Summer Training Camp 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM August 20, 21, and 22nd at our robotics lab in The Rochester Engineering Center at Edison. We’ll be introducing new students to Computer Aided Design, Java Programming, and Machining along with other team activies. If that’s not your thing come anyway and see what we’re about. Our team needs dedicated students and we guarantee you will learn a lot.

This Fall we are competing at the Ra Cha Cha Ruckus, the Water Challenge, Holding a FIRST Lego League Event and showing off our robots at the Rochester Maker’s Faire. Our first Team Meeting will be Thursday September 12th after school until 7 PM. This season we will be growing the team with more events and focused activities.

FIRST is a lot of hard work, and its much more than just the robots. Though the robots are fun too.

Hope you join us.

Kurt M. Sanger, Lead Mentor, Roc City Robotix FRC Team 3838.

Lead Mentor Roc City Robotix, FRC Team 3838
Lead Mentor Roc City Robotix, FRC Team 3838

2018-2019, For Team Members

2019 Destination Deep Space

Welcome new and returning students.

The Rochester Engineering Center has reopened.  We are now meeting again in the REC.

Hope you enjoyed the kickoff.  Here’s the link to this season’s game manual.  link

The manual is still encrypted.  Password is case sensitive.  $Robots&in#SPACE!!

More information about the game may be found here.

There is also a forum with a lot of people asking and answering questions at ChiefDelphi.

Good Luck Team.

Kurt

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2017-2018 Season Starting Sept 14th

Our first meeting of the 2017-2018 Season will be Thursday Sept 14, from 3-6 PM.  We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays starting on the 14th in the Rochester Engineering Center in the basement of the Edison Career & Technology High School, 655 Colfax Street.  Hope to see you there.

We will be competing in the Ra Cha Cha Ruckus October 28th at the Main Street Armory.  The event is open to the public and free.  Come out and encourage the RCSD District Wide Team.  Plus have fun watching robots and students.

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Registration is Disabled

Do to the large number of foreigners registering for our site we have temporarily stop accepting registrations.  If you wish to reply to one of our few blogs then please send us a message using our contact-us page.  In the message box include the user name you wish to use.  Also include a description of why you want to register on our site.  If accepted you will receive a reply email to the specified email address with a password for your user name.

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Roc City Robotix Competing at Rochester Finger Lakes Regional This Weekend

Come join us at RIT in the Gordon Field House.  We’ll be competing in the FRC Finger Lakes Regional.  Practice starts tomorrow, March 24.  Qualifying Matches start Friday March 25 and end by Saturday March 26 at noon.  Then we hope to make the Quarter Finals that will begin after lunch.

The event is free and open to the public.  We look forward to all of Rochester coming down to spur on their Rochester City School District Team 3838 Roc City Robotix.

For details go to http://www.rit.edu/gcr/firstrobotics

2015 USFirst Championship, Events

2015 USFirst Championships Day 3 Part 2

Well you might be wondering what we did all day after the selection process.  Between packing up the pits, crating the robot, and loading up the bus, we also got our mascot to the Mascot Parade to kick off the Championships, saw some quarterfinal matches, did lunch, watched the finals, then went to the finale.

Check out this view of the Edward James Dome taken near entrance D.  This place was rockin all week.

The Edward James Dome during the 2015 USFirst FRC Quarter Finals.
The Edward James Dome during the 2015 USFirst FRC Quarter Finals.

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