Roc City Robotix is a FIRST Robotics team located in Rochester NY. We are a Rochester City School District sponsored team. All High School Students who are residents in the Rochester NY City School District and whose High School does not have a FIRST Robotics Competition Team are eligible to join us. We compete in USFirst’s First Robotics Competition (FRC) and we meet and build our robots at the Rochester Engineering Center located in the lower level of Edison Career and Technology High School, 655 Colfax Street, Rochester NY 14606. Our next scheduled meeting may be found on our calendar.
Link to Google Maps: http://3838.link/map
2020 Events:
Finger Lakes Regional, March 11-14, 2020. CANCELLED
In 2020 we unpacked at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Finger Lakes Regional. The event was changed to a two day event with competition starting Thursday Afternoon. By 10 AM the event was cancelled and we packed up and returned home.
While extremely disappointed we realize it was the right thing to do. We wish everyone well while we deal with this crises.
2020/2021 Sponsors:
For this season we received a large donation from Xerox Corporation. We thank them for their generous donation.
2019/2020 Sponsors:
The Rochester City School District
Lenel / United Technologies / Carrier
Savin Engineering P.C. and The Rochester Joint Schools Construction Board
Thompson Reuters
Toshiba
iSecure
Shelby Nelson and Lewis Rothberg
Xylem
Forensic & Failure Analysis
Gitlab
Microsoft
Optimation
AutoDesk
SolidWorks
2020 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers
Herman Perry (Lead Mentor)
Anthony McCollough
Kenneth Koessler
Nancy Gringold (Retired)
Mike Cougler (Retired)
Linda Mauler
Lead Mentors
Herman Perry
Kurt Sanger
Web Site Admin
Hezir Augero
Kurt Sanger
RCSD Administration
Rhonda Neal
Participating Schools:
Edison Career & Technology High School
P-Tech Rochester Pathways to Technology Program
East High School
World Of Inquiry School 58
2019 Events:
Ra-Cha-Cha Ruckus October 26, 2019.
Finger Lakes Regional, March 14-16, 2019.
In 2019 we competed at the Finger Lake’s Regional and finished the qualifying matches ranked 9th. We became the 7 seed captain and were eliminated in the Quarter Finals.
2019 Sponsors:
The Rochester City School District
United Technologies / Lenel
Savin Engineering P.C. and The Rochester Joint Schools Construction Board
Thompson Reuters
Optimation
AutoDesk
SolidWorks
2019 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers:
Herman Perry (Lead Mentor)
Anthony McCollough
Kenneth Koessler
Nancy Gringold (Retired)
Mike Cougler (Retired)
Lead Mentor / Website Moderator:
Kurt Sanger
RCSD Administration
Rhonda Neal
Participating Schools:
Edison Career & Technology High School
P-Tech Rochester Pathways to Technology Program
2018 Sponsors:
The Rochester City School District
Thomson Reuters
Optimation
Solid Works and AutoDesk
2018 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers:
Donald Murphy
Herman Perry
Anthony McCollough
Kenneth Koessler
Mariel Spano-Russel
Nancy Gringold
Mike Cougler
Lead Mentor / Website Moderator:
Kurt Sanger
RCSD Administration
Rhonda Neal
2018 Participating Schools:
World Of Inquiry School #58
Edison Career and Technology High School
2017 Sponsors:
The Rochester City School District
Xerox
Thomson Reuters
Passero Associates
Terry and Sherri Taber
Glover-Crask Charitable Trust
Optimation
2017 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers:
Mike Couglar
Lead Mentor / Website Moderator:
Kurt Sanger
2017 Participating Schools:
World Of Inquiry School #58
Edison Career and Technology High School
Vanguard Collegiate High School
RCSD Home Schooled Students
In 2016 we did not do well at the Finger Lake’s Regional. We had designed a tank drive and were drawing too much current. After the event we changed our gear ratio and were able to drive much better. However it took us the whole Ruckus to set add enough tension to the tank treads to keep them from falling off their tracks.
In 2015 we competed at the USFirst FRC Championships in St. Louis and at at Fingerlake’s Regional at Rochester Institute of Technology, March 26-28, 2015. At the championships we played on the Newton Field and placed 30th out of 76 teams. It was very exciting for our first time there.
At RIT we were seeded 14th. In the Quarterfinals we were paired with Team 1126, Sparx from Webster NY, and Team 1507, the Warlocks from Lockport NY, where we finished 3rd.
2016 Sponsors:
Rochester City School District (RCSD)
First Niagra Private Client Services
Thomson Reuters
Arnold Magnetic Technologies
Optimation
Kingsburry
SMC Metal
3D Systems and The Coca-Cola Company for the Cube Ekocycle 3D Printer
SolidWorks
AutoDesk
2016 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers:
Mike Couglar
Lead Mentor / Website Moderator:
Kurt Sanger
2016 Participating Schools:
World Of Inquiry School #58
2015 Sponsors:
Rochester City School District (RCSD)
Thomson Reuters
Arnold Magnetic Technolgies
Optimation
Kingsburry
SMC Metal
3D Systems and The Coca-Cola Company for the Cube Ekocycle 3D Printer
SolidWorks
AutoDesk
2015 Team Leaders:
RCSD Teachers:
Meghan Slack
Mike Couglar
Lead Mentor / Website Moderator:
Kurt Sanger
2015 Participating Schools:
East High School
North East College Prep
World Of Inquiry School #58
2014
2014 Sponsors:
Rochester City School District
Thomson Reuters
Ravi Engineering
Arnold Magnetic Technologies
Optimation
Kingsbury
2014 Participating Schools:
North East College Prep
World of Inquiry
East High School
2013 Sponsors:
Rochester City School District
Optimation & Kingsbury
PTC
Sanger Family Dental
2013 Participating Schools:
Leadership Academy for Young Men
North East College Prep
North West College Prep
School Without Walls Commencement Accademy
World of Inquiry School No. 58
Young Adults Evening High School