2008 New York City Regional

[Danny McC]

If I can find a way to get up there to New York I will deffinately be there. Me and Dustin(thefro) might come up for either Friday or Saturday. But best of luck to all teams that will be there participating.

[arhajder]

You can watch the matches on thebluealliance.net if the regional made any videos. Jersey was pretty good but alot of other regionals could have had more videos!

[Rich Wong]

For the NYC Regional on Week 6:

The best place to view the link will be here since it will also list an archive of the matches and is the smallest url to remember.
http://www.soap108.com/

An alternative is
http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/...s.php#webcasts
The links will be available Saturday morning.

[dipmeinaluminum]

since we are the only regional for week 6, all eyes on us... no pressure

[MissInformation]

FYI... team 116's "Dave" button this year is this:

http://gmu.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d4&id=68124869

We'll have only about 100 of them to give out...

Heidi

[Rich Wong]

FYI... team 116's "Dave" button this year is this:
http://gmu.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d4&id=68124869
We'll have only about 100 of them to give out...
Heidi


ONLY 100!
I'll trade you a couple of trackballs and a couple of NYC teams?
We have lots of NYC Teams for you to take home: There will be 64 FRC teams, 60 FTC teams, and 60 FLL teams under the same Javits roof!


Oh, forgetaboutit!
The fake "Disco Dave" buttons with show up at the Canal St. stores by the end of the today.
They'll be right next to the real ROLEX watches for $10.

[soap108]

It will be webcast and archived.
I'll be there in person too.
Thanks,
KA-108

[Akash Rastogi]

LOL, I just realized that me and my FTC team will be there! Too bad its only for 1 day...but still

[jax1488]

one question.. is there going to be 2 fields, considering there is so many teams going?

i remember GTR in 06 had 70 teams and it had 2 fields..

made things run faster and smoother

[Rich Wong]

REMINDER......
Greetings New York City Regional Teams:

FIRST is pleased to pilot a potential new award at the 2008 New York
City Regional. It has been noted that teams have built some very
creative means of transporting their robots to and from the playing
field.

To celebrate this, we invite the teams participating at the New York
City Regional to vote for their favorite robot cart. In the spirit
of gracious professionalism, each team will be allowed one vote, and
we ask that you do not vote for your own team.

Ballots will be handed out with the team registration package and
must be returned to Pit Admin by no later than noon on Saturday. The
award will be presented to the winning team during the closing
ceremony on Saturday afternoon.

We will leave it to you to determine how your team will judge the
best cart using the criteria provided. If you would like this award
to become part of the awards given at FRC events each year, you must
show your support by voting.

The Cart Award:
This award recognizes a team's outstanding effort as demonstrated by
their unique cart.
The cart is unique and different.
The team demonstrates that they planned and built a cart that
provides safe transportation as well as incorporated a unique
item(s) that benefit the team.
The cart performs well.
Go Teams!
--
FIRST Robotics Competition
(more to come.....)

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by jax1488

one question.. is there going to be 2 fields, considering there is so many teams going?

i remember GTR in 06 had 70 teams and it had 2 fields..

made things run faster and smoother

Only one FRC field this year.
There are plans for 2 fields in the future if the team count increases.

There will be a FTC field and FLL field plus Career fair and College Expo.
Over 20 colleges will have booths with information and representatives.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Rich Wong

Only one FRC field this year.
There are plans for 2 fields in the future if the team count increases.

There will be a FTC field and FLL field plus Career fair and College Expo.
Over 20 colleges will have booths with information and representatives.

Cool, could you post a list of the colleges please? That would be awesome to check out again this year in my free time and I think only a few were there last year.

[Rich Wong]

Welcome to the NYC FIRST Regional!

This year we are inviting all the attending FRC teams to participate in the
NYC FIRST Team Poster Contest.

This project is named “Our FIRST Story," and it entails teams
creating a poster describing their FIRST experiences/story in only one week.
Their creations will be judged by their own peers.

FRC Teams are invited to create posters of there FIRST experience,
their achievements, their team event or their school participation in FIRST.

The poster will be displayed at the NYC regional venue and will be judged by their peers.
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“Our FIRST Story” Poster Entry information and rules:

The Theme: “Our FIRST Story…”

The Guidelines/ Restrictions-
• The content will be your team’s imagination so give us your best stories.
• The entry not be offensive to other.
• It will be reviewed by a committee volunteers before mounting.
• There are no other restrictions.

The Poster format:
• Each entry should be 30 inches by 40 inches or smaller.
• The orientation can be portrait or landscape.
• Each poster must have their team number clearly visible.

The Poster material:
• We are recommending foam boards or poster (cardboard) boards.
• You can design and attach anything or any topic your team would like but remember it needs to be attached and mounted on a wall so allow some space on the edge for mount holes (about 1 inch) and the your attachments must be securely glued.
• Be concerned about the weight of the objects and the whole poster.

Team Entry Limits:
• Since we have 64 teams at our NYC Regional, we have room for 64 posters.
• Not all the teams are participating so we will ask teams to bring up to a maximum of TWO posters. If there are extra space the second poster will be added.

Contest Judging:
• The poster will be judged by other FRC teams at the NYC Regional.
• One vote per team will be allowed but the team voting can not vote for themselves.
Voting sheets will be given to all teams with the rules and categories
The votes must be submitted by a team coach or mentor.

Thank you all for participating in this fun team project.

FAQ:
1. All Team Posters will be returned to their owners on Sunday.
2. Voting is on Friday evening, votes will be counted on Saturday.
3. The three top teams will be announced during closing ceremony on Saturday.
4. Team may submit their posters at the registration table on Friday or later at the PIT Admin Desk.


Remember, you only have a week until the NYC Regional!

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by dipmeinaluminum

since we are the only regional for week 6, all eyes on us... no pressure

Way to relieve the stress Mike....

lol

Lets get past this weekend first!

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Cool, could you post a list of the colleges please? That would be awesome to check out again this year in my free time and I think only a few were there last year.

Sure, at the Career & College Expo:

Universities:
Adelphi University
Bucknell University
The City College of New York
Clarkson University
Columbia University
Drexel University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Hofstra University
Molloy College
The New School for Liberal Arts / Eugene Lang College
Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and IS
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Polytechnic University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
University of Maryland / A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Rochester
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Companies:
Bloomberg
Con Edison
Credit Suisse
DATA Inc
Goldman Sachs
IBM
Intelitek / LJ Create
Johnson & Johnson
Make Magazine
Milgo/Bufkin
NYC Transit Authority
Popular Mechanics
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Organizations / Other:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering
New Jersey Technology Education Association - NJTEA
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers - SHPE
L & J Promotion Products - FIRST Apparel
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
PSEG
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Everyone is WELCOME!!!