FRC Blog - New Subdivision Names

[cgmv123]

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...division-Names

As many of you know, with the increase to 600 FRC teams at the FIRST Championship this year, we have outgrown our four traditional fields. For 2105, we’ll have eight fields in the dome, and those additional four fields need names. These new names will be added to our traditional names of Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, and Newton. Each of these eight names will be used to identify a Subdivision for FRC teams at the FIRST Championship. When we transition to the FIRST Championship final matches, in which each Subdvision Winning Alliance will be competing, two of the eight fields will be renamed Einstein.

Over the summer, we began looking at potential names, gathering candidates from several sources, including a Chief Delphi thread on the topic. We then sorted through the names, recognizing that bringing more diversity to our field names would be a step in the right direction for us. The final names were then approved through Senior FIRST Management.

We’re very excited to present our new FRC field names for the 2015 FIRST Championship!

(Rachel) Carson



Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a marine biologist, environmentalist, and educator. Her 1962 book, Silent Spring, is often cited as a catalyst for the environmental movement. She had a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s Degree in Zoology. You can learn more about her here.

(George Washington) Carver



George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was a botanist, inventor, and educator. Among other accomplishments, he is credited with developing several hundred uses for peanuts and soybeans, and taught methods of crop management to low-income farmers. He had Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Botany. You can find out more about him here.

(Grace) Hopper



Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was a computer scientist, Unites States Naval Officer, and educator. She invented the first compiler for programming languages, among other ‘firsts’ in her career. She had a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Physics and Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Mathematics. Find out more about her here.

(Nikola) Tesla



Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an engineer and inventor born in what is now Croatia. He held hundreds of patents and created the first AC motor and wireless remote control. While he studied at two universities in Europe, he never earned a formal degree. Learn more about him here.

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[Sperkowsky]

Very cool choices. I think a field name Tesla is especially cool.

[artK]

For 2105, we’ll have eight fields in the dome, and those additional four fields need names.

What'll they be named for the next 90 years?

[Nick Lawrence]

Love the names. A+.

-Nick

[ATannahill]

Good choices, I like the diversity. I just wonder how often Carson/Carver will get confused due to the similarity, and Curie isn't too far off.

[Oromus]

Loving these new names! I particularly like Tesla.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Good choices, I like the diversity. I just wonder how often Carson/Carver will get confused due to the similarity, and Curie isn't too far off.

I thought the same thing. A-C-G-N-E were easy to abbrev.; having A-C-C-C-G-H-N-T-E will prove to be a bit more confusing.
Also: aren't there two Einstein fields this year? Will they be E1 and E2?

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I thought the same thing. A-C-G-N-E were easy to abbrev.; having A-C-C-C-G-H-N-T-E will prove to be a bit more confusing.
Also: aren't there two Einstein fields this year? Will they be E1 and E2?

I know, I memorized the field names because the initials ACGN was close to the abgn classes for wireless. Remembering the division names will be hard this year.

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

I know, I memorized the field names because the initials ACGN was close to the abgn classes for wireless. Remembering the division names will be hard this year.

I always remembered them based off DNA nucleotides: ATGC, except the T was an N.

[adciv]

I wish Tesla was going to FTC and Franklin used in FRC instead. It would be very appropriate for the two FTC fields to be Tesla and Edison given the minor disagreement those two had in the late 19th century.

[Koko Ed]

I can start making direction signs to place at the dome entrance to point people in the right direction to their fields. A que teams should be assigned there to play traffic cop. There will be alot of teams going back and forth there all day.

[James1902]

Originally Posted by adciv

I wish Tesla was going to FTC and Franklin used in FRC instead. It would be very appropriate for the two FTC fields to be Tesla and Edison given the minor disagreement those two had in the late 19th century.

But then the Edison field would claim all of the victorious FTC alliances, regardless of the Tesla field's contributions.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by adciv

I wish Tesla was going to FTC and Franklin used in FRC instead. It would be very appropriate for the two FTC fields to be Tesla and Edison given the minor disagreement those two had in the late 19th century.

What about moving Einstein to FTC, and having Edison and Tesla as the new E1/E2 fields.

Of course, music would be obligatory AC/DC....

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by IKE

What about moving Einstein to FTC, and having Edison and Tesla as the new E1/E2 fields.

Of course, music would be obligatory AC/DC....

It isn't fair to history to have an Edison/Tesla without a Morgan/Westinghouse (judging rooms, maybe?).

[Jon Stratis]

My team would flip if we got into Hopper. We even named a robot after her!