Rosie Robotics, FIRST Team 839

Rosie had a great season this year. We had a lot of firsts, from winning out first District event ever, to going to the district championships for the first time, to making it to the world championships for robot performance! You can say that Rosie had a great season.

To finish this great season, Rosie got to participate in the world championship in St. Louis, MO. With over 630  teams from all over the world coming to compete and have fun. Rosie got to play with 75 teams, including some New England teams. We had a tough competition this time around, placing in 42nd with 3 wins and 7 loses. This didn’t matter to us very much, we where just so proud and excited to be able to attend and participate in this event.

Rosie Robotics was proud to finish out our season in St. Louis, MO. We had an amazing competition with teams from all over the world!  Thank you so much for all the support from the community and everyone who helped us get to St. Louis. The team had an amazing time and it was such a good experience that will stick with us throughout our life.

On the second weekend of March  Rosie Robotics competed at a the district event at WPI in Worcester. After 80 Qualification matches, Rosie became the captain of the sixth place alliance along with team 175, “Buzz Robotics” and team 1768, “Robo Chiefs”.

After 15 years, Rosie won their first “in season” event. It gave them a total of 59 points, placing in 19th (at the time) out of 181 teams in the New England District. The weekend of April 1st through 3rd Rosie will be competing at the Hartford district event to try to be one of the top 64 teams that will qualify for the New England District Championships at the XL Center in Hartford.

Join us as we reveal details about the 2016 FIRST STRONGHOLDSM game at the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff! The Kickoff broadcast will run from 10:00 am- 12:00 pm Eastern Time on Saturday, January 9th. A link to the broadcast (provided by Kickoff Sponsor Comcast NBCUniversal) will be available here: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/kickoff prior to the event.

Back by popular demand- Live Broadcast from Founder’s Reception: The Founder’s Reception is a night for FIRST to thank and celebrate our amazing mentors, hosted by FIRST Founder Dean Kamen at his home. Since many mentors never get to experience this event first hand, we’re once again bringing the event to you!

On Friday, January 8th at 7:00 pm Eastern Time, the FIRST community can tune into a live broadcast from the Founder’s Reception! Hear from veteran and rookie mentors about their expectations for the upcoming season and FIRST sponsors about why it’s important for them to be involved. There will be special “last night before Kickoff” interviews with FIRST staff and supporters, and we will announce a present that will be included in the Kit of Parts for all 2016 Teams!

Tune in to the broadcast here: http://streamingmeeting.com/webcast/2016_first_founders/

Hey Guys,

For anyone who hasn’t seen the 2016 FRC Game Teaser check it out!

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVLdJdoKK2E

Rosie’s 2015 robot; Rosie 14.0 was completed and bagged on February 17th, 2015! This year’s robot has another name, and that name is O.S.C.A.R.! We are very excited for our first competition on March 6th – 7th at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA! This event, along with all the FIRST events, is open to the public! Come on down and check out all the fantastic robots!

FIRST Team 839 Rosie Robotics will be hosting another one of our World Famous Ziti Dinners on January 30, 2015. It will be held at the Agawam Congregational Church, 745 Main Street, Agawam. Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door or from any Rosie student. They are available at $8 per person, children 6-12 are $5, and under 5 are free. We will be holding a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese raffle. All money raised will help Rosie travel to our competitions. Hope to see you there!

The teams working hard during build season! Two weeks down and only four more to go!!

BUILD SEASON IS HERE! Are you excited? I know Rosie is! This years game is called “Recycle Rush”! This game is all based on recycling. taking tots and stacking them. Then adding a recycle bin on top of that! finally adding a pool noodle or what is called “littler” on top or in the recycle bin.

Rosie’s going to have a fun time building this years robot! The six weeks starts………….. NOW!