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Emily Johnson '16
Joining robotics is probably the best decision I’ve made for high school. I always thought robotics was for the nerds and that people got made fun of because I use to tease my best friend about being on robotics the year before. I was the star soccer player with A’s in all the advanced class, so being classified as nerdy worried me. I was afraid when starting high school people would judge me if I joined and think of me differently because I was “that super smart kid”. But instead, robotics has changed my entire outlook on the ideas of engineering and made me soon realized how much I love it. It’s helped me be myself and not care so much about the names people are called. Robotics makes me excited to have our team meetings or work on the robot for that year’s game at the end of the day. I think of this team as family and have never felt like a misfit like I do at school sometimes in class. Even though I knew absolutely nothing about building a robot, code or even what FRC and STEM stood for, everyone was very patient and helped and taught me. I have a lot to learn as this year approaches but I accept every challenge with determination.
Last year was a huge eye opener for me. I was on the drive team as a human player and was only a freshman. We had one of the youngest drives team at the competitions but excelled because of our determination and wanting to show that we were not like every other team. The best moment was when we qualified for the world championships in St. Louis. I never knew how much of a big deal it was until I was actually there to see it for myself. Being able to see all the teams from around the world and being in the stadium was mind blowing to me. Even though I am no longer a rookie, I have a lot to learn as this year approaches but I accept every challenge with determination.
Last year was a huge eye opener for me. I was on the drive team as a human player and was only a freshman. We had one of the youngest drives team at the competitions but excelled because of our determination and wanting to show that we were not like every other team. The best moment was when we qualified for the world championships in St. Louis. I never knew how much of a big deal it was until I was actually there to see it for myself. Being able to see all the teams from around the world and being in the stadium was mind blowing to me. Even though I am no longer a rookie, I have a lot to learn as this year approaches but I accept every challenge with determination.
Big MO Team 314 will compete this season at:
March 8 - 10, 2018
Mar 29 - 31, 2018
April 5 - 7, 2018
April 11 - 14 2018
April 25 - 28 2018
Mar 29 - 31, 2018
April 5 - 7, 2018
April 11 - 14 2018
April 25 - 28 2018
FIM - Kettering District Competition #2
FIM - Livonia District Competition
FIM - Forest Hills District Competition
FIM - State Championship Competition
FIRST Championship - Detroit
FIM - Livonia District Competition
FIM - Forest Hills District Competition
FIM - State Championship Competition
FIRST Championship - Detroit
Big MO is now recruiting students to join our team!
Do you know anyone who will be in grades 9-12 this school year and lives in Carman -Ainsworth School District who would be interested in joining? Now is the best time to join! Our off season activities are now underway and teams are forming.
Learn business, fundraising, communications, marketing, graphic design, CADD, programming, electrical, mechanical, project management, social media, writing, film making, the possibilities are endless!!
Contact us here, or stop by a meeting at Atlantis Alternative High School Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:30pm - 9:00pm or Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00 pm.
Do you know anyone who will be in grades 9-12 this school year and lives in Carman -Ainsworth School District who would be interested in joining? Now is the best time to join! Our off season activities are now underway and teams are forming.
Learn business, fundraising, communications, marketing, graphic design, CADD, programming, electrical, mechanical, project management, social media, writing, film making, the possibilities are endless!!
Contact us here, or stop by a meeting at Atlantis Alternative High School Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:30pm - 9:00pm or Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00 pm.
FIRST STEAMWORKS, the 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition game, invites two adventure clubs from an era in which technology relied on steam power to prepare their airships for the ultimate long distance race.
Each three-team alliance prepares to take flight in three ways:
1. Build Steam Pressure. Robots collect fuel represented by green balls. They score it in high and low goals in their boiler. As fuel is scored steam pressure in the tank on the alliance’s airship builds – the high goal builds pressure faster than the low goal.
2. Start Rotors. Robots retrieve and deliver gears to pilots on their airship who then install them on the appropriate rotor. Once a gear train is complete the rotor can be started.
3. Prepare for Flight. Adventure clubs want their robots to climb aboard their airships so they can assist the pilots during the race.
Autonomous Period: Robots operate independently from preprogrammed instructions for the first 15 seconds. Adventure clubs score points by:
• Reaching their baseline
• Delivering gears to the airship
• Scoring fuel into the boilers
Teleoperated Period: Operators take control for the final two minutes and fifteen seconds. Adventure Clubs continue to score points by:
• Collecting and delivering gears to their airship
• Scoring fuel in the boilers
• Climbing the ropes on their airship to prepare for flight
• Populating gear trains to start rotors
• Defending against other Adventure Clubs The adventure club with the highest score at the end of the match is best prepared for the race and wins
Each three-team alliance prepares to take flight in three ways:
1. Build Steam Pressure. Robots collect fuel represented by green balls. They score it in high and low goals in their boiler. As fuel is scored steam pressure in the tank on the alliance’s airship builds – the high goal builds pressure faster than the low goal.
2. Start Rotors. Robots retrieve and deliver gears to pilots on their airship who then install them on the appropriate rotor. Once a gear train is complete the rotor can be started.
3. Prepare for Flight. Adventure clubs want their robots to climb aboard their airships so they can assist the pilots during the race.
Autonomous Period: Robots operate independently from preprogrammed instructions for the first 15 seconds. Adventure clubs score points by:
• Reaching their baseline
• Delivering gears to the airship
• Scoring fuel into the boilers
Teleoperated Period: Operators take control for the final two minutes and fifteen seconds. Adventure Clubs continue to score points by:
• Collecting and delivering gears to their airship
• Scoring fuel in the boilers
• Climbing the ropes on their airship to prepare for flight
• Populating gear trains to start rotors
• Defending against other Adventure Clubs The adventure club with the highest score at the end of the match is best prepared for the race and wins
AWARDS
Team 314 has become a leader in the FIRST community and has received many awards, including:
2017 World Qualifier, World Championship in St. Louis, MO
2017 Innovation in Control Award Sponsored by Rockwell Automation, MI State Championship - Ford Division
2017 State Qualifier, Michigan State Championship, Ford Division, Saginaw, MI
2017 District Event Winner, Livonia District
2017 Excellence in Engineering Award Sponsored by Delphi, Kettering University District #2
2015 World Qualifier, World Championship in St. Louis, MO
2015 State Qualifier, Michigan State Championship, Ypsilanti, MI
2015 District Winner, Lansing District
2015 Excellence in Engineering Award Sponsored by Delphi, Great Lakes Bay Region District
2015 District Winner, Great Lakes Bay Region District
2015 Quality Award Sponsored by Motorola, Kettering University District
2015 District Winner, Kettering University District
2014 World Qualifier, World Championship in St. Louis, MO
2014 Regional Champion, Michigan State Championship, Ypsilanti, MI with Team 33 Killerbees & Team 27 RUSH
2014 State Qualifier, Michigan State Championship, Ypsilanti, MI
2014 District Chairman's Award, Lansing District
2014 District Finalist, Lansing District
2014 District Winner, Livonia District
2014 Quality Award Sponsored by Motorola, Kettering University District
2014 District Winner, Kettering University District
2013 World Qualifier, World Championship in St. Louis, MO
2013 State Qualifier, Michigan State Championship, Ypsilanti, MI
2013 Judges Award – Kettering University District
2013 District Finalist, Detroit \ Center Line High School District
2013 Engineering Inspiration Award, Detroit \ Center Line High School District
2012 State Qualifier, Michigan State Championship, Ypsilanti, MI
2012 Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism, Detroit Regional
2009 Website Excellence Award – Traverse City District
2009 Website Excellence Award – Kettering University District
2008 Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism, Detroit Regional
2007 Woodie Flowers Regional Award, Detroit Regional
2006 UL Industrial Safety Award, Midwest Regional (Chicago)
2006 Website Award, Midwest Regional (Chicago)
2004 Winner, Southern California Regional
2004 National Qualifier, World Championship in Atlanta, GA
2003 Finalist, Chesapeake Regional
2002 Semi-Finalist, Greater Toronto Regional
2001 Johnson and Johnson Best Sportsmanship Award
2000 Motorola Award for Best Team Play
1999 Finalist, Philadelphia Regional
1999 Finalist, Great Lakes Regional
1999 Semi-Finalist, Chief Delphi Invitational
Who: Anyone and Everyone
What: An off-season competition where we play last season's
game.
When: September 15, 2017 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
September 16, 2017 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Kettering University Recreation Center
1700 University Ave.
Flint, MI 48504
Why: BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!
This is a free event
What: An off-season competition where we play last season's
game.
When: September 15, 2017 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
September 16, 2017 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Kettering University Recreation Center
1700 University Ave.
Flint, MI 48504
Why: BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!
This is a free event
Come see us!!!
Big MO will be competing at Kettering Kickoff 2017!
Kettering Kickoff
The 2017 Kettering Kickoff will be September 15-16.
Friday, September 15, 2017
3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Load in and Open Pits
4:00 p.m. Team Arrives in Gray Team Shirts
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Team Social & Game Night including Open Swimming, Wally Ball, Games
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Open Practice (First Come, First Serve)
4:00, 5:00 & 6:00 p.m. Kettering University Campus Tours (Sign up at Kettering’s booth)
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Mentor Matches
9:00 p.m. Pits and venue closes for the night
9:00 p.m. All Team Members Must be Picked up at 9
Saturday, September 16, 2017
6:30 a.m. Team Arrives in Blue Team Shirts
7:00 a.m. Pits Open
7:30 a.m. Driver’s Meeting
8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
8:30 a.m. – Noon Qualification Matches
Noon – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Qualification Matches
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Alliance Selections
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Elimination Matches
7:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
7:30 p.m. Event Ends
7:30 p.m. – 9:00(?) p.m. Event/Concessions tear down. Students will call/text when done
The 2017 Kettering Kickoff will be September 15-16.
Friday, September 15, 2017
3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Load in and Open Pits
4:00 p.m. Team Arrives in Gray Team Shirts
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Team Social & Game Night including Open Swimming, Wally Ball, Games
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Open Practice (First Come, First Serve)
4:00, 5:00 & 6:00 p.m. Kettering University Campus Tours (Sign up at Kettering’s booth)
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Mentor Matches
9:00 p.m. Pits and venue closes for the night
9:00 p.m. All Team Members Must be Picked up at 9
Saturday, September 16, 2017
6:30 a.m. Team Arrives in Blue Team Shirts
7:00 a.m. Pits Open
7:30 a.m. Driver’s Meeting
8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
8:30 a.m. – Noon Qualification Matches
Noon – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Qualification Matches
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Alliance Selections
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Elimination Matches
7:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
7:30 p.m. Event Ends
7:30 p.m. – 9:00(?) p.m. Event/Concessions tear down. Students will call/text when done
Highlights from the 2016 FIRST Championship
Festival of Champions and Encrypted Game ManualWritten by Frank Merrick.
Festival of ChampionsBy now, many of you have probably seen the announcement by FIRST Senior Management about the Festival of Champions to take place in New Hampshire on July 28th and 29th, 2017. We’re very excited to be hosting the Chairman’s Award winning team and the teams on the Winning Alliance from each FIRST Championship location for a two-day celebration. We’ve got several activities for the teams planned, including a special dinner with Dean at his home (so cool!), along with a competition between the winning alliances, to be webcast to the world. See the link above for more info. We still have many details to finalize, including all those pesky rules that will need to go along with this, but we wanted to pass along this news as soon as we could!
Encrypted FIRST® STEAMWORKS™ DocumentsYou want your encrypted game manual? You got your encrypted game manual. Download it now here. The paint may still be a little wet, so be careful.
For folks new to this, here’s the deal: Download the encrypted manual now to your iPhone/Android/PalmPilot/whatever (pdf apps like Foxit PDF or Adobe Acrobat are helpful). At the end of the Kickoff broadcast, we’ll reveal the code that will unlock the file so you can immediately start devouring all that FIRST STEAMWORKS goodness.
The Kit of Parts checklists, which will let you inventory your Kit of Parts, have also been encrypted and posted. You can find them here.
We’re still working on finalizing the drawing package that goes with the game. That likely won’t be ready for download before Friday, but we’ll let you know. It, too, will be encrypted.
All files encrypted prior to Kickoff use the same password, again to be revealed at the end of the Kickoff broadcast.
More news soon!
Frank
Festival of ChampionsBy now, many of you have probably seen the announcement by FIRST Senior Management about the Festival of Champions to take place in New Hampshire on July 28th and 29th, 2017. We’re very excited to be hosting the Chairman’s Award winning team and the teams on the Winning Alliance from each FIRST Championship location for a two-day celebration. We’ve got several activities for the teams planned, including a special dinner with Dean at his home (so cool!), along with a competition between the winning alliances, to be webcast to the world. See the link above for more info. We still have many details to finalize, including all those pesky rules that will need to go along with this, but we wanted to pass along this news as soon as we could!
Encrypted FIRST® STEAMWORKS™ DocumentsYou want your encrypted game manual? You got your encrypted game manual. Download it now here. The paint may still be a little wet, so be careful.
For folks new to this, here’s the deal: Download the encrypted manual now to your iPhone/Android/PalmPilot/whatever (pdf apps like Foxit PDF or Adobe Acrobat are helpful). At the end of the Kickoff broadcast, we’ll reveal the code that will unlock the file so you can immediately start devouring all that FIRST STEAMWORKS goodness.
The Kit of Parts checklists, which will let you inventory your Kit of Parts, have also been encrypted and posted. You can find them here.
We’re still working on finalizing the drawing package that goes with the game. That likely won’t be ready for download before Friday, but we’ll let you know. It, too, will be encrypted.
All files encrypted prior to Kickoff use the same password, again to be revealed at the end of the Kickoff broadcast.
More news soon!
Frank
ROBO - CON Festival of Robotics and STEM Learning
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Please join Big MO 314 and other teams from around the state as we support Teams 1684 The Chimeras and 5460 Lapeer Strike Zone Robotics at the third annual Robo - Con Festival of Robotics and STEM Learning July 23, 2016 from 10 am - 4pm at
Lapeer Center for Innovation, Lapeer West campus, 170 Millville Rd. Lapeer, MI 48446 FREE ADMISSION!
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