Regularly Scheduled SuGO Sunday Event.

Come at 1:00pm, Build a cool Sumo LEGO robot and battle on the Sumo Ring at 3:30 pm.

All welcome. Start a rookie team today!! No experience necessary.

For more information... click the SUGO link at the top of this page

Free to GEARS members, $10 for non-member teams.

This will be GEARS' first ever FTC Kickoff event.

New Team2818 friends and family can come to GEARS and see what the new game has in store for the kids this year.

FIRST Tech Challenge is a "Mid Level" robotics competition for high school age kids. It's played on a 12' x 12' field, and is typically a 2 on 2 competition.

Robots start out under their own control and then the kids take over. Each year the game is different, plus this year the robots will be built with an all new metal construction system.

Regular meeting at GEARS for all Team 1629 members.

Agenda Items:
Listen Up presentation.
Control System Beta-Test update.
Community events.
Fundraising.
Recruitment.
Build Season prep.

We should have our FRC Beta hardware by now so we'll be performing the first of our many Beta tasks: Bench test the out-of-the-box hardware and software.

We have a "control tray" setup ready to go. This 24" x 24" plate will contain all the control hadware and interfaces. We'll start by installing all the old and new hardware on the bench, and then once it's been tested, we'll install it on M

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 2818 meets on the first and third Sunday of every month, upstairs at GEARS. This is a group of High-School age kids who will be building their robot between Sept. and Feb. to compete in La Plata MD on Feb 21.

Regularly Scheduled SuGO Sunday Event.

Come at 1:00pm, Build a cool Sumo LEGO robot and battle on the Sumo Ring at 3:30 pm.

All welcome. Start a rookie team today!! No experience necessary.

For more information... click the SUGO link at the top of this page

Free to GEARS members, $10 for non-member teams.

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 2818 meets on the first and third Sunday of every month, upstairs at GEARS. This is a group of High-School age kids who will be building their robot between Sept. and Feb. to compete in La Plata MD on Feb 21.

Regular meeting at GEARS for all Team 1629 members.

Agenda Items:
Listen Up presentation.
Control System Beta-Test update.
Community events.
Fundraising.
Recruitment.
Build Season prep.