Despite the 2012 competition season coming to an end, students on Team 501 know that an FRC season never really ends. We have planned to attend several upcoming local competitions. This year, our team plans to attend the 13th annual BattleCry Robotics Competition at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute). The event will take place on May …

After two days of fierce Robotics Matches, Team 501 had made it into the Semi-Finals! We lasted for a few matches, but were ultimately knocked out. The Drive Team put up a very good fight despite the bugs still present in the robot. Our driver, Nicole Lyle, balanced on the ramp with near 100% consistency! …

Welcome to our live blog for the 2012 Granite State Regional! Blogging will start on Friday, March 1st 2012. Click here to follow the action!

The day started out with getting the supplies and the robot ready. Once everything was set for them to work they started work to put on the shooter and the bumpers. We missed two practice rounds at the beginning of the day. As safety captain, I was in the pit during our matches, cleaning and …

As the 2012 build season came to a close, our team reached several milestones and finished strong. Last Saturday,our team had our 2012 robot driving on our test carpet. This allowed the drive team to practice with the robot and also gave us a chance to discover any problems. Our team spent Sunday, Monday, and …