Beach Cities Robotics
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Beach Cities Robotics is a FIRST robotics team from the South Bay
area in Southern California
. Team members from both Mira Costa High School
and Redondo Union High School
make up this highly successful team.
Beach Cities Robotics (Team 294) won the 2010 FIRST Breakaway
competition in Atlanta, Georgia
, along with alliance partners, Team 67 (HOT Team), and Team 177 (Bobcat Robotics).
Beach Cities Robotics also won a World Championship FIRST competition in 2001, and the FIRST Tech Challenge
(Quad Quandary) World Championship in 2008.
Beach Cities Robotics often participates in outreach activities in the South Bay, doing demos for middle school
s and science
events in the community, as well as attending local school district
and city council
meetings. The team participates in the annual Northrop Grumman
open house
.
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization that encourages learning in engineering and technology by sponsoring robotics competitions, based on grade level. FRC is the highest level competition, for high schoolers.
was the 2010 FRC game, created by FIRST
. Under the Breakaway rules, teams are allowed 6 weeks to design, build, and program robots to compete in the game. Breakaway is a game played and scored similarly to soccer. Teams of 3 robots (an alliance) attempt to score regulation soccer balls into their alliance's goals. Each alliance has two goals in which to score, for a total of 4 goals. The field is separated into 3 zones by foot-high bumps. Moving between zones is achieved either by driving over the bumps or going through 20-inch tunnels located in the middle of each bump. On top of each tunnel is a tower, which supports the overhead ball return system. Robots may hang on the tower during the last 20 seconds of play in order to receive a 2 point bonus, so long as no part of the robot is touching or below the base of the tower. To prevent teams from blocking both of their opponents' goals, only one robot is allowed to enter the opposing alliance's offensive zone at a time. Gameplay consists of a 15-second autonomous period, in which robots must only follow preprogrammed commands, followed by a 2-minute teleoperated period, in which a driver and codriver may fully control their robot.
Competitions consist of two stages: qualifications, and eliminations. In the qualification matches, teams are randomly paired with and against other teams to collect "seeding points", which are based on the performance of each alliance and the difficulty of the opposing alliance. Between the end of qualification matches and the start of elimination matches, the 8 teams with the most seeding points may choose two other teams to join their alliance. This alliance will play together throughout the eliminations. Teammates are picked in a serpentine fashion, with the 1st seeded team choosing first, the 8th seeded team picking twice as the middle pick, and the 1st seeded team choosing their second pick last. Eliminations are played 2 out of 3 in a standard bracket system.
2011 FRC San Diego Finalists
2010 FRC World Champions
2010 FRC Newton Field Coopertition Award
2010 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2010 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2009 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2008 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2008 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2007 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2004 FRC Southern California Regional Chairman's Award
2003 FRC Southern California Regional Finalists
2008 FTC World Champions
2001 FRC National Champions
,
Boeing
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Costco,
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Open Sesame,
Chili’s,
Islands,
California Pizza Kitchen,
Round Table Pizza,
The Kettle,
Pinkies BBQ
Trader Joes,
Eat at Joes,
The Loft,
El Sombrero,
Super A Market,
Cozymels,
Chongs,
Fresh and Easy,
Noah’s Bagels
South Bay, Los Angeles
The South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay which forms its western border.The picture at right uses the broadest definition of the...
area in Southern California
Southern California
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. Team members from both Mira Costa High School
Mira Costa High School
Mira Costa High School is a four-year public high school located in Manhattan Beach, California, United States that first began operating in 1950. It is the only high school in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District...
and Redondo Union High School
Redondo Union High School
Redondo Union High School is a public high school in Redondo Beach, California.Redondo Union High School is a part of the Redondo Beach Unified School District....
make up this highly successful team.
Beach Cities Robotics (Team 294) won the 2010 FIRST Breakaway
Breakaway (FIRST)
Breakaway is the game for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 9, 2010. Robots direct soccer balls into goals, traverse "bumps" in the field, suspend themselves and each other on towers, and/or go through a tunnel located in the center of the field.In 2010, a new driver station...
competition in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, along with alliance partners, Team 67 (HOT Team), and Team 177 (Bobcat Robotics).
Beach Cities Robotics also won a World Championship FIRST competition in 2001, and the FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge
The FIRST Tech Challenge , formerly the FIRST Vex Challenge , is a mid-level robotics competition targeted toward high-school aged students. It offers the traditional challenge of a FIRST Robotics competition but with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit...
(Quad Quandary) World Championship in 2008.
Beach Cities Robotics often participates in outreach activities in the South Bay, doing demos for middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
s and science
Science
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events in the community, as well as attending local school district
School district
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and city council
City council
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meetings. The team participates in the annual Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over...
open house
Open House
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.
About FIRST
FIRSTFirst
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization that encourages learning in engineering and technology by sponsoring robotics competitions, based on grade level. FRC is the highest level competition, for high schoolers.
History
Beach Cities Robotics has been a participant in the FIRST program since late 1996 when Hope Chapel Academy, Hawthorne High School, Mira Costa High School, and Redondo Union High School to form one of the first two Southern California teams, Team 61-”Circuit Breakers”. Several individuals (Dr. Beverly Rohrer, K.G. Englehardt, Rob Steele, and Pat Hosken) were instrumental in bringing that original team together with lots of support from ADTECH, the consortium behind the team’s formation. In 1998, Hope Chapel split off to form their own team, Team 330-”Beach Bots”. Hawthorne, Redondo, and Mira Costa stayed together and were sponsored by TRW and ADTECH, calling themselves the “Vultures”. In 1999, Hawthorne split off to become Team 207-”Metal Crafters” and Redondo and Mira Costa became 294-”Beach Cities Robotics”. In Spring, 2002, BCR became a year round program.About Logomotion
Logo Motion is the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition game. Playing pieces are inner tubes shaped like the components of the FIRST logo. The primary objective of the game is to place them on racks to gain points. In the endgame, robots deploy smaller robots ("minibots") to climb a tower. Minibots must be made from the FIRST Tech Challenge kit of parts. The game celebrates the 20th season of the FRC and is also meant to commemorate the artist Jack Kamen, who designed the original FIRST logo.About Breakaway
BreakawayBreakaway (FIRST)
Breakaway is the game for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 9, 2010. Robots direct soccer balls into goals, traverse "bumps" in the field, suspend themselves and each other on towers, and/or go through a tunnel located in the center of the field.In 2010, a new driver station...
was the 2010 FRC game, created by FIRST
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
. Under the Breakaway rules, teams are allowed 6 weeks to design, build, and program robots to compete in the game. Breakaway is a game played and scored similarly to soccer. Teams of 3 robots (an alliance) attempt to score regulation soccer balls into their alliance's goals. Each alliance has two goals in which to score, for a total of 4 goals. The field is separated into 3 zones by foot-high bumps. Moving between zones is achieved either by driving over the bumps or going through 20-inch tunnels located in the middle of each bump. On top of each tunnel is a tower, which supports the overhead ball return system. Robots may hang on the tower during the last 20 seconds of play in order to receive a 2 point bonus, so long as no part of the robot is touching or below the base of the tower. To prevent teams from blocking both of their opponents' goals, only one robot is allowed to enter the opposing alliance's offensive zone at a time. Gameplay consists of a 15-second autonomous period, in which robots must only follow preprogrammed commands, followed by a 2-minute teleoperated period, in which a driver and codriver may fully control their robot.
Competitions consist of two stages: qualifications, and eliminations. In the qualification matches, teams are randomly paired with and against other teams to collect "seeding points", which are based on the performance of each alliance and the difficulty of the opposing alliance. Between the end of qualification matches and the start of elimination matches, the 8 teams with the most seeding points may choose two other teams to join their alliance. This alliance will play together throughout the eliminations. Teammates are picked in a serpentine fashion, with the 1st seeded team choosing first, the 8th seeded team picking twice as the middle pick, and the 1st seeded team choosing their second pick last. Eliminations are played 2 out of 3 in a standard bracket system.
Achievements
FRC and FTC2011 FRC San Diego Finalists
2010 FRC World Champions
2010 FRC Newton Field Coopertition Award
2010 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2010 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2009 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2008 FRC Los Angeles Regional Finalists
2008 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2007 FRC San Diego Regional Champions
2004 FRC Southern California Regional Chairman's Award
2003 FRC Southern California Regional Finalists
2008 FTC World Champions
2001 FRC National Champions
Sponsors
Northrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman
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,
Boeing
Boeing
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,
The Comic Bug,
Costco,
Albertsons,
Ralphs,
Open Sesame,
Chili’s,
Islands,
California Pizza Kitchen,
Round Table Pizza,
The Kettle,
Pinkies BBQ
Trader Joes,
Eat at Joes,
The Loft,
El Sombrero,
Super A Market,
Cozymels,
Chongs,
Fresh and Easy,
Noah’s Bagels