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“...to create a world where science and technology are celebrated...
where young people dream of becoming science and technology heros”
Philomath High Robotics Engineering Division — 2009
Team 847 PHRED is an extra curricular activity based in Philomath, Oregon, made of Philomath High School students. Each year, in a six week mechanized frenzy of ingenuity and brainpower, PHRED designs and builds a robot to compete in an international competition. The competition is a gathering of students, sponsors and mentors who professionally compete in a game created by the masterminds behind FIRST Robotics. The object of the game is not to pummel your opponents into submission; but to learn from them-to learn from one's mentors, teammates, and yourself.
PHRED at the Oregon FIRST Regional
PHRED VIII competes at the Oregon FIRST Regional
On March 6th and 7th, PHRED and our robot PHRED VIII competed in the Oregon regional FIRST competition in Portland Oregon. PHRED competed with fifty-three other teams in this years game FIRST Lunacy. At the end of the weekend, PHRED placed at 38th out of the 54 teams and won the Chrysler Team Spirit Award for our outstanding team spirit throughout the competition. Pictures of PHRED and other teams at the competition can be found in the media section of our website, at the regional website, and also here: http://picasaweb.google.com/imjayro
Lunacy — 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition game
The 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition game is called Lunacy. Lunacy is played on a 27 by 54-foot field called the Crater. The field of the Crater is covered with a polymer material called Regolith that, when used with the required "Rover Wheels", provides a low traction surface like that of the Moon. Two alliances of three robots each compete in each match. During the game, every robot tows a trailer that acts as the goal for the opposing alliance. Robots and human players called "Payload Specialists" score points by loading or throwing balls called "Moon Rocks" into the trailers attached to opposing alliances robots. From January 3rd until February 17th, PHRED is going to be designing and building a robot to compete in this game at the Oregon regional competition on March 6th and 7th in Portland Oregon. For more information on Lunacy, the game manuals can be found on the FIRST website and an animation explaining the game can be found here.