Team MOE has existed for 7 years. They currently have 34 students on their team. Their main sponsors are DuPont / First State Robotics, Inc. The role of the mentors on Team 365 is Engineering, Project Management,Brainstorming, Team Building, Fundraising, and Event Coordination. The role of students on team 365 is Robot Build, Leadership, Brainstorming, Team Building, Fundraising, Animation, and Web Design. Awards Team 365 have Won are:

2006

Team 148 has existed for fourteen Years. They Currently have 21 Students on their team. Their main sponsors are L-3 Communications( originally this company was Raytheon, then bought by E-systems, then purchased by L-3 Communications : important to know this to understand how the name changes for the company but we are an original team )

The role of the mentors on the Team is Each One Teaches One, the mentors take pride in teaching students the fundamentals of design and then watching the students work in unison with the engineers to make the pieces and parts that eventually become the robot ! Their mentors work to create an environment of partnership, everyone is equal, and everyone is learning.

The role of students on team Robowranglers is to participate 100% in the building process, conduct fundraisers, develop designs through CAD, and make sure the engineers get a nice warm meal every night! Their students are chosen for the team based on their unique talents and their ability to inspire others.
Awards Team 148 has Won are:

2006

Lone Star Regional

Team 1574 has exosted for 2 years, their rookie year being 2005. They currently have 26 students on the team, and their main sponsor is ISCAR. The role of the mentors on the Team is Brain-storming, help with programming the camera on the autonomous mode,help with building the robot base, and administration. The role of the students on team 1574 is EVERYTHING !, Building and updating the website, planning the robot modules, building the robot according to regulations, building a practicing arena, programming, strategic planning, advertising, documenting. All the students also were mentors for 2 rookie teams, teams 1946, 1944. Awards Team 1574 has Won are:

2006

From 1995-97 team 188 was involved in Canada FIRST and from 1998 – present the are in US FIRST. They currently have 35 students on their team. and are mainly sponsored by Scotia Bank, TDSB, and Bell Canada.

The role of the mentors on team Blizzard is to oversee administration and consult on programming and building. They are the backbone of the team. More importantly perhaps, they get to use the table saw. The role of students on their team is to get involved in everything from the construction of the robot to composing the team’s financial plan. The students divide themselves into various sub-teams, each sub-team assuming a different responsibility around the team. Be it managing the website, planning the strategy, or programming the robot, the team provides the students with an enormous variety of activities to do.

Awards Team Blizzard have won are:

This year was team 1657's 2nd year compeating, they currently have 29 Students on the team. Their main sponsors is Boeing. The role of the mentors on the Team is to guide the students in everything that they do. and the role of students is to do Everything involved in running the team. Awards Team 1657 have Won are:

2006

Team 492 has Existed for 6 year and they have 49 students on their team. They are mainly sponsored byOregon NASA Space Consortium, International School PTSA and ASB.

The role of the students on team 492 is to design, build and lead the Titan Robotics Club. The purpose of their club is to excite and motivate students to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology; and to develop leadership, business, and life skills. The job of Titan Robotics mentors is to present science and engineering in an exciting way as well as help accomplish the vision of the students through volunteering to teach building techniques. Currently their programming is also done by a college mentor and alumni. Awards Team 492 have Won are :

2001

Team 812 has existed for 5 yeas and currently have about 45 students on their team Team 812 is mainly sponsored by University of California San Diego (UCSD), The Preuss School UCSD, General Motors, SPAWAR, and Qualcomm.

Their supervisor is Rob Mainieri who help students from team 812 with everything except the robot (i.e. business management and eating). For the robot, they have supervisor Daniel Rupert. They also have mentors from UCSD, the Machine Perception Laboratory, and SPAWAR. They help the students on the team solve engineering problems ranging from programming to mechanical engineering and the Chairmans award. Their mentors are dedicated to helping them and Team 812 is very greatful for having them with us!

Team 812 is a student ran FIRST Robotics team. The students do everything from organizing community outreach activities (to spread the message of FIRST) to the designing and fabrication of our competing robot. Other roles include public relations (i.e. publish newsletters and phamlets, maintain website), fundraising money for everything the club does, and mentoring other new FIRST robotics teams. Awards Team 812 have won are:

2006

Team 1288 has Existed for 3 yearsand currently has about 50 Students on the team. Their main sponsors are Francis Howell School District, Mittler Brothers, Greg Seznak of Re/Max, EPC, and Tower House Computers.The role of mentors on the Team are to provide Guidance. and the role of the students is Doers, and Deciders. The Awards Team 1288 has Won are:

2006

This is team 461 7th year involved in FIRST. They Currently have 40 students on the team. Their main sponsors are Purdue FIRST Programs, Purdue University West Lafayette, and Indiana. The role of the mentors on the team is To inspire and encourage HS students. Their mentors are mostly college students. The role of students on team 461 is to do everything from buildinmg their robot to Animations. The Awards Team 461 has Won are :

2006

Team 228 has Existed for 8 years since 1999,a and currently have 18 students on the team. Their main sponsors are Meriden Board of Education, and Bristol Myers Squibb. The role of the mentors on their team is to provide guidance and inspire our team members. While the role of students on the team is to take on new challenges, learn new things, and become inspired leaders. The awards Team Gus has Won are:

2006

Team 1533 has been around for 2 years. and currently have 32 students on the team. Their main sponsors are ABCO Automation, Thomas Built Buses, Jefferson Pilot Financial, Tyco Electronics, and RF Micro Devices. The role of the mentors on Team 1533 is to Educate and advise the students. While the students on the Team do all the work including determine strategy, design, fabricate, assemble, program, drive and coach. Awards Team 1533 has Won are:

2006

Peachtree Regional:

This year was team 1727's Rookie Year. Durring their rookie year they had 25 students on the team. Their main sponsors are NASA, AAI, Raytheon, JMT, RK&K, Select Associates, Sevaa, and Cleaners of America. The role of the mentors on their Team is To advise and guide the students with implementing their ideas dealing with the robot/ While the students on the Team do everything, for example dealing with the club, where possible. Their team administrator, Mr. Bruneau, believes in a very hands off approach to overseeing the club, as he feels it will give them an opportunity to learn from our experiences. The Awards Team 1727 Won durring their first year are

2006

Team 190 has Existed for 15 years amd curently have 25 students on their team. Their Main Sponsor is Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) The Role of their Mentors on the Team is To provide inspiration and guidance to the students by being role models. To show people that science and technology can be a tone of fun. The role of the students on team 190 is To have fun, to learn about robots, and to be a creative source of innovation!

Awards That Team 190 has Won:

2006

Team 1108 has Existed for 4 years. They Currently have 22 Students on the team.Their sponsors are Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, ABC Productions, and Sutherland Family Limited Partnership. The Role of Mentors on the Team is To Teach and guide the students. While it is the Students job To do everything that is required to be done. Awards That Team 1108 has Won are:

2006

Team 384, Sparky, has Existed for 7 years and at the moment the have 34 students on the team. Their main sponsors are Infineon Technologies of Richmond, GE Health care, and Show best Fixture Corp. The Role of the Mentors on their Team is to Facilitate. While The role of the students on the Team is to Design, Build, and do Community Service. Awards Team 384 has Won are

2006

Team 71 has Existed for 11 years and currently has 16 Students on their team. Their main sponsors are Beatty International, The City of Hammond, PEPSI, Many people and businesses from our community. The role of Mentors on Team Hammond is Everything from start to finish and in between while the role of students on the Team is to do Everything the mentors do. The Awards Team 71 has Won:

2006 Awards:

Team 66 has existed for 8 (eight) years. Also they currently have about 20 on the team. Their main sponsor is GM Powertrain Willow Run. The role of the mentors on The Flyers is to assist with robot design, build, testing, etc. and to assist with PR. The of Students on Team 66's role is to learn, lead, build the robot, and represent Willow Run respectably.

Team 66 has won many awards through out the years. In 2002 they won National Champions, Motorola Quality Award from West Michigan, and were Finalist at West Michigan. In 2004 they were the Great Lakes Regional Champs, and Curie Division Finalist at the Championship event down in Atlanta. Last year, 2005, they were again the Great Lakes Regional Champions, and won "Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award" at the Championship event, West Michigan Regional champions and recipients of the GM Industrial Design Award, Recipients of E3 (exemplarary in educational endeavors) award. this year, 2006, They won the Great Lakes Regional Chairman's Award.

In their opinion, the coolest robot that they have built was the national championship bot known as Frost Bite 2. It had a mini-bot which took advantage of a loophole in the rules for its game. Very rugged, and very awesome cool machine.

The primary E-mail contact for team 66 is webmaster@team66.com And their website is www.team66.com

They believe FIRST is a gateway to a possible future in Science, Math and Engineering for all team members. It has brought together people who wouldn't have come together on their own, and has built a family like atmosphere that all FIRST teams should mirror. FIRST is also a wonderful opportunity to change the reputation of what is thought to be a bad school district, to a reputation that shows a promising outlook for a district.

The Coast Guard Academy or CGA has been involved with FIRST for 12 years. The current generation of Team 500 has worked together for five years. And currently have 38 students.

Their main sponsors are Non-profit organizations that support the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and private donations from team members and the local community.

The role of mentors on the team 500 is to work side by side with their high school team members during the six-week design and fabrication process. Their mentors Captain Wilczynski, Master Chief Griswold, Chief Fournier, parents, and several underclassmen assist the high school students throughout the year with organizing outreach projects and various other team activities.

Their team is comprised of students from public and technical high schools from Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as a large home schooled population. From creating a robotics comic book to recording our progress through a photo-journal, students showcase their team's widespread backgrounds and talents. Students also share design ideas for our robot, program, and design and update their website. They in addition actively take part in each phase of the robot's construction, and organize community outreach programs throughout the year.

The awards that team 500 has won during their 5 years competing are: The 2005 Engineering Inspiration Award at the SBPLI Long Island Regional, additionally in 2005 they won the Website Design Award at the SBPLI Long Island Regional, 2004 Leadership in Control Award at the UTC New England Regional, 2001 Rookie All Star Award at the UTC New England Regional, furthermore in their first year they won 2001 Rookie All Star Award at the San Jose Regional

The coolest robot that team 500 has built is this years robot.

you can contact team 500 at: VWilczynski@exmail.uscga.edu or visit their Website: http://www.cgateamusa.org

They believe first is the combination of engineering and technology with gracious professionalism, creating a stimulating environment for students to learn. The structure of FIRST teaches the importance of time management, teamwork, and community outreach. Working together as a team toward one shared goal teaches students the importance of embracing each other's differences and incorporating each member's skills.

The Technotics are in their second year competing and presently have 20 students. The students on the team construct the robot, give ideas, create and update the web site, while creating animation, writing, organizing, etc. While the mentors act as Supervision, as well as suggest ideas, and help with the construction and programming.

Awards: In their rookie year they won the Autodesk Visualization Award

The Technotics think that the coolest robot they build so far is their 2006 robot

You can contact team Technotics by either going to their web site http://www.newtownhighschool.org/technotics or by emailing technotics1635@gmail.com

Thoughts on First: FIRST is about teamwork, leadership, and gracious professionalism. It is where every team member works together, where every member is a leader, and every leader is a member. FIRST is about placing the team as the top priority and put away selfish pursue.

R.I.C.E. has been around for the last four years and currently has 20 students. The students build the entire robot in their tech lab. As far as sponsoring goes, Team 870 has three main companies: Miller environmental, Sea Tow international, and RJN tool & automation.

Awards: Rookie Allstars 2002, Xerox Creativity, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entreneurship, Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship, Regional Champions SBPLI 2003, Regional Champions SBPLI 2005

The coolest robot they ever built was named RICE IV "The Tank". it featured 360 rotation, a 4.5' elevator, 270 overhead swing arm, and SIX wheel drive. They have a picture on their webpage.

You can contact them by either going to Rice870.com or by emailing tkryl@southoldufsd.org.

Thoughts on FIRST: "Student engineering at its best while competing with honor as we expand our knowledge."

Miller Place has been around for seven years and has 45 current team members. Professional mentors act as a guide for the students and encourage the students to develop their own ideas. Students themselves assist in all aspects of the team and spread the word of the program. Team 514 is primarily sponsored by G & L Precision Corp and the Miller Place Robotics Booster Club.

Awards: Two Judges' Awards, Two Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Awards, 2003 SBPLI Long Island Regional Winner, Fall 2005 Deer Park Invitational Winner.

The coolest robot they ever built was the 2005 "Triple Play" robot which is described as "poetry in motion to watch work".

You can contact them by either going to MillerPlaceRobotics.com or by emailing techteacherpat@yahoo.com.

Thoughts on FIRST: "The real world brought into the school environment. A realistic view of the way things get done."

It is year six for Hauppauge and they are going as strong as ever! Team 358 has about 40 team members and a number of mentors: 2 FESTO engineers, 2 teachers, a mechanical engineer, 3 electrical engineer parents, and a computer programming parent. Students on the team can hold the elected positions of President, Vice President, Scout Master, or Head of Engineering, or they can be assigned as driver, operator, pit boss, or coach. Their main sponsor is FESTO.

Awards: Fall 2005 Deer Park Invitational Champion,2005 LI Regional Champion, 2005 LI Regional Chairman's Award, 2005 PA Regional Finalist, 2004 LI J&J Sportsmanship, 2004 LI Leadership in Controls, 2003 NH Xerox Creativity, 2003 LI Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology", 2003 LI J&J Sportsmanship, 2003 LI ACE Scholarship, 2002 LI Incredible Play, 2002 LI GM Industrial Design, 2002 NY Regional Champion, 2001 NAT Drexel University Scholarship, 2000 LI Motorola Quality Award

The Robotic Eagles think that the coolest robots they ever built were the 2002 and 2003 bots because of their cross axis drive trains.

You can contact them by either going to Team358.org or by emailing either mark.mcleod@ngc.com or cloke_patrick@team358.org.

Thoughts on FIRST: "It's a great program -allowing students to have hands on experience with real life problems and working with professionals enables students to decide if it would be a good career choice for them. Also, FIRST is a lot of fun and students from all over the country meet and network at competitions and on such places as ChiefDelphi.com."

The Deer Park Falcons have been in FIRST for eight years and have more than 25 students on the team. Their main sponsor is the school district and they get the rest of their money through fundraising. The students and mentors (mainly Electrical engineers) on their team work together in a co-op fashion in which the mentors teach the students what they need to do.

Awards: 2005 SBPLI Long Island Regional Finalists, Fall 2005 Deer Park Invitational Finalists

Their favorite robot was their 2001 robot "Falcon X", and their second favorite is the 2005 "Falcon X 2". They think that the coolest FIRST game was the 2005 game "Triple Play"

You can contact them by either going to the Deer Park School District Website or by emailing burg.c@deerparkschools.org.

Thoughts on FIRST: "It's the only game in town and it helps inspire engineering."