Mt. Everett Robotics

Mt. Everett Robotics Team competes in FIRST Tech Challenge this weekend at Bridgewater State University.

The Mt. Everett Robotics Team will be traveling to Bridgewater State University in the early hours of Saturday morning to compete against 23 other schools in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC).   Mt. Everett is the only high school in Berkshire County currently competing in robotics at the high school level.  The team is number 3085 and called Eaglocity – a cross between Eagles and velocity.  Team members are Sam Swartz, Demitri Casivant, Carina Alden, Jason Dagruel, Kosta Casivant, Max Lowenstein, Kevin White and Andrew White.  The team is coached by Mr. Thompson and Mr. O'Brien.

From the usfirst.org website:  “FTC is designed for those who want to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as for well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.”
For more info on this year’s game titled Bowled Over go to: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/2011-2012-game-info