Mighty Monkey Wrenches
Resources

 

FIRST® Resource Page
www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/resources/

 

 

Other Robotics Resources
Chief Delphi - forum for FIRST discussions
www.ChiefDelphi.com

The Blue Alliance – website with data and video of FIRST teams and events
www.TheBlueAlliance.com

Think Tank WPI – website with papers and presentations from FIRST members
www.ThinkTank.wpi.edu

The Red Alliance – Website with webcasts during competition season & information
www.TheRedAlliance.com

Andy Mark – Robotic parts supplier
www.AndyMark.com

 

 

Videos and other info about Team 2016
Do you want to learn sign language
www.asluniversity.com

2007 Video Our rookie year
http://youtu.be/t8L4pEqJcII

2008 Chesapeake Regional Finals
http://youtu.be/g58N06dKkD4

Article in Popular Mechanics #8 robot
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/4260386

2009 Chairman’s video
http://youtu.be/4sVvWs_ucnw

2009 Robot in NJ Regional Match
http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2009nj_qm24

Video of FIRST Team 2016 Breakaway 2010 Robot
http://youtu.be/vGhdxV61h-8

Video during 2010 season
http://youtu.be/Nf7x3pYTZUg

Finals Dallas Regional Winner
http://youtu.be/xGvq0nLg6EE

Chairman’s video 2010
http://youtu.be/5Vf6Vls5Uks

Wired.com article 2010
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/robots-ruled-the-day-at-the-2010-first-robotics-competition-dallas-regional/

Article in NJ newspaper
http://www.americantowns.com/nj/trenton/news/ewing-high-school-robotics-team-takes-top-prize-at-competition-274749

Trenton Times article
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/03/robotics_team_from_ewing_high.html

World Science videos 2011
http://www.talkingscience.org/2011/06/teenage-robot-builders/
http://www.talkingscience.org/2011/06/why-is-science-cool/

Video of FIRST Team 2016 Logomotion 2011 Robot
http://youtu.be/SZ7jTKJNLzg

Chairman’s Video 2011
http://youtu.be/dxZWjTSgugg

Team video for the 2011 season with mayor and Kiwanis president
http://youtu.be/hrOPZpwjZ88

Team 2016 on Archimedes field during seeding rounds
http://youtu.be/X0An5xCH0hU


 

What is FIRST?
      
FIRST
® stands for: 
      For
       Inspiration and
        Recognition of
         Science and
          Technology

Vision of FIRST
®  
“To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.“ ~Dean Kamen

 

Our team embraces Dean Kamen’s vision. We are very passionate that any individual, disability or not, is able to explore the worlds of science and technology thus encouraging them to become our future scientists, engineers and technologists.

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Mission, Platform and Community Outreach
Team 2016 integrates FIRST
®  with the Deaf Community increasing Awareness in Deaf Schools.

Also Team 2016 participates in several community outreach activities that foster student development and serve the public. 

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Team Leadership
Team 2016 is set up in a hierarchy of individuals. The head of the team, the Team Captain, maintains order in the team, keeping an effective system of communication between the technical and business sides of the team. 

 

Subteams
Our team is composed of smaller subteams. Each subteam has a specific task be it involving the robot itself, or the whole team.

 

Mentors
Industry experts in specific fields of engineering and business devote time to guiding and supporting students through building robots. 

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2012 Season Team 2016