FRC High School Robotics Competition

[Jill Wilker]

The Silicon Valley FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Regional (aka SVR) is gearing up at San Jose State University with competition rounds starting tomorrow - Friday 3/30.
And Central Valley Regional is next weekend in Madera...  [apologies for not sending a reminder about the Sacramento Valley regional last weekend.]


Websites with more information:  Silicon Valley  www.firstsv.org  and Central Valley is www.cvregional.com


FIRST High School robotics competitions are loads of fun.   Especially the finals on Saturday after lunch. 

What: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC)

• When: Fri & Sat   (practice rounds on Thursday afternoon)
• Time: 9am to approx 5pm 
  
• FREE

For this weekend's Silicon Valley Regional  (SVR):  

• Where: San Jose State University Event Center - map, directions, and parking info
  
• Pay Parking available in SJSU garages.  Free parking can be found a long walk from the arena
  
• All are welcome to come and watch high school teams from our area and beyond compete in this exciting and fast-paced game.
• Special entertainment is listed for Saturday at 1pm  - can't wait!
• SVR Webcast is available  http://madstream.team1323.com/?sj  
• Match Results - Updated as the competition progresses
• Team Standings - Updated as the competition progresses
• Agenda for the competition
  

You can come for all or part of the competition, and come and go as you please.

It's very similar to a sports event except robots play the game!

In the qualifying matches, three teams are randomly assigned to play against three other teams, so there is both cooperation and competition involved. Each round of games involves a different mix of teams and each game lasts 2 minutes 15 seconds.   This year's game also incorporates the Kinect interacting with a human player.
You can watch a video to find out more about this year's game and how it will be played: FIRST Robotics Competition 2012 Game Animation

Please share widely!   Thanks to Michael for the reminder to get this sent out.


Regards, Jill