Orbit Robotics Team History
This robot had a telescoping arm and could pick up game objects from the floor. (Year + Robot Name)
2023, Armstrong
These three teams made up the 1st Seed Alliance in the Technology Division at 2023 Ontario District Champs
- 1360 / Orbit Robotics
- 3683 / DAVE
- 4476 / W.A.F.F.L.E.S
____ is when a good team at a competition makes a less good team better by providing copies of their mechanisms, or altering the less good team in some way shape or form that makes them perform better on the competition field. It’s commonly used by top alliances who select lower ranked teams that they know they can make better.
Cheesecake
The founder of FIRST
Dean Kamen
This division is named after a Greek physicist, mathematitician, and astronomer
Archimedes
Name the two active mentors on 1360 who are Woodie Flower's Finalists
Jim Wilks, George Chisholm
This team was the 1st Seed Alliance Captain in the Science Division at 2023 Ontario District Champs
4946 / Alpha Dogs
If a team’s robot is over the weight limit, the most common strategy to get rid of weight is to drill lots of holes through the robot.
Swiss Cheese
How many teams are attending 2023 FRC World Championships in Houston (+/- 10)?
610 (acceptable range 600-620)
This division is named after the American computer scientist, mathematician, and US Navy Rear Admiral who invented one of the first linkers
(Grace) Hopper
List 3 of 1360's "homes" (Note: OYS doesn't count!)
- 481 North Service Road
- Sheridan College
- Woodoer
- Oakville Post Office
These two teams have the most successful team-ups, with 20 event wins.
1114 and 2056
In all FRC reveal videos, the game is demonstrated by having 6 robots (three red three blue) place various game pieces. In the old reveal videos (before 2015), they used to always include a blue robot, named ____, in the video who would kind of just drive around and push things.
Dozer
List 4 of the 11 FRC Districts
- FIRST Chesapeake (CHS)
- FIRST In Michigan (FIM)
- FIRST In Texas (FIT)
- FIRST Indiana Robotics (FIN)
- FIRST Israel (ISR)
- FIRST Mid-Atlantic (FMA)
- FIRST North Carolina (FNC)
- New England (NE)
- Ontario (ONT)
- Pacific Northwest (PNW)
- Peachtree (PCH)
This division is named after the American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of U.S. crewed spaceflights
(Katherine) Johnson
In 2019, Orbit Robotics were finalists at this District Event
York University
List all current FRC teams in Oakville. Name or Number acceptable. (Hint - There's 7)
- 1360 / Orbit Robotics
- 1334 / Red Devils
- 1374 / Amped Up
- 771 / SWAT
- 5409 / Chargers
- 9908 / FireHawks
- 3161 / Tronic Titans
_____ is a strategy that involves performing bad at an event such that you can get picked onto a higher alliance (such as the 2nd pick of 1st alliance), which ends up making that alliance stacked. Note that this isn't very GP.
Sandbagging
This invitation-only offseason event held in the summer showcases the best teams in the world.
Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI)
This division (from 2018-2022) was named after an English mathematician, codebreaker, and father of theoretical computer science.
(Alan) Turing
In 2018, Orbit Robotics helped mentor this all-girls FRC team from Afghanistan
The Afghan Dreamers / 7329
These three teams won the FIRST Impact Award at 2023 Ontario District Champs
- 4039 / MakeShift Robotics
- 772 / Sabre Bytes Robotics
- 6865 / Manitoulin Metal 6865
Was the last day of build season, after which all teams must put their finished (or unfinished) robot into a bag and seal it until competition. No more work can be done to the robot until competition. HOWEVER, a few years ago FIRST decided to remove ____ day, meaning you can work on your robot until competition.
Bag & Tag
List the age ranges for each FIRST Program. Note: include FLL Discover/Explore/Challenge as one program
- FLL (4-16)
- FTC (12-18)
- FRC (14-18)
One of the four original divisions, this division did not have an Einstein winner for 13 years, until 254 broke the "____ Curse" in 2014.
(Marie) Currie