Beach Cities Robotics

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FIRST Robotics Competition
294 - Beach Cities Robotics
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Full nameFIRST Robotics Team 294
Nickname(s)294, BCR
Short nameBCR
Founded1999
Organization Mira Costa High School
Redondo Union High School
Events attendedLos Angeles
San Diego
Orange County
Championships2
First game Double Trouble
Current robot nameThe Claw
Website www.bcrobotics.org

Beach Cities Robotics is a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team from the South Bay area in Southern California. Team is composed of members from both Mira Costa High School and Redondo Union High School. [1]

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Beach Cities Robotics (Team 294) won the 2010 FIRST Breakaway competition in Atlanta, Georgia, along with alliance partners, Team 67 (HOT Team), and Team 177 (Bobcat Robotics). [2] [3] Beach Cities Robotics also won the 2001 FIRST National Championship, [4] and the FIRST Tech Challenge (Quad Quandary) World Championship in 2008.

Beach Cities Robotics often participates in outreach activities in the South Bay, doing demos for middle schools and science events in the community, as well as attending local school district and city council meetings. The team participates in the annual Northrop Grumman open house.

History

Beach Cities Robotics has been a participant in the FIRST program since late 1996 when Hope Chapel Academy, Hawthorne High School, Mira Costa High School, and Redondo Union High School to form one of the first two Southern California teams, Team 61-”Circuit Breakers”. Several individuals (Dr. Beverly Rohrer, K.G. Englehardt, Rob Steele, and Pat Hosken) were instrumental in bringing that original team together with much support from ADTECH, the consortium behind the team’s formation. In 1998, Hope Chapel split off to form their own team, Team 330-”Beach Bots”. Hawthorne, Redondo, and Mira Costa stayed together and were sponsored by TRW and ADTECH, calling themselves the “Vultures”. In 1999, Hawthorne split off to become Team 207-”Metal Crafters” and Redondo and Mira Costa became 294-”Beach Cities Robotics”. In spring 2002, BCR became a year-round program, with students and mentors working more than 2000 hours during the build season. [5]

2014

The 2014 FRC game, Aerial Assist, focused on assists between allied robots in the scoring of a 24" yoga ball on the opposite side of the field. Alliances gained additional points for receiving assists from other robots, launching the ball over the truss and catching it, and scoring in a high goal. Team 294's robot, Wavelength, was designed to focus on launching over the truss and scoring high. The team developed a linear shot mechanism and 6CIM drive in order to accomplish these tasks. It competed in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles Regional Competitions.

2016

Beach Cities Robotics competed in the 2016 FRC game, Stronghold. Stronghold was one of the most challenging FRC games yet, with robots crossing various field obstacles and scoring foam "boulders" into goals on the opposite side of the field. Beach Cities Robotics' robot, named Dominus, had a pneumatic intake and adjustable arm that allowed them to shoot the boulders from anywhere on the field, as well as a 4CIM drive to cross the field obstacles. It competed in the Los Angeles and Orange County Regional Competitions.

Achievements

Sponsors

Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Google, Raytheon, Impresa Aerospace, Cooler Master, John Deere.

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