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Feb 21, 2012 5:00 PM:
Bag & Tag Robot
Mar 7, 2012 2:00 PM:
WPI Regional
Mar 29, 2012 7:00 AM:
LI Regional
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FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®)

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
(FIRST®)

2011 <i>FIRST</i> Robotics Competition Team 358 Photo Mosaic

FRC is a high school level robotics competition where students experience first-hand the miracles that a career in science and technology can produce. The unique part of this program is that students are expected to work hand-in-hand with professional engineer volunteers to design and build in six weeks, a robot about the size and weight of a high school student (145 lb, up to 5 feet tall) to play a game that changes every year. This is a challenge for both student and engineer creativity.

12 Years of Robot Designs

2010 <i>FIRST</i> Robotics Competition Team 358 Robots

Our team represents Hauppauge High School in Hauppauge, NY located in roughly the middle of Long Island.
We joined the FIRST Robotics Competition in the fall of 1999, first competing in the spring 2000 series of competitions.
We've made an appreciable impact in our community and are well supported in turn by our school district from the Superintendent and Board of Education, to our Principal and Science Dept. Chair, and of course our students. Almost all go on to college, and many of our team alumni are working in industry and academia as engineers and scientists.
Long Island is an area rich in its' number of high school FRC teams. More than a third of the 121 public school districts on Long Island have FRC teams. Many more districts support the close to 100 FIRST Lego League robotics teams for the younger grades. School districts are close enough here that we can easily reach out to help or find help, share skills, trade materials, tackle problems together. The FRC SBPLI Regional held at Hofstra each March has the feel of a large extended family gathering, more than a competition, but we do all play hard!

From the Moon to Hauppauge (.avi, 2.2 MB)

Long Island brings to mind Jones Beach and the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean, the Hamptons, suburban sprawl alongside vineyards and truck farms for potatoes/corn/pumpkins/apples/duck, fisheries, The Great Gatsby, Walt Whitman, Billy Joel, the lunar lander, F14, NY Mets & Islanders, George Washington slept here a few times. LI is the largest island in the contiguous US at 118 miles long and at its very widest 23 miles. It is heavily populated, an island with more people than Ireland. It is part of the New York City metro area beginning beyond the East River just to the east of the island of Manhattan. In local usage Long Island generally refers to just Nassau and Suffolk counties, although Brooklyn and Queens are geographically the western 20% of the island and were included in the term until absorbed by NYC about 100 years ago.
Long Island Satellite Image

Team 358 Communications

KOP Workshop

Hauppauge Robotics room
1:00 to 3:00 PM
Really in the room across the hall, but enter through the robotics room outside entrance.

Long Island team presentation/discussion of:

Changes in the Kit-of-Parts for 2012
Issues encountered during the first week

We'll have a demonstration setup of the Kinect and camera running so you can see what that looks like and how well it works.

45 minutes of presentation then we can work on individual team problems if you have anything you want to bring.

Posted on January 14, 2011 10:00:00 AM

Student Team Information Member System (STIMS) is Open

STIMS link

The Student Team Information Member System (STIMS) is where each student registers with FIRST as a member of Hauppauge Team 358. Returning students may go to "Login"; new students go to "New Student User". STIMS is where students apply to join their FRC team (students must reapply each year), complete the 2012 electronic FIRST Consent and Release Form, and submit for the ChairmanÕs, Safety Animation, Woodie Flowers, and Website Awards.

STIMS process overview and FAQ

Posted on October 25, 2011 6:30:00 PM

Fundraisers

Hauppauge Robotics Team 358 needs your support!

Pancake Breakfast @ Applebee's Motor Pkwy
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December 11, 8am
We are selling tickets now!
Help sell tickets to family, friends, and neighbors. Plan to be there!

Magazine Fundraiser
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When you shop via our online fundraising page, we will receive up to 40% of your purchase amount. You can also show your support by sharing our page with friends and family. It is easy to do and the club will benefit. 358 Magazine Fundraiser.

Thanks for all your support!!!

Posted on October 25, 2011 6:00:00 PM

Where's Wall-e?

How many famous robots can you identify?

Answers

Posted on September 16, 2011 3:00:00 PM

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