"An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work."

-Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST Robotics

2016 FIRST STRONGHOLD

TEASER

A sneak peek of the FIRST Robotics Competition game theme.

GAME HINTS

Everything you need to know about the 2016 hint.

THE CHALLENGE

DOWNLOAD GAME MANUAL

FIRST Stronghold is the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game. The game is played by two alliances of up to three teams each, and involves breaching the opponents’ defenses, known as outer work as well as capturing their tower by first firing "boulders" (small foam balls) at it, and then surrounding or scaling the tower using a singular rung on the tower wall. Points are scored by crossing elements of the tower's outer works, shooting boulders into the opposing tower's five goals in order to lower the tower strength, and by surrounding and scaling the tower. wikipedia.

CATALINA

DESIGN

ROBOT REVEAL

AWARDS

MAKING OF CATALINA

COMPETITIONS

In 2016 the COMETS competed at five competitions: Tippecanoe IN District Competition, Lansing MI District Competition, East Kentwood MI District Competition,  Michigan State Championship, and World Championship in the Carver Division. We also participated in three off-season events: the Grand Rapids Girls Competition, WMRI, and West Bloomfield Girls Competition.

TIPPECANOE, IN

COMETS took home the Creativity Award. We placed 10th in Indiana and were semifinalists. 

MASON-LANSING, MI

COMETS ranked 3rd, captained the winning alliance, and won the Excellence in Engineering award.

EAST KENTWOOD, MI

COMETS ranked 2nd, was the winning alliance captain, and won the Innovation in Control award.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

COMETS ranked 43rd and won the ​Creativity award. We were octo-finalists in this competition. 

WORLDS

We were in the semifinals in the Carver Division (We ranked 9th.)

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI

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