Simbotics Crowned World Champions!
After an extremely difficult competition, Simbotics emerged from the Galileo division with a record of (7-0-0) in the qualification matches, and (6-0-0) in the elimination rounds. We partnered with team 217 "The Thunder Chickens" and team 148 "Robowranglers" to win the Galileo division.
Our alliance competed in an intense set of matches on the Einstein field. After a loss in the semi-finals, our alliance managed to obtain two wins to advance to the finals. We defeated the Curie divisional champions to achieve the title of FIRST Overdrive World Champions! Congratulations to our amazing alliance partners, all of our generous sponsors, mentors, and students for finally realizing this prestigious feat; we couldn't have done it without your dedication!
Simbotics finished this year with a record of three regional wins, a regional Chairman's Award, a championship division win, and world champion status.
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Simbotics Is Coming To Galileo
The divisions have been announced, and Simbotics will be joining over 80 other teams on the playing field. The division consists of 28 regional winners, sharing 35 regional wins between them. Another NiagaraFIRST (link inactive) team, 1503 "Spartonics", will be joining us. Good luck to all the competitors!
Simbotics Takes Gold In Toronto
Simbotics seeded first at the Greater Toronto Regional with a record of 8-0 and aligned with 2056 and 2166 in the elimination rounds. They played well together in the elimination rounds defeating an alliance of 1507, 1503 and 247 in the finals to win, our third regional win of the season. A special thanks to team 2056, "Patriotics" and team 2166, "Bluebotics", for being amazing alliance partners!
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Simbotics Takes Regional Win And Chairman's In Waterloo
Simbotics came back from the Waterloo regional as the number three seeded team with a record of 8-3. They were the first pick in the alliance selection. Together with teams 2056, "Patriotics" and team 1680, "Fesstronics", the alliance won the regional. Simbotics also came home with the Website Design Award and the GM Industrial Design award. The judges also recognized our outreach efforts by awarding us with the Chairman's Award - FIRST's greatest honour. Congratulations to the entire team for their hard work leading to this prestigious award! Another huge congratulations goes to Ian Mackenzie for receiving the regional Woodie Flowers Award (read essay)!
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Simbotics Takes Gold At The Midwest Regional
Simbotics returns from the Midwest Regional in Chicago with a regional win. They were the number three seeded team with a record of 8-2, and were the third alliance captain (after declining the first pick). We'd like to thank our mentors, parents, and sponsors for their hard work and determination - we couldn't have done it without you! Another huge thanks goes to team 1024, the "McKenzie Kil-A-Bytes" and team 2041, the "Roboticats" for being amazing alliance partners!
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2008 Animation
The 2008 Animation has been released! You can find it on the videos page. Also, check out the storyboard.
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