Welcome to the website of the Seton Catholic Central Robotics Club! The Robotics Club was started by Mrs. Diana Simpson. We meet in Room 210, next to the art room every Monday from 3 pm to 5 pm, and we are always accepting new members

We participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge, during which teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming. For more information about the FIRST Tech Challenge, click here.

We also compete in the SUNY Broome Robotics Competition, a local competition held by SUNY Broome in which we use both LEGOS and metal parts to build robots that compete against local high schools.

EVENTS

We are part of the First Tech Challenge NY Excelsior Region. 

A qualifying tournament is hosted and managed by a FIRST Tech Challenge program delivery partner or a program delivery partner appointed host. The number of teams advancing to the state/regional championship tournament depends on the capacity of the state/regional championship tournament, the number of qualifying tournaments, and the number of teams attending the qualifying tournament. If a team wins a qualifying tournament, they advance to the NY Excelsior Region Championship Tournament.

A championship tournament is hosted and managed by a FIRST Tech Challenge program delivery partner. Championship tournaments uphold certain standards in format, judging, awards, and overall quality. Championship tournaments may include teams from a geographic region, province, state, country, or several countries. Teams should expect a higher level of competition, both on the field and in the judging room at championship tournaments. If a team wins a championship tournament, they advance to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in Houston, Texas in late April.

The NY Excelsior Region’s FIRST Tech Challenge competitions are run by Mohawk Community College, the FIRST Tech Challenge program delivery partner for the NY Excelsior region. You can find more information about them here.

Scores from all official tournaments are posted on FIRST’s website here. We are team# 6454.