2022 Season Kickoff

      This past Saturday, Team 4909 held our 2022 FIRST® Robotics Competition season kickoff! This marked the beginning of build season, a 6-week period where teams design and build their robots from start to finish. Saturday morning, our entire team of 38 students, as well as several mentors, gathered in the school’s auditorium to watch the kickoff live stream. During the stream, FIRST released a short animation explaining the basics of this year’s game; RAPID REACT℠ presented by the Boeing Company. RAPID REACT requires robots to intake cargo (oversized tennis balls) and shoot them into a two-tiered goal (called the hub). Robots may also traverse a multi-level set of rungs to score points. After watching the stream, our team analyzed components of RAPID REACT by reading through the game manual. Once we developed a good understanding of how the game works, we started discussing different cycles and scoring strategies. Below are links to the game animation video and additional game details. Stay tuned for more information and a game analysis toward the end of this week! ​​

Game and Season Info