Inspiring The Future
Team 980 has relocated to a spacious facility in Glendale provided by Walt Disney Imagineering, a major sponsor of FIRST Robotics Competition teams. The facility is located within a warehouse at 907 Flower St. in Glendale (near the Glendale Power Plant).
We’re ready for FRC 2013 Season Kickoff on Sat. January 5!
Check it out here: FRC_2013_Kick-off_Flyer
Team 980 hosted the Southern California Regional Robotics Forum (SCRRF) 2012 Fall Classic robotics competition at John Burroughs HS (Burbank) on Saturday, October 27.
This year’s event featured 26 robots competing in a one-day FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Rebound Rumble tournament.
Each robotics team played 6 qualification matches before alliance selections determined the field of six elimination alliances. The #1 and #2 teams received a first-round bye while the #3 through #6 alliances had a single-match play-n to the semi-finals. An elite group of judges interviewed and evaluated teams for five awards and a “Peer Favorite Robot” was selected by the teams themselves. Results of the event are shown below:
SCRRF is a segment of LA Robotics, producer of the event. Team 980 has hosted the Fall Classic since 2008, with John Burroughs Main Gymnasium serving as the venue for the past three years. The competition was played on an official Rebound Rumble playing field by arrangement with FIRST, the Western Region Robotics Forum and LA Robotics.
Team 980’s website was hacked last season. All of our content was lost from the host server.
We’ve restored some content from archive.org, e-mails and other records relevant to Team 980’s history
We are moving ahead, reporting current events while reconstructing our gallery, document, pages etc.
Throughout the Los Angeles Regional, both the student drivers and the robot
improved. (Translation: we were still finishing getting the robot to work
and we were not picked to be in the Elimination Tournament.)
But, now with much better chances, the team is traveling north of Fresno for
the first Central Valley Regional in Madera, CA to compete April 5-7, 2012.
Gary Hedge, 818-352-9412
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The ThunderBots, Team 980, is featured on the cover of the La Cañada Valley
Sun March 18!
A photo of Team 980 in the pits at the Los Angeles Regional Competition
appeared on the front page of the Sunday March 18, 2012 edition of
the Valley Sun! The caption mentions Karpis, a student team member,
describing our robot!
I’ve attached a scanned copy of the story! Please pass this
on to parents, classmates, teachers, friends, potential
sponsors, and the winner of the Mega Millions lottery!
Go Team 980!!
David Brinza
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