NASA Robotics Team 254- The Cheesy Poofs

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"The Cheesy Poofs Robotics Team, 254, has evolved over the years from the smallest program in the country in 1999, at a struggling high school, to a large program based at the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC). While the team's student members have changed, the Cheesy Poofs have continued to flourish."
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Raptor at the Los Angeles Regional

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Team 254 Wins Los Angeles Regional

Over the weekend, the Bellarmine Robotics Team 254 competed against 51 other teams in the Los Angeles Regional. With the help of alliance partners Team 330 "BeachBots" and Team 4 "Element", the Bells defeated all other alliances and went on to win the finals. Along the way, the 254-330-4 alliance achieved the third highest score in the nation, 305-30. Team 254 gratefully thanks the BeachBots for their excellent scoring and Team 4 for their outstanding defense, which allowed the Bells’ robot, Raptor, and the BeachBots to score unhindered.

The Bells constructed the robot in collaboration with Team 968 "RAWC". For this process, Team 254 and Team 968 won the Judges' Award, which commended the collaborative design process between Team 254 and Team 968 and especially singled out the creative prototyping techniques used in designing the inner-tube manipulator.

Team 254's next match is this Friday, March 16-18, 2007. Come and watch the Bells try to win the Silicon Valley Regional for the ninth consecutive time. They will be going up against 47 other teams, including robots from local schools such as Monta Vista, St. Francis, Woodside, Lynbrook, Mitty, Presentation, De La Salle, and Sacred Heart.

2007 Animation

This year's animation has been completed! It can been downloaded here.
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