Learn About Nashoba Robotics,
FIRST® Robotics Team #1768

Robotics Team Overview

The Nashoba Robotics team offers students at
Nashoba Regional High School
a unique opportunity to learn and to express themselves
outside of the classroom. Nashoba Robotics presents a chance
for students interested in science, math and technology to
further develop and apply his or her interests and skills.
The team has 6 weeks to build the robot once the competition starts,
and then we head into competition season. This gives the kids a
chance to work closely together in a team to design and
develop the mechanical, electrical, and software components of
the system. Working with a team of adult mentors, this gives
the kids a great opportunity to get hands-on, real-world
design experience.
To get in touch with us, please email us at:
team1768robotics@gmail.com

Video is provided courtesy of Agape Creative

Participation History

Click on the links below to view pictures
and stories about the competition year:

Recognition

2016

• Boston District Event Winner
• Boston District Event Industrial Design Award
• Providence District Event SemiFinals Participant
• Providence District Event Industrial Design Award
• WPI District Event Winning Alliance
• WPI District Event Industrial Design Award

Prior Years coming soon…

Schedule Overview

The RoboChiefs’ season spans the full school year,
broken into three periods:

1. Pre-Season (September – December)

   Mentors and student leaders spend this time teaching
   team members new skills. Skill groupings include:

   • Controls & Electrical
   • CAD
   • Fabrication
   • Programming

   This time frame also provides an opportunity to get students
   involved in some pre-competition season prep work that will
   continue throughout the year, such as:

   • Fundraising
   • Award Applications
   • Teambuilding
   • Community Service
2. Build Season (January – February)

   As soon as FIRST® unveils the current year challenge, the team
   gets right down to work. Students hone their skills by participating
   in activities throughout the build cycle:

   • Brainstorming
   • Prototyping
   • Design
   • Fabrication
   • Assembly
   • Testing
   • Strategy/Scouting Planning
3. Competition Season (March – May)

   Although build season is officially ended, there are plenty
   of requirements and opportunities throughout competition season
   to repair and/or improve the robot. Prior to each District Event
   the team is signed up to participate in, the team is allotted a
   total of six hours that the robot can be signed out of its locked
   bag in order to fine tune, repair, or test the robot. Furthermore,
   during a competition itself, there are many opportunities to
   repair breakage, debug and re-design failures, and generally
   deal with whatever unexpected fiascos happen during the progress
   of the competition event. Consequently, practically all of the
   skills used during Build Season are in high-demand during
   competition season as well.

   Additionally, there is a high
   demand for students to participate in scouting activities prior
   to and during competitive events. Planning, testing, and observing
   different strategies used to play the game during the
   qualification rounds of an event provides critical feedback
   necessary to determine how the game would best be played
   during the elimination rounds, if participating. Scouting other
   teams helps identify which other teams would work best for a
   winning alliance, as well as helping to uncover the strengths
   and weaknesses of opposing teams.