In 2001, we stared out right where we left off in 2000. The game was announced and we were off to a great start. We decided there were 2 ways we could play the game and wanted to build both robots, so we did. We again had a large team with over 30 student members and 15 mentors and teachers. Because of this we set the team into 2 designs to be built on the same base platform. A modular robot seemed like a great idea. We could change our robot based on the teams we were partnered with. This would also be the first year our team attempted a web-page and animation. This year we decided to attend the Long Island Regional Competition. After two days of competition we found ourselves at the top of the list and picking first for the elimination rounds. We selected 4 excellent teammates and felt we had a great chance at winning the competition. Unfortunately we lost traction in the first round and was knocked out. We still went home with the Imagery Award for a well matched theme and robot. We also won the #1 Seed award which only made us believe we could do better. We again decided to attend the National Championship at EpcotCenter. There we went on to be selected by team 177 the bobcats. We teamed up with 177, 59, 122, & 53. Our alliance went on to win the Galileo Division.
2001 History
