2016 Duel on the Delaware champions

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Three high school teams formed the winning alliance at Saturday’s 2016 Duel on the Delaware–from Philadelphia, FRC 341 MissDaisy, from Downingtown FRC 1640 Sa-BOT-age, and from South Jersey, FRC 5420 Velocity.  

The annual “off season” event, held at Salem Community College in Carneys Point, NJ, is cosponsored by southern NJ team 316, the Lu-na-tecs, and FSR team, MOE365, the Miracle Workerz.

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In addition, teams collect and donate books for Success Won’t Wait– a Wilmington-based charity that distributes books to children’s charities, hospitals, and other organizations serving people in the tri-state area. Top winners receive a trophy  for the most books (by weight). The event total this year was over 11,500 pounds of books and the 2016 book drive winner was Team 271, the Mechanical Marauders from Bay Shore, NY.

A big thanks to all our event volunteers and sponsors!

FRC Challenge theme 2017- Steamworks!

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Don’t just relive history— reimagine it! Coming soon to high school robotics teams around the world, Steamworks. Does this mean we’ll see clockwork-robots with boilers instead of batteries? 

Who knows? The challenge will be revealed in January 2017! The countdown has begun!

What is VELOCITY VORTEX?

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What is Velocity Vortex?

It might be the most exciting FIRST Tech Challenge yet… And its worldwide online reveal was today! Check out the video below and get your team registered and ready to go. Competition events begin in a few short months! 

Info about starting a Delaware team here.