Turn your love of gaming into lifesaving equipment for local kids!

1. Go to extra-life.org/team/phtsa and join our team!
2. Ask your friends and family to sponsor you for $1 per hour ($24 each)
3. Play games for 24 hours starting at 8am on October 15, 2011!

100% of the money you raise will go to benefit local kids through Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital!

Our F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition team had a great time at the Washington, DC Regional last weekend. Due to a parts mixup towards the end of our build season, we arrived with our robot in several pieces, several of which had never been fitted together.

Veterans from several teams provided us with invaluable support, sharing their experience and often giving us the parts necessary to complete our designs. We would not have had nearly as good an experience without the great people from Area 53 (team 53), TechnoWarriors (team 768), Blue Cheese (team 1086), iLite Robotics (team 1885), and the Mighty Monkey Wrenches (team 2016).

In the end, we outranked several veteran teams, and received the Rookie Inspiration Award for our community outreach efforts.

Go Techtonics!

The final two sprockets have arrived courtesy of James, and John was able to find the #35 chain he has been hunting for days. By the end of Wednesday's meeting, we should have a drivable robot!

Get a head start on your teammates by downloading this season's game manual from our Files section and reading it before the kickoff event!

Team 861B performed very well at the Southern Virginia Vex Robotics Competition, and earned the Judges Award! The Judges Award "goes to a team the judges decide is deserving of special recognition. Judges consider a number of possible criteria for this award, such as team displays of special attributes, exemplary effort and perseverance at an event, and team accomplishments or endeavors throughout the season that may not fall under existing awards - but are nonetheless deserving of special recognition."

Team 861 won the Excellence Award at the Southern Virginia Vex Robotics Competition last Saturday! The Excellence Award is the highest honor awarded by the Vex Robotics Competition, given to the team that "exemplifies overall excellence in building a well-rounded VEX robotics program. This team excels in many areas and is a shining example of dedication, devotion, hard work, and teamwork. A strong contender in numerous award categories, this team deserves to be recognized for their accomplishments building a robot and in building a 'team' committed to quality in everything they do."

All team members are encouraged to come to Mr. Cotter's room after early dismissal at 1:30 on Tuesday, November 2. The meeting will last until 6:00. We only have two weeks to finish your Vex robots, so make this time count!

Thanks to the support of JCPenney, ROTEC Robotics now has a FIRST team! We will be attending the Washington DC Regional on March 24-26th, 2011.

Members of out FIRST team get to:
  Learn from professional engineers
  Build and compete with a robot of their own design
  Learn and use sophisticated software and hardware
  Compete and cooperate in alliances and tournaments
  Earn a place in the World Championship
  Qualify for over $12 million in college scholarships

Want to be a part of the team? Click here if you're a student or here if you're a volunteer.

On Tuesday, September 28, we are having an open house for parents and sponsors to show them how they can become a part of one of the most amazing experiences of their children's high school career. We will go over the team's requirements and schedule, then discuss the various ways people can contribute to our team's success.

This cover letter tells potential sponsors everything they need to know about our program: Who we are, what we do, and how to get involved!

Use this form to submit parts requests from your subteam.

Student Permission Slip for the Southern Virginia Vex Robotics Competition on November 20, 2010.

Want to support ROTEC Robotics? Fill out our sponsorship form and become part of something amazing!

Hand-drawn original logo for Techtonics.