Who We Are
About the Team
Rolling Thunder is FIRST Robotics Team 1511, of Penfield High School in Penfield, New York. It was founded in the fall of 2004 through a partnership with Harris RF Communications, a local government-contracted communications company. The team includes about 25 volunteers and 35 students. Volunteers range from electrical engineers to programmers and marketing experts. During our rookie year, we won the Championship Rookie All-Star Award. The team has grown larger and wiser ever since then with many experiences under our belt. Making a favorable impression with our main sponsor, Harris continues to support the team year-round. Since 2005, the Harris and our team has also helped sponsor numerous FLL teams, 32 in total!
About Penfield High School
Penfield High School, located in a residential suburb of Rochester, NY, offers a comprehensive curriculum for students in grades 9-12. In addition to traditional core subjects, students can choose from a wide variety of Advanced Placement offerings for college credit, as well as numerous electives in arts, music, engineering, business and more. Vocational and alternative education experiences are also made available to students. A highly skilled staff works to create a warm and welcoming environment for all students and actively encourages the involvement of parents in their children's education.
Penfield Central School District
Penfield High School
25 High School Drive
Penfield, New York 14526
About Harris
Harris Corporation is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system, and service solutions for commercial and government customers. The company's five operating divisions serve markets for microwave, broadcast, network support, secure tactical radio, and government communications systems. Harris has more than 10,000 employees, including 4,000 engineers and scientists.
Harris RF Communications Division (RFCD) is a leading supplier of secure voice and data communications products, systems and networks to military, government, and commercial organizations worldwide.
Harris RF Communications
1680 University Avenue
Rochester, New York 14610
About the FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of students and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions designed by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers. The Competition has grown to over 900 teams competing in 26 Regional Events, and The Championship held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta where more than 7,000 students participate.
FIRST redefines winning for these students. Teams are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and maturity, and ability to overcome obstacles. Scoring the most points is a secondary goal. Winning means building partnerships that last.
FIRST
FIRST Robotics Competition
Team Organization
Our team has a solid leadership structure. Each grade level elects two leaders, and the senior (12th grade) leader becomes the team captain. These leaders direct the whole team and try to help out with everything. For specialized work, the team is divided into the following subteams:
- Leadership: This subteam is responsible for creating the team structure, determining the team calendar, setting up team activities, managing school relations, and making sure everything works smoothly on the team. This is the only subteam that requires an application process.
- Mechanical/Fabrication: This subteam is responsible for designing the mechanical components of the robot, as well as putting them together. Components are designed in CAD, and sometimes a prototype is created before final assembly. This team is also responsible for designing and creating the tetra manipulator.
- Electrical: This subteam is responsible for designing and producing all electrical systems for the robot and control panel. It is also responsible for any pneumatics that are used.
- Programming: This subteam is responsible for creating the actual code that makes the robot work. It also creates the autonomous code for the competition.
- Business/Marketing/Finance: This subteam is responsible for facilitating all fundrasing, as well as keeping tabs on spending. It will also be responsible for marketing the team at competitions.
- Webpage: This subteam is responsible for creating and maintaining the webpage for the FIRST Webpage award.
- Strategy/Drive/Rules: This subteam is responsible for actually controlling and driving the robot. They are also the rules experts of the team, and have created strategies for the best scores.
- Spirit/Logo: This subteam creates all team logos, clothing, and propaganda. They also will rally the team at competitions.
- Animation: This subteam learns the ins and outs of 3D Studio Max in preparation for the Animation competition each year.
Welcome!
Welcome to the digital home of Rolling Thunder, FIRST Robotics team 1511. The team is from Penfield High School in Penfield, New York and mainly sponsored by Harris Corp. To find out more about the team and FIRST, please visit the Who We Are page.
Important links:
![[FIRST Logo]](images/first-side.png "FIRST")
![[Penfield High School Logo]](images/Penfield-side.jpg "Penfield High School")
![[Harris Corp Logo]](images/harris-side.png "Harris Corp")
![[1511 FLL]](images/FLL.jpg "1511 FLL")
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![[Calendar]](/images/calendar.png "Calendar")
![[Photos]](/images/photos.png "Photos")
![[Rochester Ruckus]](images/pumpkin-clipart.jpg "Ruckus!")
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