1511 seeded 5th out of 44 teams at their home regional, hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology! Forming an alliance with team 3157 - Eastridge Robotics and 578, Fairport - Blue Lightning, they went all the way to the semi-finals! As a hard working team that raises awareness of science and technology in the community, as well as having a deep respect for technology, they've become an engineering inspiration! The regional judges committee saw that in 1511, and recognized them with the Engineering Inspiration award!

A huge THANK YOU goes out to the friends, family and sponsors who 1511 couldn't do this without! We appreciate your support and hope to see you cheer us on again at the upcoming regional and Championship!

The team would like to congratulate their two nominees Mike Hartman & Crystal Vongnaphone for the Dean's List award!

2 winners will be selected at every Regional and 10 will be selected from those winners to be placed on the Championship Dean's List!  The Award is centralized around leadership and involvement in the FIRST community.  Student's will receive recommendation letters and an invite to a FIRST summer leadership camp, and the team may win a discount off 2011 Registration fees!

You can see more of the criteria here!

After a long selection process, the driveteam, pitcrew, Scouting, Strategy Lead and Safety Captain have been selected and are as follows:

Primary Drive Team             Secondary Drive Team
Driver - Theo                        Driver - Alex R.
Kicker/Lift - Becca                 Kicker/Lift - Crystal
Human Player - Calvin            Human Player - Alex V.
Coach - Shauna                    Coach - Calvin

Strategy - Kyle
Scouting - Matthieu

Mechanical Pit                    Electrical Pit                Programming Pit
Alex W.                              Mike H.                         Justin B.
Mike M.                              Crystal

Safety Captain - Mike H.

Congratulations and thanks to all that applied!

Our pre-ship scrimmage, Rally VI, went well despite not having too many full matches because many teams were working hard to finish their robots. This game will definitely be interesting to watch!! Especially in the last 20 seconds!

Come see us at the actual competition at the Finger Lakes Regional at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Gordon Field House on March 5 and 6, 8am - 5pm. More info can be found here.  You can also come check us out in Boston at the Agganis Arena March 26 and 27 8am-5pm.  More info can be found here.

Feel free to walk around the pit area (with safety glasses of course!) and check out all the robots! It's a fun family time, even if you just stop by for an hour or two! Concessions will be available.

Look for us in our red camo and feel free to stop by and cheer with us!

Rochester Rally is being held at the Penfield High School in the East Gym February 21^st from 11AM to 3PM by the Penfield Robotics Team 1511. It is the 6^th annual rally held by 1511. It is a mock scrimmage of the FIRST Robotics’ game Breakaway, allowing teams to test their newly created robots, refine their designs, and compete in some friendly competition.