3/8/20:
Our team attended the 2020 NorCal championships, although we had lots of fun competing at a higher level of competition than we usually do, we didn't win any awards and weren't part of a semifinal alliance. It was a great opportunity to learn from other teams, seeing as it was our first year there, and we can't wait to come back next year with a better understanding of the competition.
2/22/20
ARES was invited to help out at the Nevada State Championships along with ACME and another Reno team. Due to an abundance of volunteers, we ended up helping out wherever we were needed, but also got to check out and socialize with the other teams. We really enjoyed experiencing the other side of robotics competitions, and are planning on going back next year.
2/9/20
ARES attended their last qualifier at Intel Folsom with their sister team, ACME. They won the Control award, and were nominated for the innovate award. ACME was the number 1 team, and picked ARES to be on their winning alliance.
1/25/20
ARES attended their 2nd tournament along with their sister team, ACME robotics. They won the design award, and were nominated for control, motivate, and innovate. They were also chosen to be on an alliance with the ASTROBRUINS, team 13217. ARES' alliance beat the other teams in finals and they won first place.
FLL Team:
During the school year, ARES mentors an FLL team with the Mount st. Marys middle schoolers. One of the parents on the team teaches at Mount St. Marys, and was happy to help mentor their team along with our help. They helped us put on a tournament at their school, and they did well, but one of the other schools participating won.
1/19/20:
ARES hosted an open house along with ACME to reach out into the community and give sponsors a chance to see and drive this years robot. We invited members from local FLL teams to give them a look at FTC, and see if they would be interested in joining ARES or ACME. We talked to parents about FTC as well, and gave an overview of this years challenge. However, not many middle schoolers came, but there were many younger kids who are now very interested in joining a FIRST program.
12/19/19:
Our team went into our local radio station after our first tournament, and we presented on the air about the tournament and our team. We went on during the thursday morning show, and the host interviewed us to help make an impact in our community. We talked about how our team started, and other FIRST leagues for younger kids, hopefully to interest other youth in our community to get into robotics.
On December 14th ARES attended our first tournament at Rosemont high school. Our robot came in 9th place, and we were nominated for control, innovate, design, and think. We also won inspire, and are moving on to NorCals.
12/6/19:
We volunteered at a tournament for the local FLL teams in Nevada county. At one point during the tournament, we went and talked to the different teams in hopes of recruiting 8th graders to join our team next year. Four local teams showed up to compete and gain experience for their next tournament, they all presented their projects to us and the audience got to vote on which team had the most relatable issue.
10/19/19:
ARES robotics helped run a booth at the united way fundraiser in Penn Valley. We showed kids an FTC drivebase and let kids drive the robot around. We also informed people about FIRST’s leagues and what was happening with our upcoming season, as well as opportunities in our community.
