Welcome! Welcome! This is Manchester Memorial High School's FIRST Robotics Team 238's official website!
We are a team of about 25 members, based out of Manchester, New Hampshire, the birthplace of FIRST. The team has been around since 1999, after the school's first team disbanded previously.
 Each year, our team competes in two regional competitions. This year, we are going to Manchester, NH, and Orlando, FL.
In addition to these regional competitions, the team competes in smaller off-season competitions at home, in Boston, and various other areas.
FIRST
FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a program created by local inventor Dean Kamen. FIRST's purpose is to provide a fun environment to learn in, promoting science and tehcnology, learning, teamwork, and an alternative (or compliment) to sports teams for students.
The Robotics Competition, which we participate in, is a high school-aged
school team. We are one of over 1,600 teams across the world who participate in the program.
"Lunacy", the 2009 Game
The 2009 FIRST Robotics Competiton game, Lunacy, was unveiled at Souther New Hampshire University on January 3, 2009. This year's game is played with 6 robots, with 2 alliances of 3 teams opposing each other. The game is
Played on a low-friction surface, and involves scoring "cells" (specially-colored balls) in a moving target.
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Latest Team News Lunacy!
Posted January 7th 10:17pm
The 2009 FIRST Robotics challenge, Lunacy, was announced on January 3, 2009. The game features a low-friction driving surface, and moving goals to toss balls into. For more information, check out http://www.usfirst.org/, or watch the game's animation at Youtube. |
