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Big Piney High School Robotics Team 3288. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Big Piney High School Robotics Team 3288

Heading to the match. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Heading to the match
Lely, Derek, Destiny, and Marcus are getting ready to head to the match.

Team 3288. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Team 3288

Hanging for red. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Hanging for red
Big Piney Robotics Team competes in Salt Lake City robotics competition
March 22, 2017

Big Piney High School Robotics Team 3288 had the opportunity to participate in the Salt Lake City Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in mid-March where they placed 7th out of 48 teams. Now they are preparing to go to the Denver Regional competition.

FIRST Robotics is a program created to inspire young minds. FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST helps students have hands on experiences to teach them the importance of STEM related careers. As science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) become more prominent in the world, they—as the rising generation—must keep up.

Every year a new game is created and teams have six weeks to build a robot that will excel in the competition. This year Big Piney High School Robotics team built a robot to fit the challenge "Steamworks". With three teams on an alliance, they worked together to beat the other alliance. Five inch green balls represent fuel. The fuel is scored when it successfully enters the boiler either from the high or low goal. This creates "steam pressure" to help prepare the airship for flight. Robots retrieve and deliver gears to the airship. Two airships are in the middle of the field, one for each alliance. Two pilots are on the airship ready to pull the gears up from the robots and install them so rotors can start turning. At the end of the match ropes are deployed for the robots to climb up.

The team says they are very grateful to have the opportunities given to them and would like to thank everyone for all the support they received. "Without our wonderful sponsors we never would’ve made it this far. These sponsors include Shell, ExxonMobil, EOG Resources, Jonah Energy, Linn Energy, and Chevron," said team coach, Steve Nelson.

Photos courtesy Big Piney Robotics.



Changing to red. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Changing to red
Destiny, Derek, and team mentor Mr. Nelson turn the bumpers to the team's color alliance.

On the field. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
On the field
3288 on the field controlled by the drive team.

Hanging with blue. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Hanging with blue
Our robot is hanging with blue alliance at the last 30 seconds of the match.

Remote control. Photo by Big PIney Robotics.
Remote control
The robot's computer is controlled by the driver team and it's putting a gear on the "peg" for the team pilot to get the gear and spin a router.

Driver Danielle. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Driver Danielle
Going to the practice field.

Working on the robot. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Working on the robot
Danielle and a member from High Rollers team 987 are working on the robot to make it better.

Ready to start the match. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Ready to start the match

Tarzan. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Tarzan
Tarzan (the robot's name), auto playing in Blue Alliance.

Going to the pits. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Going to the pits

Ranking. Photo by Big Piney Robotics.
Ranking
Ranking screen showing 3288 us ranked 8 in blue alliance, the winning teams.
  
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