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MARS/WARS 4143

Metamora Area FIRST Robotics Team
 
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Who are we? ......... 4143!

MARS/WARS 4143 is a Metamora Township High School-based FIRST Robotics Team. Every year an engineering challenge is released around the globe and MARS/WARS works to design, manufacture, and develop a solution for the challenge. We strive to be competitive in our competitions but stay innovative and fresh with our designs.

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When we aren't in the Competition Season we work to achieve the mission of FIRST by being involved in our community and local groups or schools. We work to provide students of our community and team with skills that will make them competitive in the STEAM fields.

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FRC? What's that?

FRC or FIRST Robotics Competition is a "Sport of the Mind" available to high school students across the world. The Goals of FIRST with this competition is to give students a real-world "like" scenario where they can learn and practice useful industry skills in a professional yet exciting environment.

 

These skills can range from engineering design and manufacturing, software development and control systems, and marketing strategies and professional relations. The FIRST programs are available to anyone and no matter the background they can find a way to help benefit the team.

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Interested in Getting Involved?

Whether you are a sponsor, parent, student, or just looking to get out of the house, MARS/WARS would love your support! 

  • Prospective Sponsors please check out our Sponsor Page here

  • Parents and Students looking to learn about the team checkout our Interested Page here

  • If you are looking to get involved or just want to know more please contact

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Week 4

The MARS/WARS team has been doing an incredible job as competition quickly approaches. With competition also comes fundraising, and our biggest fundraiser of the year is Trivia Night on (February 21st). The team is asking for support from everyone—purchase a table and join us for a fun night in support of MARS/WARS. Our team relies on the support of our community, so if you haven’t bought a table yet, please consider doing so.

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Varsity:
The Varsity Design team has been hard at work assembling the robot and has made exciting progress this week. Robot modeling is nearing completion, and with assembly underway, the team is focused on getting everything competition-ready. The shooter has been redesigned and is now on its second version, which is showing much more promise than the first. The team is aiming for a goal of 10+ balls per second. The climber has been fully modeled and is ready for manufacturing, while the intake design— inspired by Citrus Circuits’ 4-bar intake—has been modified to meet the team’s specific needs. The Varsity Software team has also been putting in extra effort as competition gets closer. They are actively working on scoring, shooting, and autonomous code. Vision training and target selection have been challenging, but the team continues to push forward and work extremely hard.

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Junior Varsity:
The JV Design team has been just as busy as Varsity. They are finalizing their competition bot design and have begun gathering parts for construction. With their competition being 2 weeks later than the Varsity’s first competition, they have a little more time. The team is divided into four groups, each focused on a key subsystem: frame, intake, hoppers, and climbers. Their main inspiration is the Everybot, and their climber arm has already been completed. The JV Software team has shown the same determination as Varsity. They are working hard on intake and climber code, both of which have presented challenges. Driving code has been one of their biggest hurdles, as it relies on vision to determine field positioning. Although vision development has been slow, the team continues to make progress and put in strong effort across all areas.

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Business Services:
The Business team has been working hard preparing for Trivia Night and the upcoming team shirts. Superbowl squares are no longer available for purchase, and we’ll soon be finding out who the winners are.

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