http://team997.org Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:36:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The gallery now has photos of the 2008 robot, Sparticus II. Enjoy! Gallery http://team997.org/2008/03/30/2008-robot-photos/ Please check back at any time as this update will be updated quite frequently. THE MOST RECENTLY UPDATED NEWS WILL BE BOLD Our status: Here is the list of the 8 alliances that will be in the finals: Alliance #1: 2035, 766, 1147 Alliance #2: 2551, 1388, 1072 Alliance #3: 2063, 692, 2159 Alliance #4: 2122, ... http://team997.org/2008/03/20/davis-regional-updates/ Team 997 has returned to Davis to continue their championship status in California. On March 20, the practice matches will give Spartacus the chance to show all of the other teams what it's made of. The important qualifying matches for the Davis regional well begin tomorrow. (Friday, March 21) PLEASE ... http://team997.org/2008/03/20/spartan-robotics-at-davis/ Congratulations to the winning alliance team, Team 1540 "The Flaming Chickens", Team 368 "Kika Mana", and Team 1280 "The Raging Seabiscuts". They all had fantastically designed robots and deserved to win. Our own Manley Thompson won the Woodie Flowers Award! Manley, we all think you truly deserved this award, and we ... http://team997.org/2008/03/04/oregon-regional-damage-report/ Figured it was about time for everyone to see the Sparticus II. More pics to come soon in the gallery. http://team997.org/2008/02/24/2008-robot/ Team 997 will be returning to Portland for the Oregon Regional this week, and you're invited! Over the next few days we'll be busy making sure we have everything ready for the competition. We divided the team into groups and started training the new members, and we're still busy packing. If you're ... http://team997.org/2008/02/23/portland-regional/ Well, the robotics scrimmage went well for team 997. Of course by well, I mean we managed to discover all the errors and bugs in our design. Luckily, none were too severe, and after the match we headed straight back to our headquarters to work out the kinks. Build season is ... http://team997.org/2008/02/22/bugs-and-competitions/ Team 997 as well as the other teams from around the valley are getting their first chance to demonstrate their robots among other teams in a scrimmage this season. This is an annual event that opens up the gate to the big and important regionals that the teams will be ... http://team997.org/2008/02/12/pre-season-scrimmage-%e2%80%94-linn-county-fair-grounds/ As usual, the end of build season draws nearer and our robot still isn't quite ready. Great strides were made during the last couple of weeks, but more needs to be done before we can ship this thing. However, our team is pulling together and we're dividing up the ... http://team997.org/2008/02/12/crunch-time/ While unaware of how many people would attend the open house, Team 997 ran the whole show with high hopes and great optimism. It turned out to be very beneficial for familiarizing ourselves with the citizens of Corvallis and spreading the message of FIRST to other members of the community. ... http://team997.org/2008/02/04/the-open-house-shows-its-success/