JC Robotics Team in NYC

The Jamaica College Robotics Team was one of the 72 teams that participated in the FTC competition, New York on March 16-17. The competition was divided into two divisions of 36 teams each. Two team alliances worked together to score points and win matches.

The JC robotics alliance won 3 of the four matches in the initial round. We advanced to the semifinals and won, thus advancing to the finals. We however lost the finals by 3 points. Thus our alliance placed second in the division of 36 teams.

Overall, our alliance placed third in the New York Championship Tournament. We received medals and a plaque for being finalists.

FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition will be on March 16 & 17 at the Jacob Javits Center- New York City. Jamaica College will be sending up a team of 9 students and 3 teachers to participate in this year's competition.

JCOBA-NY will be hosting the Robotics Team at a Reception at the Naki Saki Restaurant on Saturday, March 17th, 9:00pm. The donation is $20.

Please check out the TRUE BLUE ROBOT at the link below:

The JC Robotics Team

The Jamaica College Robotics team appeared on TVJ's Smile Jamaica on March 24.

The video of that appearance can be veiwed at the following link:
http://www.televisionjamaica.com/vd-8341-JCROBOTICSTEAM.aspx