HSISHISI
News Letter
2013 FRC Season: Ultimate Ascent
SWAT Team #1806 2013 team picture for the FRC game
Ultimate Ascent.
The 2013 FRC season was
one of great achievement for
Smithville team #1806. SWAT
was the winner of the Greater
Kansas City Regional and the Ok-
lahoma Regional.
With both of these wins, team
#1806 was qualified to travel to
the World Championship in St.
Louis, Missouri in April. Teams
from countries as far away as
Australia, Israel, the Netherlands,
Canada and teams from all
November 2013
Ask a SWAT
member!
Whats your favorite
part of SWAT?
My favorite thing about
SWAT is the way we all
gather together as a team
to participate in building the
robot.
- Ashley James, sophomore
and 2nd year member
In this Issue
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across the United States also
2013 Season Recap
competed in the Galileo Division.
Ask a SWAT Member!
With a 5-3 record, Smithville
team #1806 ranked 34th out of Page 2
100 teams in the Galileo Division. A New Season
In early November, SWAT FIRST Tech Challenge
competed in the Cow Town Throw Quick Facts About B2!
Down FRC Competition in Lee Page 3
Summit, Missouri. Team #1806 Lego League Camp
ranked second and lost in the final Cow Town Throw
match to the first ranked team, Down
Titanium. Look inside for more Page 4-5
information about this event. Homecoming Parade
Sponsors
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A New Season Quick Facts About B2!

With another year under
way, SWAT Team #1806
welcomes new and return-
ing members to the team.
For the 2013-2014 season,
SWAT has over forty mem-
bers, an increase from the
2012-2013 season.
While looking forward to
a great new season, Smith-
ville SWAT would like to
reiterate its Mission State-
ment:
Dedicated to fostering a
passion in science and
technology within our com-
munity, First Robotics
Team 1806 (S.W.A.T.) in-
spires students and devel-
ops interpersonal skills
through team-based engi-
neering challenges.
Congratulations to last
years team and good luck
to this years!
B2 is the name of SWATs 2013
season robot, who is made up of
many everyday items including:
Two lanyards
About 8 pool noodles
Part of a 5 gallon bucket
Four googly eyes
One belt buckle
One camera

FIRST Tech Challenge

This year Smithville robot to accomplish
has joined FIRST Tech the various tasks. Kick-
Challenge, a robotics off for the 2013-2014
competition for grades FTC competition oc-
7-12. SWAT has intro- curred in September,
duced two teams for and both the freshman
this league, a fresh- and sophomore teams
men team 7359 and a are busy building their
sophomore team 7507. robot for the FTC
Both teams will be game Block Party.
receiving guidance and For more infor-
help from junior men- mation about FTC
tors. Much like FRC, check out the official
teams are given a website at http://
game to compete in www.usfirst.org/
with various tasks to roboticsprograms/ftc

complete. Sophomores Jason Bateman, Jared Crider,

Dakota Darrow, Matt Urton and Christopher
Each team brain- Hoffman of FTC team 7359 work on con-
storms and builds a structing and planning their robot.
 Lego League Cow Town Throw Down
Summer Camp
SWAT kicked off their summer
activities by inviting lower grade
students to participate in a sum-
mer Lego League.
The league consisted of stu-
dents building and program-ing
their own robots to enact tasks
and to receive points based on
their completion. The camp was
a good way for the SWAT team
to refresh their skills, as well as
have an enjoyable time teaching Finals match at Cow Town Throw Down on No-
skills about robotics to the young-
vember 2nd at Lee Summit High School.
er generation of students.
The roughest part might have
been the actual preparation for Smithville FIRST Ro- #1777 Viking Robotics
the camp. The prep cost 22 botics Team #1806 at- and Team #1982 Cougar
hours and exhausted many piz- tended the Cow Town Robotics.
zas, sodas, and the SWAT team.
Throw Down, November Advancing through the
But finally, the camp was ready
1st and 2nd. This compe- quarter and semi finals
for use and students showed up
tition is Kansas Citys on- the Second Seed Alliance
to test their skills with the robots.
Many students enjoyed the ly off-season robotics came face to face with
camp, SWAT members and event. the First Seed Alliance of
younger students alike. The camp The competition was first seat Team #1986 Ti-
was a great introduction to robotics located on the Lee Sum- tanium.
for high school and beyond. and mit High School Campus After two very riveting
many of the participants at the in Lee Summit, Missouri. matches, the First Seed
camp mentioned that they would Team #1806 breezed Alliance came out on
be interested in joining the robotics
through the qualifying top, claiming first place,
team later on in their school ca-
rounds, ranking second leaving SWAT Team
reer.
of the top eight teams. #1806 with second.
Smithvilles first round Congratulations to all
Josh Eklund
pick during the alliance the teams of the First and
selection was FIRST Second Alliance for a fan-
Team #3928 Team Neu- tastic game!
trino, followed by Team
 Countdown to
FRC 2014
The Kickoff for the 2014
FRC Season will be Jan-
uary 4th!

46 Days Until
Kickoff!

SWAT at the Smithville Homecoming Parade Visit our Website!

SWAT Team #1806 participated in the 2013 Smithville Home- www.smithvillehighrobotics.com/
coming Parade on Friday, September 27th. SWAT members
passed out candy to children of the community and helped pro- And Follow us on
mote FIRST Robotics. Displayed on the float were Smithville ro- Twitter! @frc1806
bots from previous years, awards and trophies.

Thank You Sponsors!

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