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Shark Attack goes to Panther Prowl at FIT

Panther Prowl at FIT starts today! For information on Panther Prowl, please go to http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit/home   Live video will be available Saturday at 8 am.  Click on the link below to view. http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit/results For more information on the team throughout the year, please follow us on our social media links. Shark Attack 744 Twitter  Shark Attack 744 Facebook Shark Attack 744 Instagram Shark Attack 744 Website Go Team 744 Shark Attack!  Go WA!

By Blake Matthews, ago

South Florida Regional Competition

Tomorrow, the South Florida Regional Competition at the Broward County Convention Center will be underway! Team 744 will compete in hopes of earning our place at the National Championship in Missouri! Please pray and come out to support Shark Attack Team 744 as we compete all weekend- Thursday, Friday and Saturday – at the South Florida Regional! Information and a live feed will hopefully be posted here in the near future.

By Blake Matthews, ago

Orlando Regional Competition Finals!

Shark Attack had a great two days of competing at the Orlando Regional Competition. The team finished the qualifying rounds with 9 wins and 1 loss and 4th in the team rankings.   In the finals, we won our quarter finals matches and then lost in the semi-finals to the regional winners.  Shark Attack was honored with the Motorola Quality Award, which celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication! Congratulations goes to Team 1592, 180, Read more

By Blake Matthews, ago

FIRST Orlando Regional Competition is a Success!

Currently ranked #8 out of 62 teams, Team 744 Shark Attack is keeping good standing in the rankings! Winning 6 out of our 7 matches, our standing should be enough to keep us in the top 20 for the elimination rounds today. Issues with the shooter found between our 6th and 7th matches yesterday were diagnosed and are currently being worked on. Our drivers are fantastic and shooting accuracy is substantially accurate! In our 4th match, Read more

By Blake Matthews, ago

Thanks for the Greatest Kickoff Ever!

Over 60 people participated in this kickoff event (I believe this is a team record).  We consumed more food than any previous kickoff.  We spent more man hours modeling the game than in any previous kickoff.  We demonstrated more robots and conducted more facility tours than in any previous kickoff.  We had more mentors and students involved in preliminary design than in previous years.  I counted at least 7 team alumni, 4 collegiate mentors, 10 Read more

By Blake Matthews, ago

Shark Attack takes on the FIT Panther Prowl Competition

Team 744 Is excited to be participating in FIT’s annual Panther Prowl competition! The team will leave on friday afternoon. The team will be at FIT September 28, 2013 from 8:30am – 4:30pm. There will be 21 teams there in total. Teams in attendance include: The PINK team, S.P.A.M., S*M*A*S*H, Exploding bacon and many more! For more information on the event, go to FIT’s Panther Prowl Website: http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit

By Blake Matthews, ago

Shark Attack Summer Fun

Shark Attack 744 has been busy this summer! First our robot got dressed up to play a role in the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School! Not sure about the green hair for a shark though…Then the robot visited summer camp at Westminster Academy and played basketball with the kids!

By Blake Matthews, ago
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