FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition To Be Held For 24th Consecutive Year

Ninety-Three Teams from Long Island, the U.S. and the World to Compete at Hofstra University for CHARGED UP(SM) Presented by Haas

Area students are charged up for the 24th annual FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition, which will be held in a double-header style, with tournaments March 21 to 22 and March 24 to 25 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Presented by FIRST Long Island, these back-to-back regionals feature 93 teams from across Long Island, New York State, the United States and around the world. These students, aged 14 to 18, utilize 120-pound robots to compete in alliance-style tournament rounds under this year’s challenge, dubbed CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas. Long Island residents are encouraged to attend to support these local high school students.

The FIRST Long Island Regionals feature teams of high school-aged students competing in a cooperative tournament-style robotics competition. Guided by their mentors, students rely on their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, competitive play and sportsmanship. This high-energy event further emphasizes the importance of high-impact partnerships between students, universities, businesses and communities.
In CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas, two alliances are invited to process game pieces to bring energy to their community. The alliances do this by retrieving their game pieces from substations and placing them into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the last moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station.
 
Each match begins with a 15-second autonomous period, during which time alliance robots operate only on pre-programmed instructions to score points by leaving their communities, retrieving and scoring game pieces onto the grid and docking on or engaging with their charge stations. In the final two minutes and 15 seconds of the match, drivers take control of the robots and score points by continuing to retrieve and score their game pieces onto the grid and docking on or engaging with their charge stations. The alliance with the highest score at the end of the match wins. 
 
This year marks the 24th season of the FIRST Robotics Competition on Long Island by FIRST Long Island’s late Founder Fred Breithut, using his vision for the students of Long Island and the innovative program developed through FIRST. Mr. Breithut, a former educator, founded FIRST Long Island in 1984 to address the gap between the skills needed by Long Island’s business community and the relevant preparation provided by local school districts. In the first 15 years of its operation, FIRST Long Island formed over 100 successful partnerships between high schools and local businesses.
 
In 2000, the inaugural FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition was held under a tent at Suffolk Community College’s Ammerman Campus in Selden, with 23 teams participating; it was the first-ever Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held in New York State. Since then, FIRST Robotics Competition on Long Island has grown tremendously. In 2018, FIRST Long Island hosted 78 teams, requiring two, rather than one, Regional events. In 2019, the Long Island Regional hosted 85 teams, with 17 competing from foreign countries—the most in the Regional’s history at that time.
 
The presenting co-sponsor of this year’s competition is Zebra Technologies, a technology development company that provides industry-tailored, end-to-end technological solutions for retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and other industries. FESTO Corporation has also announced that, once again, it is sponsoring the competition, as the company has done since the initial FIRST Robotics Competition Long Island Regional took place two decades ago.
 
The event is free to the public. Those in attendance are encouraged to cheer on their home teams, visit the teams’ pit areas to see firsthand how these students are able to program, repair and operate their robots. Visitors can also meet with FIRST Long Island representatives, who can explain to them the different tournaments the organization presents and how one can form a team.
“The FIRST Long Island Regional is an amazing way for students to showcase their talents in the STEM fields,” says Larry Toonkel, Co-Director, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Long Island. “We are very excited to see what all our Long Island teams bring to the table, and to host teams from across the state, the country and even the world at our tournaments.”
 
“We are certain that these dual events will provide an even greater level of exhilaration for participating teams and give our local teams an added opportunity to advance to the Championships,” adds Bertram Dittmar, Executive Director, FIRST Long Island. “With an increasing number of Long Island FIRST Robotics Competition teams joining each year, we plan to continue to double the events in our region. But, in order to accomplish this goal, we’ll need the continued support of our valued schools, families, volunteers and donors.”
 
FIRST Long Island is the title sponsor of the FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. 
 
Captain of Innovation-level sponsors include Zebra Technologies, Optimum, Farmingdale State College School of Engineering Technology, FESTO Corporation, PMMI, PSEG, Hofstra University, Long Island University (LIU Post), Northrop Grumman, Canon USA, Investors Bank, School Construction Consultants, Schenck USA, SCOPE Education Services, STERI Technologies, Stony Brook University, Telephonics Corporation. 
 
Friends of the Future-level sponsors include accessLinx, Inc.; Brookhaven Science Associates; Cradle of Aviation; The Dittmar Family; Engineers Joint Committee of Long Island (EJCLI); IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Stern Family.
 
 

Team No.

Team Name

School/Organization

Hometown

28

Pierson Whalers

Pierson Middle/High School

Sag Harbor

329

Mohawks

Patchogue Medford Senior High School

Medford

333

MEGALODONS

John Dewey High School

Brooklyn, NY

334

TechKnights

Brooklyn Technical High School

Brooklyn, NY

369

High Voltage Robotics

Tech High School

Brooklyn, NY

496

Royals

Earl Vandermeulen High School

Port Jefferson

527

Red Dragons

Plainedge High School 

Massapequa

545

ROBO-DAWGS

Island Trees High School 

Levittown

569

Rambots 569

East Meadow Kiwanis & Home School

Westbury

810

The Mechanical Bulls

Smithtown High School (East & West)

Smithtown

870

TEAM R.I.C.E

Southold High School (Junior & Senior) 

Southold

1155

SciBorgs

Bronx High School of Science

Bronx, NY

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School

Hicksville

1546

Chaos, Inc.

Baldwin Senior High School

Baldwin

2027

Robotic Dragons

Westbury High School

Old Westbury

2161

Robocats

Walt Whitman High School 

Huntington Station

2265

Fe Maidens 

Bronx High School of Science

Bronx, NY

2347

Trial and Error

Walter G O’Connell Copiague High School

Copiague 

2638

Rebel Robotics

Great Neck South High School

Great Neck

2869

Regal Eagles 

Bethpage High School

Bethpage

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School

Old Westbury

2875

CyberHawks

Cold Spring Harbor High School (Junior & Senior)

Cold Spring Harbor

3015

Ranger Robotics 

Spencerport High School 

Spencerport

3137

T-Birds

Connetquot Senior High School 

Bohemia

3171

HURRICANES

Westhampton Beach High School

Westhampton Beach

3950

RoboGym Robotics

North Shore High School

Glen Head

4122

Ossining O-Bots

Ossining High School

Ossining 

4458

Infernobotix

Center Moriches High School

Center Moriches 

5016

Huntington Robotics

Huntington High School

Huntington

5959

Team Supreme

Bridgehampton School 

Bridgehampton

5736

Kingsman Robotics

Kings Park High School

Kings Park

6401

8-bit RAMs

Clarkstown North High School

New City, NY

6423

Ward Melville Iron Patriots 

Ward Melville Senior High School

East Setauket

6593

HyperDrive Robotics

Richmond Hill High School

Richmond Hill

6969

Cyborgs6969

Clarkstown South High School

West Nyack

7004

Ossining Owls

Ossining High School

Ossining

7497

MARAHO

Taipei Municipal ChengGong Senior High School

Taipei, TPE

7636

Robomania

National Experimental High School at Central Taiwan Science Park

Daya Dist., TXG

7673

Formosan Sika

Heng Yee Catholic High School

New Taipei City, NWT

7759

Bulldog Bytes

Irvington High School

Irvington

8267

Riptide Robotics 8267

Long Beach High School

Long Beach

8595

This Is How We Play

New Taipei City Ger-Jyh

New Taipei City, NWT

8760

SOUND OF DIDYMA 1

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DIDIM

9016 *                 

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School

Syosset

 

The list of teams participating in the 2023 FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition #2 (March 24-25), is as follows:

 

Team No.

Team Name

School/Organization

Hometown

263

Aftershock 

Sachem High School (North & East)

Ronkonkoma

271

Mechanical Marauders

Bay Shore Senior High School

Bay Shore

287

Floyd Robotics 

William Floyd High School

Mastic Beach

329

Mohawks

Patchogue-Medford High School

Medford

353

POBots

John F Kennedy High School 

Plainview

358

Robotic Eagles

Hauppauge High School 

Hauppague 

514

Entropy 

Miller Place High School 

Miller Place

527

Red Dragons

Plainedge Senior High School 

Massapequa

533

The PSIcotics

Lindenhurst Senior High School

Lindenhurst

564

Longwood Robotics

Longwood High School

Middle Island

601

BayBots

Hampton Bays High School

Hampton Bays

694

StuyPulse

Stuyvesant High School 

New York, NY

806

The Brooklyn Blacksmiths

Xaverian High School 

Brooklyn, NY

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold High School (Junior & Senior)

Southold

871

Robotechs

West Islip Senior High School

West Islip

884

Mechanical Mules

Malverne Senior High School

Malverne

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School

Hicksville

1554

Oceanside Robotics

Home School

Oceanside 

1796

RoboTigers

Queens Technical High School

Queens

1803

Vikings

Paul D Schreiber High School

Port Washington

1880

Warriors of East Harlem

East Harlem Tutoring Program

New York, NY

2487

Mechanical Animals 

Sayville High School 

West Sayville

2601

Steel Hawks

Townsend Harris High School 

Flushing

2638

Rebel Robotics

Great Neck South High School 

Great Neck 

2869

Regal Eagles

Bethpage High School

Bethpage 

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School 

Old Westbury

2875

CyberHawks

Cold Spring Harbor High School (Junior & Senior)

Cold Spring Harbor

3204

Steampunk Penguins

Mary Louis Academy 

Jamaica Estates

3419

RoHawks

Hunter College High School 

New York, NY

3624

ThunderColts

Half Hollow Hills High School (East & West)

Huntington Station

4567

The Mechanized Mafia

Seaford High School

Seaford

4571

Rambots

Manhattan Center Science & Math

New York, NY

5099

Northport Robotics

Northport High School

Northport

5298

E-TECH CHARGERS

Energy Tech High School

Astoria

5599

The Sentinels

Benjamin N Cardozo High School

Bayside

5659

Team Supreme

Bridgehampton School

Bridgehampton

5736

Kingsmen Robotics

Kings Park High School 

Kings Park

6636

Full Metal Beavers

Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences

Jamaica, NY

6806

Mineola Wild Reds

Mineola High School

Mineola

6911

SO BOTZ

Tappan Zee High School

Orangeburg

6969

Cyborgs6969

Clarkstown South Senior High School

West Nyack

7673

Formosan Sika

Heng Yee Catholic High School

New Taipei City, NWT

7717

Steam Punks

St.  Michael’s School 

Santo Domingo, DR

8595

This Is How We Play

New Taipei City Ger-Jyh

New Taipei City, NWT

8739

Redhawk Robotics

High School for Construction Trades, Engineering & Architecture

Ozone Park

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School

Syosset

9184

Zeta

Sevenoaks School 

Sevenoaks, ENG

 

* Denotes a rookie team.