So we had so much fun at the regoinals and thoguht we would share the photos we took:

FRC Logomotion game description This year’s competition is an exciting array of flying inner tubes, armies of minibots, and a mob of excited fans jumping and dancing their way to victory. What exactly is “Logo-Motion”? Well for starters, the FIRST logo is a combination of triangles, circles, and squares. The game pieces are shaped to represent different parts of the logo; which the robots hang on pegs set at each side of the field. If the tubes are arranged into the form of a complete logo, bonus points are added.

            Since the Ratchet Rockers first year the team has won a grand total of 9 awards ranging from Rookie of the Year in 2005 all the way up to the Creativity award in 2011 at the St. Louis Regional Competition. In 2005 the Ratchet Rockers won the “Rookie of the Year” award which is given to one team at each regional competition. In 2007 the team won the “FIRST Judges Award” which is a distinguished award given out by the judges at each competition. In 2008, the team was featured on the PBS national documentary “Gearing Up” which followed 4 teams though the build season and their respective regional competitions. The documentary aired in 2009.

In 2009, the team won the St. Louis regional competition along side Bomb Squad and the Lightning Lancers. Winning the Regional granted them the ability to compete in the international competition in Atlanta GA. In 2010 the Ratchet Rockers won the “Innovation in Control Award” and placed 7^th out of 35 teams that participated in the competition. Lastly in 2011 the team was a finalist in the St. Louis Regional and received the Creativity award for the creative use of design and materials in the minibot design.