One of the oldest teams not just in Florida, FIRST Robotics Competition team 59, RamTech is located in Westchester in Miami, FL. Established in 1997, the team has competed alongside some of the highest seated teams in the nation.
Not only has it been able to strive as a FIRST Robotics team, but it has expanded in recent years as a major engineering organization at its founding grounds, Miami Coral Park Sr. High School. Through the club, each year students are able to compete in many different S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) related competitions.
Fun fact: In 1997 our FIRST Robotics team number was 42. In 1998 we became 59.
RamTech is sponsored by Motorola Solutions, Florida Power & Light, John Deere, Kingspan, Department of Defense STEM and Suncoast Elevators.
Our FIRST Robotics Competition teams will be playing the game “Rapid React“, which is played by two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and completing specific challenges in order to score points.
The main scoring elements are “Cargo,” represented by over-sized tennis balls, about the size of a soccer ball, which teams vie to shoot into a central Hub and then a climbing challenge that provides extra points at the end of a match, depending on high up the hangar assembly their robots can go before the buzzer signals the end of the match. The overall objective of each match is to score more points than the opposing alliance before the match ends.
You can enjoy a full weekend of Rapid React gameplay at ROBOTICON, at University Mall (soon to be RITHM at Uptown) , in Tampa, FL, October 8 & 9!
There will also be an Innovation Fair for all to enjoy and opportunities to learn how to get involved in or start teams in your school or community. ROBOTICON Tampa Bay is free and open to the public. Visit our event page to see the schedule for our Manufacturing Month event, which will feature different competitive robotics programs each weekend in October! Teams interested in registering can do so HERE through September 30.