Welcome!
Welcome to the official website for the Avon High School FIRST robotics team 1124, the UberBots. We are an organization working to promote science and technology not only in our school but also in our community. From our humble beginnings in 2003, we have grown immensely over the past nine years gaining national recognition for our hard work and accomplishments. In addition, we are now the proud winners of four Connecticut regionals as well as winners of many community outreach awards. Finally, we have recently become a 501(c)(3) for our non-profit work promoting science education. More information about our team, its history, and its upcoming events can be found around our website. Whether you are an interested student, a concerned parent, or a respected member of the community, we want to hear from you and we thank you for taking the time to learn more about us.
Thank you!
The UberBots
**Please excuse any issues, outdated information, or bad links because we are currently in the process of updating them. Thank you.
Visit our New Website!
The up-to-date calendar resides here, and soon much more will, too. Click here to visit the new site.
Kickoff 2016
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Part of the UberBots
Register for the Forums to discuss FIRST, the team, this year's competition, or anything else, with other team members, mentors, and parents.
Check the calendar to see scheduled team events.
Keep up to date on the Team Blog to know what the team has been up to recently.
Check the calendar to see scheduled team events.
Keep up to date on the Team Blog to know what the team has been up to recently.
Parents
Sign up for the email list to stay up to date with the team.Team Members
Make sure to sign up for the team member email list from your Forums account control panel.Mentors
Sign up for meetings you can attend with the calendar.Interested in Joining the UberBots
As a Team Member
View our calendar and come to a meeting!As a Mentor
Visit the FIRST mentors and coaches page to learn about becoming a mentor.A Member of Another Team
Visit our page with resources for other FIRST Teams for tutorials and information about how we run our team.
Check out the Team Blog to see what the UberBots have been doing recently.
Check out the Team Blog to see what the UberBots have been doing recently.
New to FIRST
Check out our About FIRST to learn about the program.
Go to usfirst.org to learn even more about the organization.
Go to the Helpful Links page to find other great resources about FIRST.
Visit some of the links above to learn more about the organization FIRST and our team, the UberBots.
Mouse over the "About" tab to learn about all the different parts of our team, the UberBots.
Read the "what, how, why" section below.
Watch the "About our team" video above.
Go to usfirst.org to learn even more about the organization.
Go to the Helpful Links page to find other great resources about FIRST.
Visit some of the links above to learn more about the organization FIRST and our team, the UberBots.
Mouse over the "About" tab to learn about all the different parts of our team, the UberBots.
Read the "what, how, why" section below.
Watch the "About our team" video above.
A Potential Sponsor
To keep up with what the team is doing, visit the Team Blog.
What we do
Each January, we kickoff our season by learning a "game" for a robot to play set forth by an organization called FIRST. Then we have six weeks (known as build season) to plan, build, and program a robot for our team. After build season, we compete in the Connecticut Regional (and The WPI Regional in 2010 and the Chesapeake Regional in 2011) and the international championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Outside of this "season" between Kickoff and the Championship, we do dozens of community demos and fundraisers to build awareness about science, technology, and robotics.
How we do it
Building our robot as well as building our team requires mechanical, programming, engineering, business, marketing, and leadership skills, which our members learn and develop on the team thanks to experienced team members and our adult leaders and mentors. We would be nowhere without our sponsors and mentors. The knowledge and support of our mentors are what makes the program so fun and educational. Most importantly, we would like to thank UTC Fire and Security who helps more than anybody to make our team possible. For more information, please visit our Mentor and Sponsor pages.
Why we do it
We spend all this time building a robot as well as our team to work to spread the ideals of FIRST around our community. We work to help make true FIRST's vision: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated." In addition, we work "to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders" through exposure to science, technology, and gracious professionalism which we accomplish both within the team and outside it through our numerous community demos and fundraisers. Go to usfirst.org to learn more about the FRC program.
