16th Annual Governor’s Advanced Manufacturing and High Technology Summit
On November 2, 2018, Morpheus attended the 16th Annual Governor’s Advanced Manufacturing and High Technology Summit in Concord, New Hampshire. We brought Insomnado, our 2018 robot, to demo to the attendees. We talked about FIRST and our team with many people involved with manufacturing in New Hampshire. Team 5813 had a wonderful time at the Governor's Summit and hope to return in the future!
2018 River Rage
On October 27, 2018, Morpheus travelled to Manchester, New Hampshire to compete at River Rage 22. At this event, we ran rookie drivers in the qualifications and our competition drivers in eliminations. After loading in and running systems tests, we prepared for our first match. Unfortunately, the FMS was not working properly for the first few matches, so many teams were having a hard time. Luckily, these issues were fixed and the competition continued as usual. At the conclusion of the qualification rounds, we were ranked 13th. At River Rage, the first pick in alliance selection is random, and Alliance 1 gets the first selection in the second round of picks. We were thrilled to be picked by our good friends on Team 131 (CHAOS) and Team 319 (Big Bad Bob) to compete on Alliance 2. After ensuring that our robot fit properly on 319's forks, we devised a strategy where we would work with 319 to control the scale, while 131 would control our switch and vault while helping on the scale as needed. In our first quarterfinal match, our alliance meshed perfectly and was only about 30 points away from a perfect score in FIRST Power Up! After winning the next quarterfinal match, we breezed through the semifinals to face Alliance 1, which consisted of Team 6328 (Mechanical Advantage), Team 1922 (Oz-Ram), and Team 1519 (Mechanical Mayhem). After two hard-fought matches, our alliance emerged victorious! We had won River Rage for the second time in three years! We would like to thank Team 131 (CHAOS), Team 238 (Crusaders), and Team 501 (Power Knights) for hosting another fantastic River Rage. It was great working with both 131 and 319, and we hope to work with them again soon! Our last competition of the season is 319's Battle of the Bay in a few weeks. See you there!
2018 RoboExpo
On September 22, 2018, Morpheus members travelled to the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, New Hampshire, to participate in 1058's annual RoboExpo. Throughout the day, we participated in several exhibition matches to show the public the excitement of the FIRST Robotics Competition. We talked with several mall-goers about FIRST and explained what our team does. Thank you to Team 1058 (PVC Pirates) for hosting another fun RoboExpo. We can't wait to return next year!
FIRST Place FLL Summer Camp Demonstration
Today, Morpheus attended an FLL summer camp at FIRST Place in Manchester, NH, to talk to campers about FIRST, FRC, and our team. We also demonstrated our 2016 robot, Goatnado, and the campers had a fun time catching the boulder. Additionally, we explained what FRC is and what our team does every season. After the demo, we were excited to investigate the 2014 practice bot of World Champion Team 254 (The Cheesy Poofs). It was neat to see all the innovative design techniques that were employed by one of the most inspirational teams in FIRST. We had a great time presenting at the FIRST Place 2018 FLL summer camp! Thank you for inviting us, FIRST!
2018 Season Recap
Today, Morpheus is proud to present our 2018 Season Recap video! The video is available both on the Media page or on YouTube.
In 2018, we became finalists at Week 0, won the Innovation in Control award at SE Mass, were Finalists at UNH, and were alliance captains in the Curie Division at the Detroit Championship! We placed in the top 3 percent of teams in the world!
We have won several awards so far in the offseason and have a few more competitions left with with our 2018 robot, Insomnado, before the Destination: Deep Space kickoff in January 2019.
Concord Rotary Club Visit
Today, August 7, 2018, members of Team 5813 attended a meeting of the Concord Rotary Club with our 2016 robot, Goatnado. We had a fantastic time talking to the members about FIRST, FRC, and our team. It was exciting to see what a Rotary Club meeting is like! We would like to thank one of our sponsors, Dr. Luba Richter, for helping to coordinate our presentation!
2018 Summer Heat
On July 14, 2018, Morpheus members travelled to South Portland, Maine, to compete in the 2018 Summer Heat offseason event, which is hosted by Team 58 (Riot Crew). After loading in, we were excited to see that the pits were right next to the field, which meant that we wasted almost no time walking to the field and we could watch every match. Unfortunately, we had a code issue which caused us to miss our first match, but we bounded back and ended the qualification rounds in fourth place. During Alliance Selection, we were picked by our friends Team 131 (CHAOS) to join Alliance 2. Together, we selected team 6153 (Blue Crew) to round out our alliance. In eliminations, we ran our scale auto and CHAOS ran their switch auto. Our alliance breezed through the quarterfinals and semifinals to face Alliance 1 in the finals. In the first match, we were behind after auto, but battled back and controlled the scale for over half the match. Unfortunately, we ended up losing Finals 1 by only 33 points. In Finals 2, Alliance 1 played very aggressive defense, which caused our alliance to struggle to keep up on the scale. Ultimately, we became event finalists and got an extremely neat trophy for our accomplishments! We had a great time working with Team 131 and Team 6153 and hope to work with them again soon! Thank you to Team 58 for hosting such a fun event!
2018 Concord Market Days
On June 23, 2018, Morpheus participated in a robot demonstration at the 2018 Concord, NH, Market Days in coordination with Team 1721 (Tidal Force). Since it was raining fairly hard, we were glad that there was a tent covering the stage where we would be presenting our robot. Our teams set up a mock scale and a mock climbing bar. We took turns placing cubes in the scale and climbing the rung. While we were demonstrating our robot, our members talked to the community members about FIRST and our teams. Despite the rain, a large crowd was inspired by our robots. We had a great time at Market Days with Team 1721 and hope to return next year.
2018 Mayhem in Merrimack
On June 9, 2018, Morpheus participated in the 2018 Mayhem in Merrimack in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Throughout the qualifications, we helped several teams with technical issues. Morpheus members assisted Team 5962 with assembling a Versaplanetary gearbox and Team 6762 with connecting to their radio. In our qualification matches, we were able to earn the auto ranking point every match and control the scale. Additionally, in several matches, we were able to get four ranking points. We ended up winning all five of our qualification matches. At the end of qualifications, we were excited to find that we were rank 1 with a ranking score of 3.20! During alliance selection, we selected our friends and 2017 District Championship Finalist alliance partner Team 1519 (Mechanical Mayhem) to join Alliance 1. On the second round, we picked up Team 5962 (PerSEVERE). Going into the double eliminations bracket, we were fairly confident in our alliance's ability to perform. We won the first match handily but had some unexpected elevator issues. It turns out that two of our four elevator motors had burned out! We quickly replaced them before our match against Alliance 4. Unfortunately, in that match, another motor burned out, causing our elevator to have more issues, which caused us to lose that match. Because we had lost a match, we were now playing in the "loser bracket," and our next match would once again be against Alliance 8. Luckily, we were able to replace the broken motor before the next match. In that match, our elevator was working fine, but about halfway through the match, the conduit carrying wires for our intake accidentally got stuck in another team's intake and pulled several wires out. Although the wires had gotten pulled out and our climber hook fell off, we were able to win the match. Before our match against Alliance 3, we were able to fix most of the wires. In our match against Alliance 3, our hook fell off again and we were not able to maintain control of the scale, so we ended up losing that match. Because of the nature of a double eliminations bracket, we had just been eliminated. It was wonderful to work with Team 1519 and Team 5962, and we hope to work with them again in the future. During the award ceremony, we were thrilled to receive the Gracious Professionalism Award for the assistance that we gave to several teams! We would like to congratulate Team 319 (Big Bad Bob), Team 131 (CHAOS), and Team 885 (The Green Team) on wining the event! Despite having several mechanical problems, Morpheus had a great time at Mayhem in Merrimack.
2018 Concord TV Interview
On June 5, 2018, Concord TV broadcast an interview with our team that took place a few weeks ago. The interview was conducted by Gisela Weber and covered our 2018 successes as well as the opportunities available on our team. We would like to thank Ms. Weber for coming over to our workshop talk to us about our team!
The interview can be found on Vimeo here.