our
Accomplishments
2021-2022 season
Ridge Robotics qualification match
November 14th, 2021
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Ridge Robotics started off the year strong by competing at our first meet of the season last week. We competed in 7 qualification matches. And at the end of the day, we were able to get second place with a score of 527.
2020-2021 season
global virtual robotics convention
January 21, 2020
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We co-hosted this convention with Vex and Mustang Robotics to spread awareness of FIRST and STEM. With over 50 attendees, we had 2 guest speakers, talk about their experience in STEM, and held 2 workshops.
Ridge Robotics at States
June 19, 2021
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We competed in the State Championship once again this year. We managed to rank 7th in the State by winning the Motivate award. While this would have qualified us to World's, unfortunately it was cancelled for this pandemic season. Nonetheless, we finished the season well with a strong performance in the Turnpike division.
2019-2020 SEASON
Ridge Robotics Advances to States
January 21, 2020
This past weekend at the Dragon Summit qualifier held in Summit, NJ, we qualified for NJ's FTC state competition, after placing 2nd for the Inspire Award. We also were nominated for 3 out of the 6 judged awards, and won the Think Award. Congratulations and best of luck to the other teams! Thank you Summit for being great hosts. States will be held on March 15th at Columbia High School, Maplewood. We look forward for states!
Libery Science Center Exhibition
February 18, 2019
During the Presidents Day weekend, Ridge Robotics was invited to Liberty Science Center, along with 3 other FTC teams and many other robotics teams from various challenges.
Westfield high school Regional qualifer
December 17, 2019
The past weekend, we were nominated for 3 out of the 6 judged awards, and won the Think Award. We look forward to our next regional qualifier on January 15th. Congratulations and good luck to the other teams!
2018-2019 SEASON
Robo-Joust vii qualifier
December 9, 2018
Although we faced many challenges, we were still able to be nominated for 4 out of the 6 awards and won the 1st place inspire award!
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Inspire Award (1st place)
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Connect Award (nominated)
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Motivate Award (nominated)
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Think Award (nominated)
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Design Award (nominated)
Early Bee meet 2018
November 11, 2018
Our first competition of the year went very well, and we hope to continue on our winning streak throughout the season.
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Finalist of Central Division
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Highest Points Scored by an Alliance in a Match
2017-2018 SEASON
New Jersey "Garden State Rumble" Championship 2018
February 25, 2018
For the second time in a row, Ridge Robotics was able to compete in the NJ State Finals. We had a great second season, and hope to do better next year!
Battle in the Blizzard meet
January 14, 2018
This meet was a great opportunity for us to practice and refine all aspects of our robot. We achieved a total of two awards:
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Finalist Alliance
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Audacious Autonomous Award
Liberty Science center qualifier 2018
January 6, 2018
Our second Qualifier in the 2017-2018 season turned out to be one of our best, where we won the Inspire Award and were nominated for 5 other awards:
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Inspire Award Winner
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Finalist Alliance Captian
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Connect Award (Nominated)
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Design Award (Nominated)
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Innovate Award (Nominated)
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Think Award (Nominated)
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Motivated Award (Nominated)
Robo-joust VI Qualifier
December 10, 2017
As our first qualifier in the second year of FTC, we made great strides to set the stage for an even better season:
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Inspire Award (Nominated)
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Connect Award
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Semifinalist of Central Division
2016-2017 season
Mid-Winter Weekend Meet
January 15, 2017
Following the last qualifier, our team had become well-oiled machine, and the meet resulted in another good showing:
Winning Alliance Captain
Most Points Scored By A Team​
New Jersey "Garden State Rumble" Championship 2017
February 26, 2017
Going to our FIRST States in our FIRST year was an accomplishment in itself:
Semifinalist of Parkway Division
Liberty Science Center Qualifier 2017
January 8, 2017
Our second ever qualifier was intimidating but eventually, we conquered it, gaining an astonishing 5 nominations, and 2 awards:
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Inspire Award 2nd Place
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PTC Design Award
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Finalist Alliance Award
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Control Award (Nominated)
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Think Award (Nominated)
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Innovate Award (Nominated)
Robo-CATastrophe VI Qualifier
December 4, 2016
As a rookie team, our first qualifier was more of a learning experience for us, although we did gain small victories:
Think Award (Nominated)