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ROLL coaches students in robotics competitions sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Teams are divided by age group into Jr. FLL, FLL, FTC, and FRC competitions. A description of all the programs can be found on FIRST's Family of Programs page.

Since 2008, Lincoln Laboratory has sponsored teams in regional, statewide, and national tournaments. In 2009, ROLL began sponsoring sister teams at local schools. These teams met every weekend throughout the fall to build and program their robots and practice performing robotic challenges. Beginning in 2010, several Laboratory teams were also sponsored by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP).

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Below, see ROLL's robotics teams per school year.

2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009

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2011-2012 Teams

To kickoff the 2011-2012 FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) season, Lincoln Laboratory ROLL volunteers, John Peabody and Loretta Bessette, became Massachusetts FTC affiliate partners. They hosted a kickoff event for FTC teams in Massachusetts. More than 200 teams attended a variety of workshops and more than 200 people got a first look at the unveiling of the 2011 challenge video streamed online in real time. The video can be viewed here.

MA FTC was developed as a resource for Massachusetts FTC teams to collaborate and coordinate in preparation for scrimmages and competitions.

The FLL challenge for 2011-12 was Food Factor.

 

The FTC challenge for the 2011-2012 season was Bowled Over.

 

Photos from some of the Laboratory teams competing in the 2011-12 season are below.

 

The Laboratory gained a new sister team this year, the Rivers School from Weston, MA. The Rivers School formed its first FTC team with help from Lincoln Laboratory. The 2011-2012 team is pictured below.

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2010-2011 Teams

	FTC Team 2875 MITiBOT	Challenge:
	MA State Championship
	CT State Championship
	In the News	Robotics team hosts qualifier
	In the News	Teams rise to Tech Challenge
	World Championship	Winning Alliance Award
	In the News	Robotic Success in St. Louis
	see Team 2875's web page

	FTC Team 4466 R.A.B.B.I. NDEP sponsored	Challenge:
	Regional Competition	Think Award
	NY Qualifier	Inspire Award
	Team outreach demonstrations	First Night Boston Museum of Science National Robotics Week
	In the News	6 Waltham students win robotics
	In the News	RABBI Robotics
	In the News	Robot has all the right moves (scroll)
	World Championship	Inspire Award
	In the News	Robotic Success in St. Louis
	see Team 4466's website

 

	FTC Team 3590 E-Lemon-Aters (formerly Duckroll)	Challenge:
	CT State Championship
	NH State Championship	Ranked 8 out of 14 teams Finalist for the Inspire Award PTC Design Award

	FTC Team 3615 Spy Ponders NDEP sponsored	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament
	MA State Championship	Ranked 14 out of 23 teams after 5 qualifying rounds

 

	FRC Team 2871 J.D. O'Bryant School	Challenge:
	Boston Regional FRC Tournament
	Beantown Blitz
	WPI Battlecry
	see Team 2871's website

 

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	FLL Team 1374 LLAMAs	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament	1st place - robot playoffs
	Regional Tournament	2nd place - research project
	Regional Tournament	3rd place - robot performance
	MA State Championship	1st place - research project
	MA State Championship	1st place - robot playoffs

	FLL Team 1376 Terminators	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament
	MA State Championship

	FLL Team 1375 Purple Popcorn Eaters	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament	One of the top 12 teams
	MA State Championship	One of the top 64 teams in the state

	FLL Team 8412 Insane Robot Posse	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament
	MA State Championship	One of the top 64 teams in the state

	FLL Team 1377 Super Silly Scientific Solvers	Challenge:
	Regional Tournament
	MA State Championship