Mid-Atlantic Robotics (MAR) Region Championships

Liacouras Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

MAR District Championships 2012 panorama

MOE had a great time at the MAR District Championships! With so many competitive and well-reputed teams at this event, we knew that the team would be in for an exciting couple of days. MOE got off to a slow start, seeding in the twenties, but we battled back and managed to earn the number 6 seed before alliance selection. We decided to become our own alliance captains and subsequently picked team 222, Tigertrons, and 1626, the Falcons. Our alliance made it all the way to semifinals before being knocked out by the 7th alliance.

At this event, MOE received the Motorola Quality Award which celebrates robot "robustness in concept and fabrication." We also revealed two new features of our robot at MAR: the "harpoon" (nicknamed the "poon") to help us triple balance and our ball compressibility sensor. Both features helped us become more competitive and effective on the court.

Awards Given by MOE to Other Teams

Award	Team #	Team Name
Functional Integrity	25	Raider Robotics
Gracious Professionalism	869	Power Cord
Imagery	303	Test Team
Safety	3142	C-Perture
Spirit	75	Robo Raiders
Unique Design	1302	Pope John Robotics

Media Gallery

View of the pits at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship

Pit crew works on the chassis in between matches.

Anqi demonstrates MOE's newest invention for triple balancing. We call it the harpoon.

CoMOEtion warms up on the practice field.

I want YOU... to get that ball under the bridge and shoot it.

An important part of MOE's success is its amazing scouting team.

Dean Kamen's brother Bart, and his daughter, visit the MAR Championships.

Chaz, our human player, winds up during the Hail Mary period.

MOE wobblies in action. We even made 3 of them into glowing team numbers!

MOE's intense and well-organized pit. This pit took years to develop and we've put the plans online if you would like to replicate it.

Driver Jeremy and function operator Steven focus intenly on a match.

Oh no! MOE falls off the bride during a qualification match.

Recognizing Our Volunteers

Brian, one of the inspectors for MAR, laughs without realizing that we've siezed the moment to take a picture of him.

Ollie and James hand out safety glasses.

Special Inspector's Award!

MOE mentor, Brian Lucas, the head inspector at the Lenape district event, gave an award to team 25 for being gracious for suffering through their multitude of re-inspections at Lenape. Team 25's drive would completely chew up the basketballs and cover them with grease, so Brian and Rizzo awarded them a demolished ball with bolts and treads glued to them.