FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 2   Cougar Robotics is closing a critical week in build season with impressive progress.  Mr. Leicht is “extremely proud of the robot prototypes that have been developed,” and he believes the team is prepared well for the coming weeks building the actual robot.  This past […]

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 1   After the Steamworks theme for this year’s FIRST competition was officially announced, Montgomery FIRST Team 1403 started off the build season with fervor and extreme enthusiasm. On the Monday and Tuesday following Kickoff, the team made designs for each part of the robot and point strategy. On […]

11th Annual Kickoff On Saturday, January 7th, 2017, after months of anticipation and hard work, 31 teams gathered in Skillman, New Jersey at Montgomery High School for the 11th annual kickoff, which officially starts the build season. Before the official Kickoff was broadcasted from Manchester, England, students got the opportunity to attend workshops held by […]

The final Cougar Class took place on December 14th, 2016. As students entered the classroom, Michael Leicht started his presentation about the importance of responsibility, and sharing personal anecdotes to entertain and educate the students. At the end of the presentation, all the students learned an important lesson: one should always take responsibility for his […]

Mrs. Leicht started the 4th Cougar Class by giving a presentation about mannerisms and etiquette. She educated students on skills such as placing utensils on the table or giving a proper handshake. After the presentation, the students were individually given a Lost at Sea ranking chart, on which the students were given the challenge of […]

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Cougar Class #3 In the third cougar class, the students focused on critical thinking.  First, the team was introduced with the metaphor of a body to illustrate a robot.  The controls were the brain; the blood was the electrical system, and the skeleton was the frame.  By comparing a […]

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Cougar Class #2 The second Cougar Class focused on the design of the robot. It started off with Michael Leicht giving a presentation, talking about the factors that have to be considered when designing a robot. This included being able to identify the different forces acting on an object, […]

This year, Team 1403 participated in the newly introduced activity, “Trunk or Treats.” Using the trunks of 5 members of robotics, our team gave candy to fellow children in our district. With our “Recycle Rush” Robot from the previous year on display, we allowed children to press the button which activated the dispense of candy […]

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Cougar Class #1 On October 19, 2016, Team 1403’s held their first Cougar Class of the year. Beginning with a presentation by Michael Leicht, he expounded on our team’s value, the importance of sub-teams within a team, and background information on our achievements. Concluding his presentation with a comparison of each sub-team’s […]

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 6 Entering our last week of Build Season, FIRST Team 1403 is collectively working together to put their final touches on their product. After a successful five weeks of build season, all of the sub-teams are almost finished with all of their assignments Team Captain Rhea […]