Team 1493 Presents: Noteworthy
Team 1493 is locked in and ready to rumble at the New York Tech Valley Regional with our robot “Noteworthy”. See you soon!
2024 Robot Progress Update.
Team 1493 has been hard at work building the robot for this season! Here’s a sneak peak!
2024 Design Progress Update
The Falcons were hard at work this week building the robot and practice field! The robot is coming together really nicely!
2024 Kick-Off
Team 1493 is excited to start the 2024 season with its annual kick-off! We went on a deep dive into the game and its elements!
2023 Robot Rumble & Other Updates
Team 1493 placed well at the 2023 Robot Rumble in Ballston Spa! The main robot placed 2nd while the 2nd robot driven by newer members placed 4th! We have also been hard at work upgrading our space and taking down old parts from our practice field.
2023 Robot Rumble Prep
Team 1493 Falcons gears up for the upcoming Robot Rumble hosted at Ballston Spa. First-year training has started and the team has even entered a second robot for aspiring drivers and operators!
Falcon Team at Houston
Team 1493 travelled to Houston, TX for the FIRST Championship event with 454 teams included in the competition. Out of the 76 teams in the Newton division of the Championship, we placed rank 23. Outside of the fun in the competition, we visited NASA and an aquarium, with lots of team building experiences everywhere.
Two Pre Championship Practice Matches April 9, 2022
Newly designed intake works great, and the improved shooter is now 95% accurate. Looking good for the Championship on April 20-23, 2022 in Houston, TX.
Newly Designed Pneumatically Powered Intake for the Championship
A new intake that can be lowered and raised as needed to avoid damage from other robot interaction.
Links to news stories on our team this past year.
Times Union story form Feb 11, 2022: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-High-engineering-wiz-kids-headed-to-16849950.php
Spectrum News story from March 16, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=8C2XGWf_1o8
Photos from the 2022 Tech Valley FRC Competition
Team photo with Albany City Schools Superintendent Adams, in center in purple.
Team photo with ALbany MAyor Kathy Sheehan
Trophies received at the Tech Valley Regional: Finalist and Innovation in Control Award
Went 9 and 1 in qualifier matches, finished runner up after final matches. Received “Wild Card” invitation to Houston for World Championship in late April.
And of course a Five Ball Auto
Our programmers are great!!
Two Ball Auto Routine
Working on programming a third, fourth and fifth ball auto routine.
Team 1493 Robot Reveal Video “Rein”
“Rein”- is short for reintroduce, reinvent, and reimagine. All of things that we did with our program after a 2 year absence from competing. The team will compete against 45 other teams from the US and beyond on March 14-16th at the MVP Center.