Category: Announcements

indiegogo — what’s that? indiegogo is “the world’s funding platform.” It’s a way of crowd-sourcing fund-raising for all kinds of endeavors. While Team 4180 has been very fortunate to receive...

It’s in the bag! The Iron Riders robot, that is, as of 9:49 pm on Stop Build Day, February 19. (Over two hours before the deadline, woot!) After an...

OK, here we go on the 2013 build season — Frisbees! We had a great Kickoff day on Saturday, January 5. It started, very, very early (6:00 am in...

On Friday, December 14th, 2012, the Iron Riders robot made an appearance at the RHS Winter Assembly! Last year’s robot chassis was outfitted with a custom-made t-shirt cannon, and...

Hi everyone, and welcome to the 2012-13 FIRST Robotics season! We are excited to host a kickoff meeting for our team mentors, parents, volunteers, and friends this week. The...

On the morning of the final day of the competition, I was briefly interviewed on KOMO radio about the FIRST Robotics Competition and this year’s “Rebound Rumble” challenge. Just...

RoboRiders, Based on the survey request I put out, it seems that Tuesdays are the best day for everyone to meet, for now at least. So I would like...

Thank to mentor John, we have videos of many of the matches. I’ve posted them on YouTube. Here they are:       ...

I wish I had written this last Saturday, when it was all fresh in my mind, but I’m hoping that the enthusiasm of the day will carry forward into...

Today was day 2 of the FIRST Robotics Competition for Team 4180. Robbie competed in all 8 of his scheduled matches today and the RoboRiders had several successes in...