Frog Force 503

Breaking News!!

Our FTC team, in addition to being on the winning alliance of the FIRST in Michigan West Ottawa FTC competition, has won the Inspire Award, which qualifiies them to attend the World Competition in St. Louis!

Most of Frog Force Frenzy is Online: http://www.youtube.com/FrogForceFrenzy2011

For the third year, Frog Force is hosting an FLL qualfiying tournament;  this year's new location is at Novi Middle School (49000 11 Mile Road, Novi, 48374).  Go here for more information:  http://frogforce503.org/content/frog-force-frenzy-2011

This year, there are a number of opportunities to share FIRST easily:

* the ABC special documenting the FIRST in Michigan State Championship can be viewed on YouTube here:  http://goo.gl/E4lab

* watch the CNN documentary, "Don't Fail Me", with Soledad O'Brien, which tracks three FRC teams on Saturday May 21 at 8pm (check your local cable guide for other broadcast times).  Three reasons to watch here:  http://goo.gl/YII6D

The 2011 Build Log, detailing the achievements of 503's groups for future reference, has been made availible for public viewing. it can be found at the top of the page, or here.

For weeks, members of team 503 have been working hard on a new resource for FRC teams.

Magna Seating, Frog Force's beloved sponsor, wanted the Shermanator (Frog Force's 2009 FRC robot) in their lobby. The Electrical Group didn't want to lose valuable parts such as cRIOs. They came to a compromise.

Kyle Gassel, Electrical Group Leader said, "We replaced the real cRIO and victors with look-alike, wooden, fake cRIOs and victors. They even had muffin fans."