Welcome to the homepage of Vernon Township High School's Viking Robotics Team 1989, a FIRST Robotics team based in Vernon, New Jersey. Founded in 2007, we are the first public school in Sussex County to participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition.
After some brainstorming, we designed a wooden prototype soccer ball kicking mechanism. It uses a pneumatic piston to 'kick'.
VTHS Students: Can't view the video above while on the school network? YouTube is currently being blocked. We are planning to host the videos on this server as a workaround.
The 2010 FRC game has been announced! Called "Breakaway", the game has a distinct soccer theme. It is played with standard size 5 soccer balls, and the main objective is to score goals! However, the field has obstacles robots must overcome. 1 foot tall "bumps" run across the field, which may prevent robots from passing over them, or even cause robots to topple over. Bonus points are awarded if a robot can elevate itself off the ground and hang from a bar 7 feet high!
Vths Robotics is proud to announce that we have almost came up with a great design idea for the competition in March this year. The building stage and drawings in Inventor will be initiated shortly. Team 1989 all the way!
