River City Robots | What's New

What's New
(from the past)

"Crater Cat" gets an offseason upgrade

We were very sad to not make the IRI this year. The demand to get into IRI shows what a great event this has come to be. During the wait we were able to successfully reconfigured the Crater Cat into a front shooter. It appeared that all this work was just for the exercise of doing it until we were accepted to compete at the Cow town ThrowDown in KC In November. We took a group with a couple of veterans and many rookies and had a great time, gaining some very valuable driver practice for the future. The Crater Cat performed very well! Team 1094 would like to thank team 1730 and all the people who made this offseason event so much fun.

"Crater Cat" competes at the St. Louis & KC Regionals!
The 2009 RCR FRC team competed in both the Kansas City and St. Louis regional competitions We hope to announce a trip to IRI very soon....

See match video & more @ The Blue Alliance!
"Crater Cat"

"Crater Cat Cometh"

With 10 working days to go the 2009 build season the Channel Cats robot dubbed "Crater Cat" is coming together nicely. We have a lot of finishing touches left to do before the ship date, most of them around the conveyor for scoring and decoration.

Once again we would like to thank Team 931 from Gateway high school for inviting us to their lair for a lot of much needed driver practice and robot testing. Your generosity for all you do in the name of FIRST is greatly appreciated by Team 1094!

Check out some cat practice video from gateway!

Here We Go Again!
The Channel Cats had a good turn out for the 2009 Kickoff at the St. Louis Science Center. We learned all about this year's game. WOW.... The playing field has been leveled this year! It should be very interesting!

Daily meetings for the build season will start Monday, January 5th 2009!
6:30PM to 9PM Monday through Friday and Saturday 9AM to whenever.

Here is a link to learn about this years game, or even better....
stop by and see what were doing for yourself!

The Game

Password to open the PDFs: 1GiantLeap4FRC

Gearing up for 2009!

The River City Robots FRC team "The Channel Cats" is gearing up for the upcoming season. We are again registered for the St. Louis regional held this year at the Chavitz Center in University City

As the 2008 FRC season comes to a close "The Channel Cats" team is staying active. We are working on possible drive train ideas for next year. Working with other local teams on the 2009 controls system. Designing a light show for the upcoming O'Fallon Celebration of Lights and many other exciting things! Come and join us at our next meeting! Join our Email List to be sure of meeting times!

We will be in several demos in the near future. Come and see us at next Tuesday's River City Rascals Game (August 26) or the exciting Robotics Showcase (August 28) sponsored by Partners for Progress. For more details see our calendar page!

It's not over yet for Hydra!

Team 1094The Channelcats have once again been invited to attend the Indianapolis Robotics Invitational! We have really enjoyed this off season event over the last 2 seasons and would like to express a special thanks to the teams who sponsor it.

Come Join us if you can! It will be FUN!

http://indianafirst.org/
http://indianaroboticsinvitational.org

Hydra competes at the St. Louis Regional!
The 2008 RCR FRC team performed admirably in finishing 9th overall in the STL Regional. After qualification, the team was selected by team 494 who placed 3rd overall to compete in the finals. Team 1885 was added to round out the alliance. The alliance fought valiantly through the quarter finals and won the best of three by winning 2 matches in a row. The alliance was then edged out 2-0 in the semifinals.

See match video & more @ The Blue Alliance!

We could not be prouder of our 2008 team.

They played through the competition with the things that are most important, they had fun!, they learned a lot!, & they did it all with gracious professionalism!

But wait...It's not over yet!

The team will be heading to Atlanta to compete in the Championship Event!
Come check us out if you can or check back here for more information after!

Introducing the 2008 Channel Cats Robot!
"Hydra"

The Catfish practice with Team 931 at 931's home. Thanks Team 931

See the Video!

This is the Channel Cats Team 1094, 2007 robot being

driven with a TV remote and the 2008 IR receiver.

See The Video!

The Channel Cats Animation Team
releases their 2008 Safety Animation!

See The Video!

RCR Headquarters has moved!
Check out our new digs!

Gearing up for 2008!

We are very excited to be registered not only for the 2008 St. Louis Regional Competition but also the 2008 National Competition in Atlanta. This will be the second trip to Atlanta for the Channel Cats and the first for many of our team members. Try to Catch the Channel Cats at one of these awesome events!

2007 IRI
Talent Show Video
Day 1 Pictures

2007 RCR Autodesk Animation Entry

2007 St. Louis Regional Competition Report

The Channel Cats and the 2007 robot "Nässen Macher" (makers wet) had a GREAT showing at the St. Louis Regional Competition! We made a lot of new friends and had a wonderful time. We made it into the Semi Finals and missed a chance at going to the finals literally by a thread.

No Matter! We achieved our goals which were to spread the word of FIRST and have a great time doing it!

Our matching hats, pits and orange enthusiasm earned us the Imagery award for the second year in a row. The "Catfish Kid" was present doing all the usual dances with the other mascots. Our Autodesk animation entry graced the big screen along with the others.

We would like to thank all the volunteers, judges, referees, FIRST teams, and all the crazy fans.

Look for us at the IRI later this year!

Check out our pictures HERE! Match List

The Fish Practices at Gateway Tech
See the video!

River City Robots get a Proclamation From the City of O'Fallon!
See the Video!

January 6th, 2007
Right after the FIRST Kickoff a number of our catfish made their way up river to ITT Technical Institute in Earth City for a grand tour and the presentation of a $2,000 check.

Thank you ITT! We enjoyed the tour and I think we may have opened a few eyes to your exceptional educational opportunities.

Without your support we couldn't exist!

The 2007 Build Season

The 2007 build season was kicked off for us at the FIRST gathering at the
St. Louis Science Center on January 6th. Our busy schedule includes every day but Sunday. Come and check us out!

January 4th, 2007
Our weekly meeting at 7pm on January 4th will be a reception, as we've had a number of new members joining the RCR organization. Our goal is to introduce our new members and their families to the exciting world of Robotics at RCR. We will a have season overview that will go through "what to expect" in the upcoming season and competition(s). We will also touch on fundraising, our sponsors, FIRST awards (ones we have & ones we want), opportunities for volunteer help, and all the wonderful opportunities FIRST and RCR are offering area hi-tech kids. All the new members and their families are encouraged to join us at RCR headquaters.

November 28, 2006
The 2006 RCR robot, Hunter, and the 2005, Lone Lemming, made their appearance at the St. Peters Comedy Forum last Thursday. The benefit was put on by Bill Davis and his comedian friends. The benefit was a great success that we hope to duplicate in years to come. Many thanks to Bill and the Comedy Forum for doing this for us. Without support like this we could grow within our organization goals!