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2009
As Stuypulse neared its tenth anniversary, we prepared once more for the challenge given to us. After a season of hard work and perseverance, our robot, Michael1, was born. This powerful machine was quick, efficient, and best of all, had some serious personality: glaring eyes and a grinning mouth just waiting to acquire moon rocks. In our ninth year, we were truly up to "Lunacy".
In order to deal with the primary challenge of maneuvering in the low-friction field made out of of Regolith, the team decided early on that a four wheel drive with two drive trains would work well on the field. Next was the design for the shooter. After two short weeks with various prototypes offered, a design was made which included conveyor belts, dumpers and shooters. And it was magnificent. Read more
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| 2008
Desbot, our eighth and strongest robot yet, placed us in the semifinals at the New York and Trenton Regional Competitions. We had a rough start in the Overdrive challenge, suffering fuse blowouts and drive train malfunctions. But we managed to pull through impressively, winning six out of eight preliminary matches, giving us a spot in the top eight teams. In Trenton, we were given an alliance captain position for the first time, and earned the Engineering Inspiration Award in New York, qualifying us for Championships in Atlanta, Georgia for the sixth time in eight years. Besides our successes in the competition, we were featured in a six-part documentary in the Wall Street Journal. Read more
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| 2007
Our seventh year was one of our busiest. That year's robot, Tom, was designed to be able to complete two of the major challenges in the 2007 game, Rack n' Roll: to place inner tubes on the rack structure while also deploying ramps to score bonus points toward the end of the game. In addition, we completed several marketing endeavors such as a pit booth and tool crate. Some noteworthy accomplishments include our first award at an away regional and the highest placement we've ever attained at a national event. Read more
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| 2006
Joshua was Team 694's robot to compete in the game, Aim High. It was able to shoot balls into a goal ten feet off the ground during autonomous as well as while being operated. In addition, it could also acquire balls off the ground and score in the low goals. Our team took home several awards that year including the Xerox Creativity Award which qualified us to submit information on our robot to the book, FIRST Robotics, Behind the Design. Read more
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| 2005
Our fifth year was one of our most successful. Our robot that year, Yvette, was able to efficiently cap tetras, even during autonomous mode. We also won the prestigious Chairman's Award while our mentor, Tom Ferguson, won the Woodie Flowers Award. Our robot performed admirably during the National event and we advanced to the semifinals in our division.Read more
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| 2004Our fourth year gave birth to Larry, who placed in the top eight at the New York Regional, allowing us to choose our alliance members and reach the quarter-finals. We also demonstrated Larry in many events.Read more |
| 20032003 contributed Lola, a simple robot with tank drive. She proved to be a force to reckon with and succceeded in winning first place at the New York City Regional.Read more |
| 2002Our 2002 season was shaken before kickoff by the tragedy of 9/11,but still pulled off Jack, a robot with massive pulling power.He won the Engineering Inspiration Award and participated in the championship event at Orlando, Florida. Read more |
| 20012001 was our first ever year. As a new team, we had challenges to overcome, and came through with our robot Stuyle. Des[ite being new to FIRST, we earned a silver medal and attended the championship event in Florida to great success.Read more |
