Videos

Match from the Buckeye Regional (38mb, Theora)
Match from the 2010 Buckeye Regional in Cleveland, OH. Includes good footage of TigerTronics' robot, Soccerates, kicking in the opening autonomous period, during the first few seconds of the match.

Finger Lakes Regional Match (small version) (40mb, Theora)
Large Version (65mb Theora)
Video of an entire match at the 2010 Finger Lakes Regional competition, including TigerTronics acting defensively, traveling over the center ramps, and scoring in the last seconds of the match. Video by John K. Trouble viewing this video? See the Theora section in Video Help.

Another Finer Lakes Regional Match (56.7mb, Theora)
A second video of a match at the 2010 Finger Lakes Regional compeition. This video is shot from a close distance, giving good close up views of TigerTronics' robot (2053), team 1551's robot, and other robots.

Building Soccerates Clips (28.5mb, WMV)
A series of clips of students and mentors working together to build TigerTronics' 2010 robot, Soccerates.

Tritos Demo (11mb, MJPEG)
A demo of Tritos driving, collecting Lunar Balls, and dumping them into a target.

Ethan riding in robot cart, part 1 (10.7mb, MJPEG)
Ethan riding in robot cart, part 2 (14.5mb, MJPEG)
These two videos demonstrate the pulling power of the robot and the effect of the special floor used in the 2009 competition (to reduce friction between the robot and the playing field).  The robot is moving slowly for safety reasons.  In reality, it is capable of much faster speeds.

2009 Chairman's Award Submission (24mb x264)
This was part of TigerTronics' submission for the Chairman's Award in 2009. It includes some quick interviews with team members as well as footage of us building our robot, and gives a good idea of what TigerTronics and FIRST is about. By Danielle G and Holly K.

2008 Finger Lakes Regional Matches (392mb x264)
Footage of TigerTronics competing in the 2008 Finger Lakes Regional, which TigerTronics was one of the winning teams at. Includes all the finals matches TigerTronics was in. Footage taken from a camcorder in the stands, so the quality is somewhat lacking at times.

2008 Season Promotional Video (37mb, MPEG-4)
This video contains clips of TigerTronics competing in the 2008 Finger Lakes Regional (Rochester, NY). It is a showcase of some of our best moments from the 2008 Finger Lakes Regional competition. By Dan C.

Highlights from our 2007 Philadelphia Regional Competition (70mb, MPEG-4)

2007 Safety Animation (2.3mb Windows Media Video)
Each year, FIRST teams are encouraged to create an animation to promote safety while working.  This one was created in Autodesk 3D Studio by two students with no prior experience with the program.