FIRST Robotics Competition Team 21 was started in 1996 to share and expand FIRST's vision with students of Astronaut and Titusville High Schools in Titusville, Fl. Our mentors Scott Strickland from Boeing, James Rallo from Upper Mohawk Inc, Stephen Stout from ASRC Aerospace, Kevin Cunningham from USA, and Jeff White assist the ever-expanding team of High School students design, build, and program a fully functional ~120 lb robot in addition to facilitating development of important skills such as teamwork, communication, and leadership.

Students in ComBBAT are split (yet so combined) into the teams of Construction, Animation, Programming, Design, and Web Design. Students are given the choice or joining one or multiple teams and we encourage them to join teams they have any interest in whatsoever. Our mentors and student officers work together to make each meetings a learning experience for all involved.

The 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition pits two teams of robots against eachother on a slippery plastic surface with dozens of orbit balls (or "moon rocks"). Each team must collect the moon rocks as well as transform the differently colored "empty cells" into higher scoring "super cells" and toss them into goals trailed by the opposite team's robots.The resulting flurry of action results in Lunacy never before experienced in a FIRST arena!

FIRST Robotics Competition Links and Resources 2009 Build Season Photos! Team 21 Bulletin (robot pix here!)

The video below displays our 2009 build season photos.

Thanks to Scott "Scoot" H. for creating the video!