Home of the Granite City Gearheads – FIRST Robotics Team 3244

We are the Granite City Gearheads, FIRST Robotics Team 3244, from St.Cloud, Minnesota. Our team is composed of 21 creative and diverse students, ranging from 9-12 grades from Apollo and Technical High School. There are fifteen different mentors who work with us in different areas of our team. 

Our rookie year was 2010, and during our regional we were surprised to find ourself competing in the final match!  Our alliance took 2nd place, and we were so proud.  Last year our team competed like champs, but we struggled with the challenge presented.  Although we learned a great deal and had lots of fun we decided simplicity is key.  This year we're looking forward to working with our new mentors and returning members.  Will be competing in this years FIRST Robotics Competition Rebound Rumble at The 10,000 Lakes' Minnesota Regional at The University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities.  Our objective for the 2012 year is to build a robot that can play basketball, which would mean that  it will need to be able to shoot hoops at three different heights.  This year we can include a Xbox connect which can be used to control the robot.  This robot will need to cross a barrier in the middle of the field and three bridges.  At the end of the game we will need to balance with another robot on one of those bridges, three robots can balance on the middle bridge for additional points. 

The game is played with six robots, three on each side.  The match is 2 minutes and 15 seconds long.  Our robot need to be under 84 inches tall.  They can hold only three basketballs at one time.  It is a challange, but we are up for it and excited for the season! 

We welcome others to come in and see what we're working on during our meets. We meet at Apollo High School, meet dates will be posted on our calender. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at granitecitygearheads@gmail.com.