The Arctic Warriors: Team 174 Robotics is a FIRST robotics team based in Liverpool, New York. Founded in 1998 and sponsored primarily by Carrier Corporation and Liverpool High School, the team works each year to educate High School students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by pairing them with industry mentors in these fields. This experience also includes competition with other FIRST robotics teams on the Regional and Championship levels. These competitions reinforce “Gracious Professionalism,” as teams work together to achieve a common goal and network with professionals on-site.
Recent Updates
January 2011
The time is fast approaching for the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition Event.
On Saturday, January 8th, 2011 the Arctic Warriors will be having their 2011 FIRST Robotics Competitions Kick-Off meeting at the Liverpool High School Annex Tech lab. This will be from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
It would benefit everyone to go online to the FIRST website to find out about details on the NASA-Televised event. Please watch!
December 2010
On Friday, December 10, the Arctic Warriors paid a visit to Welch Allyn. This visit was to show Welch Allyn what FIRST was all about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The Arctic Warriors went to Welch Allyn armed with (3) Robots and several tables setup to show what the students do during and in between FIRST Robotics Competitions.
Each table was manned by a high student or alumni college student or a mentor or school technology adviser. The students (one Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshmen) were there to talk to Welch Allyn personal about what they do in this FIRST competition, what it is they have on the tables in front of them as well as what FIRST has done for them. There were many questions from the Welch Allyn employees and management as they pasted buy the tables.
The Arctic Warriors also thanked Welch Allyn for the years of technical and machining support that allow them to win (4) Regional Championship in the last 5 years. With 3 back to back wins at the Rochester Finger Lakes regional.
The event climaxed with a demonstration of the (2) robots the Test Bed (Tennis Ball Shooting Turret) Robot and finally the Steering Test Robot. Both Robots impressed the audience.
On Saturday, December 11th the Arctic Warriors did their annual Robotics Technology presentation as kick off the next FIRST Competition coming in just 28-days. Present where new students, parents, alumni mentors, mentors and teachers of the Arctic Warriors as well as the school Principal Dr. Parisian.
Students from the Off Season Robotics (OSR) made presentations about project and systems they worked on for the last 10 months since the last FIRST Regional Competition. The student did a demonstration of the (2) robots the first was the Test Bed Robot to show: the roller system, attached to a storage, with a delivery system that would feed the “Tennis Balls” into the shooter along with turret feature of auto alignment and Camera tracking) and finally the Steering Test Robot with 360 degree rotating prototype drive wheel proof of concept drive.
All an all a great start to the 2011 FIRST FRC robotics season with the kick off on January 8th 2011.
November 2010
The Arctic Warrior students of the 2011 FIRST Robotic Competition year have been very busy this year with their pre-season preparations for the upcoming competition. Part of this included relocating the teams center of activity to a new Technology Room. Over the last 12-years the team has accumulated a lot of stuff. The major portion of the move seems to have been successful. A few more things will need addressing.
Along with this Arctic Warrior move there were preparations’ for the upcoming onsite Welch Allyn presentation of FIRST Robotics. Welch Allyn has provided machining and tool room resources for several years. Their contribution has been instrumental in the team’s success. This onsite presentation is to recognize Welch Allyn’s past, present and future support of FIRST and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
In addition to above there was also preparations’ being made for the Arctic Warriors annual Robotics Technology presentation and display at the high school Annex. This will be on December 11th for 9:00 to 12:00 at the Annex Cafeteria.
October 2010
On October 2nd the Liverpool High School Robotics Team 174 kicked the 2011 FIRST Robotics year off by taking a tour of the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Airport, Syracuse, New York. Here the Arctic Warriors had the opportunity to view an "ultimate State of the Art" application of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). At the 174th Fighter Wing was the new MQ-9 REAPER.
MQ-9 Reaper - Remote Piloted Aircraft
- Primary Mission: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
- Crew: Pilot and Sensor Operator (No pre-programmed flying)
- Power Plant: Honeywell turboprop engine (900 hp)
- Wingspan: 66 feet
- Length: 36 feet
- Weight: over 10,000 lbs
- Payload: 3,750 lbs
- Speed: up to 290 miles per hour (250 knots)
- Range: 3,500 miles
- Ceiling: up to 40,000 feet
- Endurance: 16 hours
- Flight Control: Fully redundant
- Take Off / Landing: Always controlled by onsite pilot
The students, teachers and mentors got to see up close this MQ-9 REAPER aircraft as well as learn about this aircraft. The removable targeting and imaging turret on the front of this MQ-9 REAPER that cost almost as much as the aircraft itself. The team got to watch as technicians were being training on the repair and maintenance of this $4 million dollar aircraft.
The students also got to see where and how the MQ-9 REAPER aircraft is controlled. A very sophisticated control console with dual viewing monitors for both information and actual aircraft images, dual flight controls and back-up power supplies so control of the aircraft is never lost.
At present the MQ-9 REAPER is not flown in or out of Hancock field. The MQ-9 REAPER is design to be disassembled put into a special transport crate then shipped by an an Air Force Cargo Aircraft to the location it will work from.
In addition the Arctic Warrior's got to see the 174th's fire fighting equipment used originally for the F-16 aircraft and now for the Air Base as well as additional support of Hancock Field commercial aircraft.
It goes without saying the Arctic Warriors left this tour impressed. Also with a glimpse of what a future applying STEM can do.
September 2010
Liverpool High School FIRST Robotics Team 174 is pleased to announce that Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) is joining Carrier Corporation in sponsoring Team 174 for 2011 FIRST Robotics competition. In addition, (3) SCR engineers will be working with the students team 174 as industry mentors during this upcoming FIRST competition build season.
9 March, 2010
A Quick Message from the Webmaster
With the passing of another season, it has come to my attention that this website is simply not where it should be. As the off-season begins, it is my primary goal to produce multiple updates to this website weekly, as well as to bring up to date all content in other sections of this website. I'll also be creating and updating pages relevant to this year's competition and robot. Thirdly, I plan to create a bio page for each team member to allow our fans and sponsors to better get to know the students and mentors behind this great team. Besides the website, I'll also be partaking in the development of the new simulation software that Mike Corsaro and I plan to develop over the next year, as well as another potential project. More updates to come Saturday.
6 March, 2010
Today marks the third of an impressive lineup of Finger Lakes Regional wins for the Arctic Warriors at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)! We would like to extend our congratulations to Team 217: the Thunder Chickens, Team 1551: The Grapes of Wrath, and a personal thank you to all the members of team 174 who worked so hard to make this victory possible. It truly was a match of strategy; such a powerful alliance as 188, 610, and 191 could not have been taken down easily without some great teamwork. We would certainly like to commend those team for their excellent work- it was certainly a pleasure to face such great, hard working teams.
Quite simply, to all members of Team 174, you should all be proud of what we've accomplished in the past three years. We have now won 50% of the regionals held at RIT! We may not have built an offender, but certainly our defense was critical to all the matches, and we certainly had an impressive track record (only one loss in all the elimination matches).
This is not even close to the end for the Arctic Warriors, however. Don't forget that off-season members are still going to be hard at work for next year's systems- Seniors, you are now mentors for the team, and your experience will bring the new students far in their efforts. Hopefully with some fundraising and a little luck, we'll be going to Nationals sometime really soon!
23 February, 2010
Well, it looks like the end of our team's build sessions have come to a close as of yesterday when we stayed after school to crate the "Snow-dome." This can honestly be said to be one of The Arctic Warrior's best robots, and will surely be a force in the coming Finger-Lakes Regional. With a low center of gravity, a powerful zone-to-zone kicker, and a lightweight arm capable of lifting at least 320 pounds (testing theoretical based on 160 load in tests on a single arm).
As for our work as a team, we have been successful this year in mechanics, though software has had little to do, they are currently continuing their efforts on our driver controls etc. through OSR.
We would like to currently give thanks to our mentors, especially Mr. Nagy and Mr. Kliszczewicz- our OSR mentors who volunteered during Winter Break last week to stay and work on the robot in order to allow our team to finish on time. Unfortunately, as some may be aware, we failed to submit Mr. Nagy for a Woodie Flower's Award this year, however we are confident that with our essay finished currently, he will be a great contender next year and we look forward to the judges' decision. Mr. Nagy is a dedicated mentor who deserves our recognition after all of his efforts this year, and it is unfortunate, especially for his Seniors who wrote the award that he was unable to be submitted. Thank you for all of your efforts. For members who would like to see the essay, please contact Zach Northrup or Eric Nagy.
See the Archived News page for news from earlier dates.
Awards
- 2010 Finger Lakes Regional Champions
- 2009 Finger Lakes Regional Champions
- 2009 Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology
- 2008 Finger Lakes Regional Champions
- 2006 Buckeye Regional Champions
- 2005 Spirit Award
- 2004 Website Award
- 1998 Rookie Award
You can view our Team History for a complete story of our team.