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The Gene R. O’Brien Memorial scholarship was established by the membership of Mid-Atlantic Robotics to honor the memory of Gene R. O’Brien (PE retired) who passed away in June of 2022. Each year up to two (2) $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to (an) individual(s) who perpetuate his respect for the role of procedure in engineering, to assist with the …

Zebra Technologies & FIRST Mid-Atlantic are excited to announce that, thanks to the generosity and dedication of many people, the MotionWorks system will be available to all 2022 Off-Season events using FIRST Mid-Atlantic’s Rapid React field. The complete list of events is below. We would like to thank the Local Event Committees, FIRST Mid- Atlantic, & Zebra for allowing us …

The Idea-a-thon 2022 Challenge has been released! See details here! https://midatlanticrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MAR-Idea-a-thon-Challenge-2022-1.pdf   Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/FMA-IDEA   for a chance to win a 3D Printer, Bluetooth Speaker or a STEM Kit! Any questions – e-mail us at [email protected].

The 2023 FMA FRC District Event Schedule sees the addition of two new venues bringing our total District Events to 8 plus District Championship at Lehigh University. Welcome Warren Hills & Robbinsville! Week 1 – March 3 – 5 Hatboro-Horsham; Horsham, PA Week 2 – March 10 – 12 Mount Olive; Flanders, NJ Week 3 – March 17 – 19 Robbinsville; Robbinsville, NJ …

I wanted to take the time to send out a note highlighting a few things as our 2021-22 administrative year comes to a close.   Gene R. O’Brien Memorial Scholarship Our annual meeting last week was well attended, and I am honored to report that at this meeting, the membership of Mid-Atlantic Robotics took action to establish the Gene R. O’Brien Memorial …

Due to the inclement weather scheduled to be present on Saturday, March 12, 2022 during the Mt. Olive District Event, FIRST Mid-Atlantic (FMA) in coordination with the Mt. Olive School District and FIRST, the official event schedule for this event needs to be adjusted. With this revised schedule, there will be no practice matches on Saturday morning, doors will be …

Mid-Atlantic Robotics (MAR) is excited to partner with Merck and announce our 2022 Idea-a-thon. Students age 14 and older and pre-college register in groups of 2-4 to develop a creative solution to a Challenge that will be announced to registered participants and via social media on September 16th. Students will be judged on the creativity, feasibility, and practicality of their …

Below is the current team lists for the Off-Season Events. (Updated 11/09/21) Duel – Saturday RR – Saturday RR – Sunday BE – Saturday BE – Sunday Clifton – Saturday Clifton – Sunday 203 103 103 25 41 56 Event 316 272 341 102 75 223 Cancelled 321 293 365 222 1257 321 341 316 433 1089 1626 555 365 …

Teams- All off-season events will follow a single event packet available in the link below. All teams should review in detail as some traditional requirements and expectations of both regular FRC events and off-season events have been adjusted due to the ongoing pandemic, including items to bring and not bring. FMA Event Packet 2021 Off-Season-v2.0 In addition, a Team Health …

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be ever-changing, we wanted to keep you updated on a few important updates regarding the off-season schedule: The HAVOC Off-Season events have been cancelled due to school restrictions with COVID-19. The CLIFTON Off-Season events have changed dates due to school scheduling conflicts. The new dates for the Clifton event are Saturday, November 13 and …