NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL
FIRST Robotics Competition at NYC Armory
Thursday April 3, 2025 - Sunday April 6, 2025
Get ready for an action-packed weekend! Teams from New York City and beyond will compete with 120-pound robots of their own design, combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology at this regional competition.
Welcome to the Official New York City Regional information hub. Please note this website will be frequently updated with all of the necessary information for your upcoming competition. It is important that you review all of the tabs on this website in order for you stay updated. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Last Updated: 2/14/2025
COMPETING TEAMS
Team No. Team Name
333 Megalodons
334 TechKnights
335 Skillz Tech Gear Botz
354 G-House Pirates
369 High Voltage Robotics
395 Two Train Robotics
640 Edison Robotics
694 StuyPulse
743 Technobots
806 Brooklyn Blacksmiths
1155 SciBorgs
1601 Quantum Samurai
1796 RoboTigers
1880 Warriors of East Harlem
2265 Fe Maidens
2344 The Saunders Droid Factory
3004 Bronx Knights
3017 Patriots
3053 VB Stingers
3204 Steampunk Penguins
3419 Rohawks
3760 Aerobots
4012 Bad News Bots
4027 4-H
4299 BCS Sharks
4571 Rambots
5123 Mechadogs
5298 E-Tech Chargers
5421 Birch Bots
5806 Basement Lions
6590 SaviTech
6593 Hyperdrive Robotics
6648 MechaSpartans
6873 The Generals
6969 Cyborgs6969
7036 Roarbots
7272 Envirobot
7668 Gatorbots
7730 UnReal
8739 Redhawk Robotics
9220 Geekos
9295 Harlem Rails
9437 Cosmonauts
9509 Cybears
9636 Space Junk
9642 INT Robotics
10229 Event Horizon
10399 Burman Bush
10413 Flux Robotics
10452 RoboLions
10454 UPC Raptors
10471 Gamor Robotic
A NOTE FROM YOUR LEAD ROBOT INSPECTOR
Hi Teams,
I hope you all are doing well and are looking forward to the NYC regional really soon! I'm one of your Lead Robot Inspectors, Noah, and I just want to send you guys a couple a reminders prior to the competition:
Please make sure you update your roboRIOs firmware and FRC Driver Station software to the latest versions; this will save a lot of time during inspections if you do it at home/school versus in the pits. You should also update your other devices' firmware too if you haven't yet done so (Spark Maxes, Pneumatics Hubs, etc) just as a best practice.
Once load-in is over, you cannot bring in any more fabricated parts and you cannot work on any parts when pits close. This means if you bring in robot parts after load-in, or if you 3D print parts after pits close, your robot will be put into timeout. In addition, during load-in, no work on your robot may be done. Work being done will also cause your robot to be put into timeout.
Make sure your batteries are well-secured in your robot; if I were to pull up on the battery, your robot should come with it at least a little bit. Don't want any batteries flopping out onto the field!
Please make sure none of your electrical or pneumatic components are modified past what the rules allow (R710 and R803 respectively).
For teams where this is your first event of the year, just be sure you have a robot signal light on your robot easily visible, and that your main breaker and pneumatic dump valve are easily accessible!
The inspection desk is once again at the front of the pits, next to pit admin. That means we won't have a lot of space to queue robots up for inspection, so when you are ready for inspection, please first send someone from your team to let us know you're ready for inspections instead of immediately bringing your robot up.
New for 2025: You can get weighed during load-in! This means that once your team has loaded in, if you want to get weighed immediately you can send a team representative to the inspection desk. This way you can bypass the weighing queue during normal inspection times.
New for 2025: As per Team Update 8, R703 has been updated to protect your Rio from the radio's passive POE implementation, so please make sure your robot is in compliance with this rule. I've included the main examples of a legal setup which are:
FRC Mentor Slide Submission! Are you interested in shouting out your mentor?
Due April 1, 2025
Send to frcmentorslides@nycfirst.org
Be sure to submit a Mentor Slide to thank your mentors for everything they’ve done for your team! The deadline for teams to submit for the 2025 New York City April 1, 2025.
Please use the following guidelines:
One 16:9 Slide/Image per team - list as many mentors on the slide as you like
Slide should include the Team Number, Team Name, Name of Mentor(s), and a message to them. Also include mentor photo(s) if available.
Do not include a background color or background images on your slide
All slides must be submitted to frcmentorsslides@nycfirst.org
Submissions will be reviewed by the NYC FIRST team and you will be contacted with any changes
JUDGING/AWARD SUPPORT
Teams, if you want support or practice for awards reach out to us at frcawards@nycfirst.org. We offer awards documentation and submission review and practice interviews for Dean's List and FIRST Impact Award.
MECHANICAL/PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
The FRC Committee has established a great team of individuals that are willing to visit your schools in order to offer you support this season. Feel free to reach out to them at frcsupport@nycfirst.org
The Cornell Tech STEM Center is open to FRC teams! The CT STEM Center is located on Roosevelt Island at 11 E Loop Rd #6a, New York, NY 10044. Open hours for teams to stop by are:
Monday: (flexible by request)
Tuesday: 4:00pm-8:00pm
Wednesday: 4:30pm-8:00pm
Thursday: 4:30pm-8:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday: 1:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm-8:00pm
The staff there can help with the following:
Help teams fabricate parts for their robot using the CNC router (can cut aluminum up to a quarter of an inch, polycarbonate, and VersaFrames)
Help teams print nylon and carbon fiber reinforcements using the MarkForge printer
Help teams rapidly prototype parts using the laser cutter (for acrylics and up to a quarter of an inch plywood)
Help teams with their CAD using Fusion 360 and OnShape. The STEM Center is currently working on installing SolidWorks onto their computers but can open Solidwork files with no problem.
Connect teams with other teams in the space to collaborate
If teams want to bring their robots and need help with building, a loading dock entry is available and teams can either park on the street or in the private, paid parking.
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT RUDIANA AT rudiana@nycfirst.org.
