NOVA 4963

A FIRST First Tech Challenge (FTC) team from Folsom, CA
2014-2015 team: Caleb, Jamin, Jordan, Kruthi, Pranav, Rohun, Shilpa, Zack
Coach: Srini Atluri

We are a First Tech Challenge (FTC) team from Folsom, CA, USA. As a rookie competed in 2011 in FTC challenge and went to FIRST World Championship. We repeated the same achievement in our second year. With several members graduating from high school, team has 5 new members and 3 returning members for 2013-2014 season and is hoping to reach World Championship this season as well.

01/12/2016

We've collaborated with Pranav Kodali, from team Nova, to come out with this cool Scouting App. You can find this free app in the Google Play Store. With Championship tournaments coming up, it's nice to have this little tool to help with scouting. Let us know what you think and if there are any changes that you would like to see.

12/30/2015

NOVA 4963 wishes good luck to all the FTC teams that are competing this year! Our team retired at the end of last season.

Please check out the updated ScoutAbout (our Android app for FTC scouting).

02/20/2015

We recently hosted an FTC Regional Qualifier in Elk Grove, here's an article detailing it.

http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2015/02/18/news/doc54de96cb26ad8301484291.txt

Elk Grove Citizen : News enter site/page/section description here.

02/17/2015

We developed a mobile scouting app ScoutAbout. It is available on Google Play. Any feedback is appreciated.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nova4963.EZScout

02/16/2015

We recently hosted an FTC Regional Qualifier in Elk Grove, here's an article detailing it.

Elk Grove Citizen : Feature Story Education

FTC Elk Grove Qualifier hosted by Team NOVA

02/09/2015

Japan to open first hotel entirely operated by robots

02/05/2015

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/japan-open-hotel-operated-robots-article-1.2103352

Japan to open first hotel entirely operated by robots No need to tip the staff at this hotel. Japan will open the first hotel that is entirely staffed by androids this summer.

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier Inspire Award

01/07/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-Jhg_44ps

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier Inspire Award NOVA 4963 won Inspire award http://www.nova4963.org/ https://www.facebook.com/nova4963

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier NOVA 445 point match

01/07/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWXMi0N02k

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier NOVA 445 point match

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier 400+ points

01/07/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlQecHEV3tw

FTC Northern California Oak Ridge Qualifier 400+ points Score: 404-90

11/11/2014

http://www.abreakingnews.com/science/the-robo-karate-kid-terrifying-two-legged-giant-robot-being-developed-by-google-learns-to-stand-on-one-leg-and-recreates-scene-from-cult-film-h270517.html

The robo karate kid! Terrifying two legged giant robot being developed by Google learns to stand... The Atlas robot created by Google-owned firm Boston Dynamics and programmed by a Florida team is a formidable figure at 6ft 2in tall and weighing in at 330lb.