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 engineering and technology by pairing them with mentors in these fields. This experience also includes competition with other FIRST robotics teams on the regional and national levels. These competitions reinforce “Gracious Professionalism,” as teams work together to achieve a common goal and network with professionals on-site.
Recent Updates
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.