FRC 7110 Team History
Heights Bytes was established in 2018.
As a rookie team, Heights Bytes came out strong and recieved awards, while playing in competition finals.
During the 2023-2024 season, the team qualified and attended District Championships at Lehigh University.
The 2024-2025 season was a rebuilding year for the Heights Bytes team! Despite encountering setbacks with tools, materials, and space, the team competed in two events and received the Rising All-Stars award and Best Defense award. Heights Bytes started from scratch building a new STEM lab and will continue to grow the program each year!
Team Composition:
20 members
50% Female participants!
Mentors:
Mrs. Sam Howe: showe@gogarnets.com
Dr. Macie McGeehan: mcgeehanm@gogarnets.com
If you ask where our robot's name came from, you would get a long explanation about the physics behind bumblebees and their ability to fly. Our team faced many obstacles this year, but continued to defy the odds, just like the bumblebee's ability to fly.
Tech/Equipment:
Mk4i Swerve drive modules
Thriftybot Elevator
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), a global robotics competition in which teams have six weeks to design, fabricate, and code a 120+pound robot
FIRST teaches students real-life applications allow our students to gain practical skills in engineering, programming, and finance/marketing by emphasizing collaboration with peers and experienced adult mentors