FIRST FLL World Championship@Detroit April 25 - 28, 2018, Detroit, MI Team Hydro Mechanics attended the FLL championship in Detroit! Thank you for all the people that helped supporting our team to attend this amazing event. It was an exciting yet humbling experience to compete against some of the best teams from around the world! Our kids enjoyed the most from meeting like minded robotics enthusiasts from all different states and countries, and checking out the larger robot competitions of the FTC and FRC teams inspired our teams to continue pursuit with their passion for Robotics! Help us send Hydro Mechanics to the FLL World Championship in Detroit! Click HERE to donate It is such a great honor to have one of our Forest Hills Robotics FLL team win the Top Award at the NYC FLL Championship! Congratulations to FLL team Hydro Mechanics for winning the NYC FLL Championship, and the opportunity to represent NYC at the FIRST FLL World Championship! Please help us send Hydro Mechanics to the FLL World Championship in Detroit (4/25-4/28) Please visit their GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/hydromechanics-detroit Please share this news with all your friends and families! We can use all the help we can get to make this team's dream come true! YouTube VideoOur FLL Coach highlighted by Brookhaven Lab Click HERE to read the fantastic article by Brookhaven Lab highlighting one of our volunteer coach, Arfath Pasha, who has an amazing day job and still finds time to volunteer coaching our FLL Robotics team. NYC FLL FIRST Championship March 11, 2018 @ City College of New York Congratulations to both our FLL teams (H7O and Hydro Mechanics) for winning awards at the FLL Championship! Team Hydro Mechanics won four awards at the FLL Championship and will be moving on to represent NYC to compete at the FLL World Championship!
Team H7O also won 1st Place in Robot Programming Award! Our FTC team Mighty Mechanics 8721 also brought their FTC robot to showcase and inspire rising FLL teams to continue with the FIRST Robotics programs. NYC FTC FIRST Championship Feb 25, 2018 @Townsend Harris High School Congratulations to FTC team Mighty Mechanics 8721 for winning the Finalist alliance at the NYC FIRST FTC Championship! Intrepid Museum Robotics Demonstration Friday Feb 23, 2018 @Intrepid Museum FTC team Mighty Mechanics 8721 enjoyed showcasing their robot to our young visitors and inspire all kids to explore robotics fun! FTC Qualifying Tournament Feb 18,2018 @ Dalton High School Congratulations to FTC team 8365 Gear Master for winning the Design Award and the Finalist Alliance Award at the Dalton Qualifying tournament. Click HERE For more exciting photo of Gear Master's Dalton tournament. NYC FLL Queens Qualifier Tournament Jan 20, 2018 @ MS 216 George Ryan Middle School Kudos to all six of our FLL teams for an amazing performance at the Queens Qualifying tournament at George Ryan Middle School. Special congratulations to the following 3 teams for winning an award and qualifying to the NYC FLL Championship! FLL team H7O - Inspiration Award and a Golden ticket to NYC FLL Championship FLL team Hydro Mechanics - Champion's award, 1st place Robot Performance, Project Presentation Award and a Golden ticket to NYC FLL Championship ![]() Congratulations to Mighty Mechanics #8721 for Qualifying for the NYC FTC Championship. Team #8721 Mighty Mechanics won triple awards including Control Award, Winning Alliance, and 1st Place Inspire Award! FLL Queens Qualifying Tournament Come join us for a day of Robot fun. Six of our FLL teams will be competing to get a seat for the NYC FIRST FLL Championship! Come cheer for the Forest Hills Robotics League teams! Jan 20, 2018 (8:00am - 4:00pm) MS 216 George Ryan Middle School 64-20 175th St, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 FLL Jr Exposition (Dec 16, 2017) Our eight FLL Junior teams have been busy all season building and working on their Aqua Adventure challenge. Registration/Open House Our next open house for 2018-2019 season will begin in May, stay tuned for our Open House/Registration announcement. FIRST Season schedule & start dates
FIRST Season kick off Here are the dates of challenge release and kick off for each league:
Coach Training dates FLL coaches (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
JFLL coaches - 9/16
June 10, 2017 Come check out Forest Hills Robotics League's Open House and Registration event! Sign up for next year's Robotics team. June 10, 2017 (9:30 - 12:30) PS144 - Cafeteria - 93-02 69th Ave, Forest Hills, Forest Hills, NY 11375 09:30 - 10:30 Jr. First Lego League (age 6-9) 10:30 - 11:30 First Lego League (age 9-14) 11:30 - 12:30 First Tech Challenge - Team interviews (#8721 & #8365) (Grade 8-12) June 10, 2017 Year End Award Ceremony June 10, 2017 (1:00 - 4:00) (for FLL/FTC members only) PS144 - Cafeteria - 93-02 69th Ave, Forest Hills, Forest Hills, NY 11375 September 9, 2017 New FTC challenge - Relic Recovery FTC Relics RecoveryHydro Dynamics TeaserJFLL Aqua Adventure
FTC Teams
@PS144 - Cafeteria
@Vaughn College |
Time | Group I | Group II |
Sat 9:00 - 11:00 | FLL1 Cindy | FLL2 Arfath & Joshua |
Sat 11:30 - 1:30 | FLL3 Yutong & Ann | FLL4 Phuong & Fania |
Sat 2:00 - 4:00 | FLL5 Clayton & Krystle | FLL6 Brad & Fang Liu |
JFLL Teams
October - December
Time | ||
Sat 9:00 -10:30 | JFLL1 Level III - EV3 Robots Tom Youngman & Nelson Tai | JFLL2 Level III - EV3 Robots Alex Gleyzer & Amy Hsin |
Sat 11:00 -12:30 | JFLL3 Level II -WeDo Robots Daniel Bord & Cristina Rios | JFLL4 Level II -WeDo Robots Joel Maxwell & YC Tham |
Sat 1:00 - 2:30 | JFLL5 Level III-EV3 Robots Grace Shih & Stanley Chan | JFLL6 Level II Joshua Peskay & Mike Gazes |
Sat 3:00 - 4:30 | JFLL7 Level I - Simple Machines Jessica White & Wendy Erdly | JFLL8 Level I - Simple Machines Rachel, Catherine & Leiming |