On April 7-9, Mechanical Mayhem participated in the Pine Tree District Event in Lewiston, ME, the second official tournament at which Mayhem competed during the 2016 season. Mechanical Mayhem competed in 12 qualification matches with randomly selected partners and opponents. … Continued
On January 9, 2016, the new FRC game, FIRST Stronghold, was announced ushering Mechanical Mayhem into an intense six-week build season to design and fabricate a competitive, 120-pound robot. The game is played on a 27’ X 54’ playing field. … Continued
In all of New England, there are 175 registered FRC teams. After competing at two or more district tournaments, these teams were excited and ready for the FIRST® Robotics World Championship. However, one thing stood in their way: the NE … Continued
From March 26 to 28, Team 1519 traveled to Boston for the Northeastern University District Event, the team’s third tournament of the season. Along with 39 other FRC teams from around New England, they eagerly anticipated their final game before … Continued
Since Mechanical Mayhem believes in “Kaizen” (Japanese for continuous improvement), the team worked on adjusting and enhancing their practice robot during the two weeks after the Granite State District. This work paid off as 1519 continued to do well at … Continued
On February 26-28, forty teams competed at the Nashua South High School for the New England Granite State District Event. During practice matches on Thursday evening, the 1519 drive team exercised their operating abilities and tested “King Tote-n-Can-um’s” software and … Continued
On January 3, 2015, the new FRC game was announced, ushering thousands of students into a new, hectic, six-week build season. The game, Recycle Rush, is played on a 27 ft. by 54 ft. field by two alliances of three … Continued
Over the summer of 2014, team 1519 was asked to beta test the new 2015 control system. Being one out of 200 Beta testing teams chosen by FIRST, Mechanical Mayhem was honoured to be the only New Hampshire team chosen … Continued
Ten days after the New England Championships, our team embarked on a 23 hour drive to World Championships hosted in the Edward Jones Dome. Our team shared a bus with the District Championship Rookie All-Star Award recipient, Andromeda One (4905). … Continued
From the 10th to the 12th of April, Team 1519 and fifty-two other New England FIRST Robotics teams packed into the Agganis Arena in Boston, MA for the 2014 New England District Championship. Teams have qualified for the Regional Championship … Continued