Team 2056 Wins the Inaugural Windsor-Essex Regional

On April 5, 2014, Team 2056 went to the Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional and finished second overall among 40 teams with 10 wins and 1 loss during the qualification round. OP Robotics was picked first by Team 1114, Governor Simcoe School from St. Catharines, and the alliance was completed with Team 5288, Mother Teresa […]

Team 2056 Wins 18th Consecutive Regional

Team 2056 went to the University of Waterloo between March 20th and March 22nd to claim an eighteenth consecutive regional victory. The eighteenth consecutive regional victory extends the team’s world record. Seeded fourth with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses, OP Robotics was chosen by The Cheesy Poofs from San Jose California, world […]

2013 IRI Champs

Sixty nine of the best of the best with nine teams from Canada all converged at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis Indiana July 19th for the Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI). In its 14th year the event has raised over $30,000 for local charities, donated close to 1000 backpacks full of school supplies to needy […]

Team 2056 Drivers

The success of FIRST Team 2056 is based on a number of different factors but here is one large reason this team continues to win. Heather Young drove the 2056 robot for the last time at IRI this summer and what a fitting finish to her outstanding accomplishments as the 2nd 2056 robot driver following […]

The Inside Ride – June 4th

The OP Robotics team participated in the Inside Ride at Orchard Park on June 4th, 2013 The team raised $1685 from our generous supporters – THANKS! 100% of the funds sponsored goes towards fighting childhood cancer and supporting families experiencing cancer. Over $11,000 was raised by the 30 teams participating. It was a blast. www.opss.theinsideride.com […]

St. Louis 2013

Team 2056, OP Robotics went 7 and 1 in the qualifying rounds in the Curie division of the World Championships leaving us ranked 4th out of 100 teams. We picked team 967 from Marion, Iowa and team 3990 from Montreal Quebec to go on in the division elimination rounds. Taking 3 matches to get through […]

Unforeseen Seventeen – Team 2056 Breaks World Record

This weekend, March 28th-30th, Team 2056, the robotics team from Orchard Park Secondary School competed at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga against 45 teams from around the globe at the Greater Toronto West Regional. Although they had a record of 10-1-0, Team 2056 managed to seed first in the qualification rounds. They picked Team 1114, […]

Sweet Sixteen

On March 21st-23rd, Team 2056 Orchard Park Robotics, went to the University of Waterloo to compete with their impressive machine in a regional event. Team 2056 came out of the gate shooting their way to an 11-1- 0 record at the end of the qualification round and allowed the team to seed first overall. Team […]

Team 2056 Wins GTR-E Regional

At the Greater Toronto East FIRST Robotics competition this past weekend at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, team 2056 finished the round robin qualification matches 12-0. Individually scoring an average of 90 points per match, more than double the third scoring robot. We picked 1114 from Governor Simcoe St Catharines and […]

McMaster Venture Camp

FIRST Team 2056 spent their Wednesday mornings, this summer, teaching and demonstrating engineering, problem solving, design, and logic skills to the over 200 grade 7 and 8 Venture Camp students at McMaster University in Hamilton.   Using Lego NXT kits as well as “The General Lee”, it was a hands on experience that many will not […]