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 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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Team 2056 competed in the very prestigious Indiana Robotics Invitational in July. With every match against two or even three top tier teams, we came out with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses, ranked 10th overall. We were picked by the number one ranked team, 341 – Miss Daisy and joined by 148 […]

Indianapolis Here We Come! Webcast and Schedule:  http://www.indianaroboticsinvitational.org/ IRI – Indiana Robotics Invitational held at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis July 20, 21 2012. Seventy of the best teams in FIRST will arrive Thursday and compete Friday and Saturday for the prestigious title of IRI Champion.  Team 2056 is returning for their sixth year […]

The Einstein Report was released on Friday July 13, 2012 http://www.usfirst.org/node/2426 Here is a summary as it pertains to team 2056 We were the targets of an intentional communication disruption during the Einstein matches in St Louis. Meaning someone “hacked” us.  It is probable that each of our alliance partners was also attacked during one […]