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About Us

Team 2601 is Townsend Harris High School's FIRST Robotics team. Located in Flushing, NY, the Steel Hawks compete annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) after spending six weeks designing, building and programming a robot to compete and perform assigned tasks in the form of a game. Before and during those six weeks, our team works to raise funds, gain business partners and sponsors, and share our knowledge of science with our community.

About FIRST

FIRST is a non-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen. The aim of FIRST, an abbreviation for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," is to spread Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to all corners of the globe, and get students from all over the world involved. FIRST hopes to be able...

"To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders." -Dean Kamen, Founder

Team News

Chipotle Fundraiser!

On Wednesday, December 28^th, we will be hosting a fundraiser at the Queens Blvd. Chipotle.

Stop buy and get some great food for yourself, or bring aloong family and friends! Make sure to either show the cashier a copy of this flyer, or just say you're with the Steel Hawks.

We need the money, you want the food... There's really no better deal!

>> Flyer here!

Support our Edco Fundraiser!

Our team has an Edco fundraising project, which we hope to be a major source of this season's funds. Please feel free to contribute any amount - even $1 is great! Help us to build better robots and support our team for another great season! Thank you!

>> See our project here!

Half Hollow Hills

Our last Stronghold off-season competition happened on November 19^th!

The Half Hollow Hills invitational, at HHH High School, hosted by team 3624, took plae on November 19^th! Red Tail performed better than ever for its last Stronghold run! We ranked 6^th, our best this season, and we're only going up from here!

>> More info here!

Brunswick Eruption 15

We went to our second off-season competition - Brunswick Eruption 14 hosted by Team 25, Raider Robotics, at the beginning of last year's season.

Brunswick Eruption 15, same location, hosted by the same team, took place this November 12^th! Red Tail performed spectacularly once again for its second-to-last Stronghold run!

>> More info here!

Steel Hawks and Chappie

The Steel Hawks appeared in an exclusive interview with General Electric on Robots and the upcoming movie, "Chappie". Coach Joel Heitman, previous vice president Neil Chen, and senior Marcus Barbu gave their take on robotics in the video.

Check out the video here!

Steel Hawks Workshops

We hosted a robotics workshop a while back. This workshop consisted of presentations featuring: safety, drivetrain design, and drivetrain programming. Conatact and donate if you want us to plan more!

>> See Safety Advice presentation here!

>> See Drivetrain Design presentation here!

>> See Programming presentation here!