FIRST Stronghold was the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game. The game was played by two alliances of up to three teams each, and involves breaching the opponents’ defenses, known as outer work as well as capturing their tower by first firing "boulders" (small foam balls) at it, and then surrounding or scaling the tower using a singular rung on the tower wall. Points were scored by crossing elements of the tower's outer works, shooting boulders into the opposing tower's five goals in order to lower the tower strength, and by surrounding and scaling the tower.
Christine Before Her First Event
Christine (Named after the car in the Stephen King novel, Christine) was our robot in 2016. Christine traversed defenses with great ease with the help of her large 13" pneumatic tires and her Continuously Variable Transmission.
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Event results
Team 5687 was 25-16-1 in official play and 41-26-1 overall in 2016. As a member of the New England district, Team 5687 ranked 35 having earned 129 points.