We may have broken our Improbability Drive
Apr 9 2012After two weeks of preparation, the North Carolina Regional has come and gone in three short days. But despite that short time period, they passed anything but quickly or easily. The team got to feel a diverse range of emotions through the 72-hour period. We arrived Thursday confident of a good showing based on our success at the Palmetto regional. We started the day making a few repairs to the robot, resulting in us missing our two practice matches before lunch [...]
NC Regional is Go!
Apr 6 2012The North Carolina Regional begins today at 8:30am, and we're all pumped and ready to go! After a successful day of practice runs and cutting up our robot to fit the weight limit, Benjy is finally ready to take on the field once again. Good luck to all the other teams participating! Some useful links: NC Regional match schedule Live Justin [...]
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Palmetto Regional Champions!
Mar 30 2012The Hitchhikers are the winners of the 2012 FRC Palmetto Regional in Charleston, South Carolina! In an alliance with Team 2640, The Hotbotz; Team 281, The Green Villains; and Team 2815, [...]
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We are "The Hitchhikers," a Student-run North Carolina Robotics Team. We are a group of extremely passionate and self-motivated team players, looking to work together and be the best we can be in each year's US FIRST Robotics Competition.
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