1998

Archive tag	1998
Game Information
Game name	Ladder Logic
Number of teams	199
Number of official events	6
Winner	45
Finalist	121
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 FIRST Robotics Competition season formally began on January 10, 1998 with the kickoff in Nashua, New Hampshire. Competition season consisted of five regional events, the 1998 Southwest Regional in Houston, Texas, 1998 New England Regional in Hooksett, New Hampshire, the 1998 Motorola Midwest Regional in Palatine, Illinois, the 1998 Great Lakes Regional in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and the 1998 Johnson & Johnson Mid-Atlantic Regional in New Brunswick, New Jersey as well as the 1998 National Championship at the EPCOT Center at Disney World.

Like in 1997, early promotional material referred to the game as simply "The Competition" or "The Competition 1998," and the first team update asked for game name suggestions. The "Ladder Logic" name was unveiled in team update #9 on February 21.

A test game for Ladder Logic was carried out in the fall of 1997, with some teams that had competed in 1997 building test robots for the game.

Documentation

Partial game manual and team updates

Team Updates

Kickoff

Footage on the FRC Archive

Other official documents

FIRST The Competition 1998 pre-registration information

Playing field and scoring

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  Top-down view of the field before a match [1]

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  Field setup for the one-on-one rounds [2]

The field is a carpeted hexagon

In the center of the field is an 8 foot hexagonal Central Goal. Extending outwards and upwards from the Central Goal are the ladder-like Rail Goals. The rail has two pipe dividers that divide it into thirds.

Centered on the sides of the field that are not supporting the outer end of the Rail Goals are the 5 foot wide Interaction Zones and Human Player Areas. The Interaction Zone is the three foot deep area where both robots and human players can interact with balls. Human players could not apply weight to this area but could reach or lean over it to grab balls in the interaction zone or load them into a robot. The Human Player Area behind the interaction zone and extending another three feet is where human players are allowed to stand and throw or load balls. Human players must wear safety helmets with attached face shields. Only three balls of any color can be kept in the player station at one time (although a robot can be holding additional balls inside the volume of the Interaction Zone).

Driver stations are positioned off-center on the Rail Goal sides of the field near their corresponding human player areas.

Three robots in the red, white, and blue positions play simultaneously in the seeding rounds and earlier rounds of playoffs, with one on one matches later on. Robots can start in any orientation within the designated 4' by 4' starting area but cannot touch the center goal, rails, or field border. Each team has nine matching color balls. Three balls begin in their Interaction Zone, three more begin on the floor, with three lines of three balls, one of each color, between where the robots begin. One ball of each color begins scored on each level of the Rail Goals, with one ball of each color on each Rail Goal. The Rail Goal extending over each team's starting are begins with one of their balls in the lowest section, with the rail counterclockwise around the field starting with one of their balls in the middle section, and their third pre-scored ball in the highest position of the Rail Goal clockwise around the field. In one-on-one playoff matches, robots play in the red and blue positions, with no white balls on the field.

Scoring begins when all balls in motion when a match ends have come to a rest (or upon a referees' decision). Balls in the highest third of the Rail Goals closest to the outside of the field are worth three points. Balls on the middle "rung" are worth two points, and balls in the central third of the Rail Goals are worth one point. A ball must be contacting both side rails of a Rail Goal with the center point of the ball above the place of the upper edge of the rails to be counted. Balls scored in the central goal are worth no points themselves but each ball doubles the score from the balls on the Rail Goals. A ball is considered scored in the central goal if the central plane of the ball is below the top rim of the goal and within the outside edge of the goal.

Tiebreaks are determined first by the team with the least penalties or warnings during the match, then the team with the most balls on the Rail Goals, then the team with the highest (or next highest, in the case of a tie) ball on the ladders, then by number of balls in the central goal, then the team with the highest ball in the central goal, and finally the team with the most opponent balls in their player station.

Each match lasts two minutes. The control system is automatically enabled and disabled when matches begin and end.

Game strategy

Because robots started under the three-point ball of one of their opponents (or their only opponent in the 1 on 1 matches), a common opening move was to extend upwards and knock the three-point ball off the rungs. The bulk of match play often focused on human players and robots trying to get as many point doublers into the center goal as possible to ensure a good stackup of doublers before worrying about the balls on the point rungs which were more vulnerable than balls scored in the goal.

Robots could pass balls of an opponent's color to their human player both to take them out of play and to give the human player ammunition to toss at opponent's balls on the rungs to try to descore them. Some robots were built to squeeze the balls between the rungs of the goal and ladders to make it harder to knock them out of position, and some human players got good enough at throwing the balls with enough force that they could shoot them in through the pipes forming the sides of the goal.

Towards the end of the match, play would shift towards more offense on the rungs, with robots often adding a ball to a three-point rung and then camping over it to protect it from the human players or other robots. Human players would also shift focus towards throwing any remaining balls at high-value opponent balls on the rungs, trying to knock them off and leave them with zero points to double from the center goal.

Because of the way the double elimination tournament was structured, the one on one on one elimination rounds would sometimes see two teams focusing on a single harder opponent to try to knock them out before the one on one playoffs began. This two-on-one strategy is what caused team 47, heavily favored to win the championship after three regional wins with the first swerve drive, to be eliminated at Nationals.

Robot construction

As was the norm for the era, the majority of robot components came from the kit of parts or Small Parts catalog. The Small Parts allowance for 1998 was $425. Some components, like fasteners, lubrication, and some pipe fittings, could be used in unlimited quantities.

Robots must sit unconstrained inside a 36" by 30" rectangle and be no more than 48" tall. Like in 1997, a sizing cube was used as part of the inspection process. Robot weight, including battery, could not exceed 130lbs.

No (intentionally) detaching robot components were allowed in 1998. Robots must display their team company and school names and logos, as well as their team number on at least two opposite sides of the robot. Numbers must be at least five inches tall.

Control system

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  The transmit side of the control system at kickoff, with two PC flight sticks, button box, and RNET radio [3]

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  The BASIC Stamp controller (center) with Tekin speed controllers and several motors included in the kit [4]

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  The 1998 transmit board [5]

The 1998 control system consisted of a Transmitter and Receiver pair. The transmit side of the control system was similar to the 1997 and previous control systems and had ports for PC joysticks and custom button controllers with DIP switches inside to change which controls were routed to with outputs. The Receiver box included a BASIC Stamp II and could be programmed using PBASIC. Any sensors used had to be connected back to the Receiver.

Available motors include drill motors, van door motors, car seat motors, and the "tape drive" motors used to drive car windows up and down. Drill and van door motors must be connected to the Tekin speed controllers. Instead of drill batteries, 12 volt gel-cell batteries were first used this year.

Like many other years before and after, RNet radios were used to establish wireless communication between the robot and driver stations. Teams were supplied RNets in the kit but had to surrender them before competitions and use a tether cable to control their robots instead, with RNets being supplied to teams before upcoming matches to use for that match.

Team list

Team number	Team name	Team location	Robot	Archive link	Events attended
1	3-Dimensional Services & Oakland Technical Center, Northeast Campus (OTC-NE) The Juggernauts	Rochester Hills/Pontiac, MI		1998 frc1	1998mi, 1998cmp
2	ADA Manufacturing and Engineering/University of Houston (University Park)/Clearlake Council of Technical Societies & Pasadena Independent School District	Pasadena/Houston, TX		1998 frc2	1998tx, 1998cmp
3	Advance Transformer Company & Broadhead High School/Monroe Senior High School	Monroe/Broadhead, WI		1998 frc3	1998il, 1998cmp
5	Alcoa-Fujikura LTD & Melvindale High School	Allen Park/Melvindale, MI		1998 frc5	1998mi
6	Alliant Techsystems, Inc. & Washburn High School	Hopkins/Minneapolis, MN		1998 frc6	1998cmp
7	Black & Decker & Parkville High School	Towson/Baltimore, MD		1998 frc7	1998nj
8	Applied Materials/NASA Ames Research Center & Palo Alto High School Paly Robotics	Palo Alto, CA		1998 frc8	1998cmp
9	Arial Systems, Corp. & Roosevelt High School Arial Attack	Lincolnshire/Chicago, IL		1998 frc9	1998il, 1998cmp
10	Banner Engineering Corp. & Benilde-St. Margaret's School	St. Louis Park/Minneapolis, MN	Big Jimmy	1998 frc10	1998il, 1998cmp
11	BASF & Mt. Olive High School	Flanders, NJ		1998 frc11	1998nj, 1998cmp
12	Bath Iron Works Corporation & Bath Reg. Vocational Center	Bath, ME		1998 frc12	1998nh
13	Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Johnsburg High School/Lake County Technical Campus The Bio-Beast Team	Round Lake/Johnsburg/Grayslake, IL	BioBeast II	1998 frc13	1998il, 1998cmp
14	Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Lakewood High School Center for Advanced Technologies	Largo/St. Petersburg, FL	The Heatwave	1998 frc14	1998il, 1998cmp
15	Baxter Healthcare Corporation/InterAmerican University & Luis Munoz Marin High School Coqui Power	San German/Anasco, PR		1998 frc15	1998il, 1998cmp
16	Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Mountain Home High School Baxter Bomb Squad	Mountain Home, AR	Two Minute Warning	1998 frc16	1998tx, 1998il, 1998cmp, 1998bomb
17	Becton Dickinson and Company & Becton Regional High School	Franklin Lakes/East Rutherford, NJ	Johnny 5	1998 frc17	1998nj, 1998cmp
18	Bronzecraft/Bedford Community & McKelvie Middle School	Nashua/Bedford, NH	Johnny 5	1998 frc18	1998nh, 1998cmp
19	Bell Atlantic & Greenwich High School Big Red	White Plains, NY/Greenwich, CT		1998 frc19	1998nj, 1998cmp
20	Bell Atlantic/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Shenendehowa High School	Albany/Troy/Clifton Park, NY		1998 frc20	1998nh, 1998cmp
21	Boeing Company/Brevard Community College & Astronaut High School/Titusville High School ComBBAT	Titusville/Cocoa, FL	Christine	1998 frc21	1998tx, 1998cmp
22	The Boeing Company/Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power/AVG Inc. & Chatsworth High School	Chatsworth, CA		1998 frc22	1998cmp
23	Boston Edison Company & Plymouth North High School	Plymouth, MA		1998 frc23	1998nh, 1998cmp, 1998ratr
24	Boston Scientific Corporation & Edgewood High School Bostangs	Spencer/Elletsville, IN	The Boss	1998 frc24	1998il, 1998cmp
25	Bristol-Meyers Squibb & North Brunswick Township High School	New Brunswick/North Brunswick, NJ		1998 frc25	1998nj
26	Pinkerton Academy	Derry, NH		1998 frc26	1998nh
27	Eastern Michigan University & Oakland Science, Mathematics & Technology Academy (OSMTech)	Ypsilanti/Clarkston, MI		1998 frc27	1998mi, 1998cmp
28	Cablevision of Riverhead & Pierson High School	Riverhead/Sag Harbor, NY		1998 frc28	1998tx, 1998cmp
29	Canutillo High School	Canutillo, TX		1998 frc29	1998tx, 1998cmp
30	Celwave, Inc. & Monmouth City Vocational School District/High Technology High School	Lincroft, NJ		1998 frc30	1998nj, 1998cmp
31	Central & South West Services/Public Service Company of Oklahoma & Jenks High School	Tulsa/Jenks, OK		1998 frc31	1998cmp
32	UAW/GM Lordstown & Chaney High School	Youngstown, OH		1998 frc32	1998cmp
33	Chrysler Corporation & Avondale High School	Auburn Hills, MI		1998 frc33	1998mi, 1998cmp
34	Chrysler Corporation - Huntsville Electronics & Bob Jones High School	Huntsville/Madison, AL		1998 frc34	1998nh, 1998mi, 1998cmp
35	CMI Dearborn (a subsidiary of CMI International) & Montague High School/Whitehall High School	Montague/Whitehall, MI		1998 frc35	1998mi, 1998cmp
36	Codem Systems, Inc. & Derryfield School	Merrimack/Manchester, NH		1998 frc36	1998nh, 1998cmp
37	Cordis/University of Miami & Mast Academy Team Cordzilla	Miami Lakes/Key Biscayne, FL	Cordzilla	1998 frc37	1998nj, 1998cmp
38	9th Wave & Nonnewaug High School/Woodbury Middle School/Connecticut Junior Republic School Nonnebots	Southbury/Woodbury/Waterbury, CT		1998 frc38	1998cmp
40	Continental Pet Technologies & Trinity High School	Bedford/Manchester, NH		1998 frc40	1998nh, 1998cmp
41	Cordis Corporation/Johnson & Johnson & Watchung Hills Regional High School	Warren, NJ		1998 frc41	1998nj, 1998cmp
42	Daniel Webster College/Brookfield Rapid Solutions/Roche Harkins, Inc./Premier Industries/Highland Tool/Gilchrist Metal Fabricating/Omni Components Corp./Jonathan Areospace Materials Corp./D'Ambra Technologies/Experienced Equipmen & Alvirne High School	Nashua/Hollis/Hudson, NH		1998 frc42	1998nh, 1998cmp
43	Dart Container Corporation & Mason High School	Mason, MI		1998 frc43	1998mi
44	Deere & Company/Iowa State University & Ames High School	Ankeny/Ames, IA		1998 frc44	1998cmp
45	Delphi Delco Electronics Systems & Kokomo High School Technokats Robotics Team	Kokomo, IN	Technokat 7	1998 frc45	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
46	Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems & Northwestern High School Wildcats	Flint, MI	Ferocious Feline	1998 frc46	1998mi, 1998cmp
47	Delphi Interior and Lighting Systems & Pontiac Central High School Chief Delphi	Troy/Pontiac, MI	CD3	1998 frc47	1998tx, 1998nh]], 1998mi, 1998cmp
48	Delphi Packard Electric Systems & Warren G. Harding High School/Trumbull County Joint Vocational School Delphi Packard E.L.I.T.E. (Encourage Learning In Technology and Engineering)	Warren, OH		1998 frc48	1998mi, 1998cmp
49	Delphi Steering Systems & Buena Vista High School Delphi Knights	Saginaw, MI	Excalibur	1998 frc49	1998mi, 1998cmp
50	Double E., Inc./Christy Rost, Inc. & Highland Park High School	Dallas, TX		1998 frc50	1998tx, 1998cmp
52	Eastman Kodak Company & Fairport High School	Rochester/Fairport, NY		1998 frc52	1998nj, 1998cmp
53	NASA/Goddard Space Center & Eleanor Roosevelt High School	Greenbelt, MD	Raider's Dragon	1998 frc53	1998nj, 1998cmp
54	Engineered Solutions, PC/Lockheed Martin Electronics/Stevens Institute of Technology & Hoboken High School	Fort Lee/Hoboken, NJ/Bethesda, MD		1998 frc54	1998cmp
55	Environmental Testing Laboratory & Austin Academy	Dallas/Garland, TX		1998 frc55	1998cmp
56	Ethicon & Bound Brook High School	Somerville/Bound Brook, NJ		1998 frc56	1998nj, 1998cmp
57	Exxon Company USA & Booker T. Washington High School for Engineering Profession	Houston, TX		1998 frc57	1998tx, 1998cmp
58	Fairchild Semiconductor & South Portland High School The Crew	South Portland, ME	Maximum Overdrive	1998 frc58	1998nh
59	Florida International University & Miami Coral Park Senior High School	Miami, FL		1998 frc59	1998cmp
60	Ford Motor Company/Mohave Generating Station & Kingman High School Bionic Bulldogs	Yucca/Kingman, AZ		1998 frc60	1998cmp
61	Foster Miller Corporation/EMC2 Corporation/Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. & Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School	Waltham/Hopkinton/Worcester/Upton, MA		1998 frc61	1998nh, 1998cmp
62	Freudenberg - NOK & Jesse Remington High School	Candia, NH		1998 frc62	1998nh
63	General Electric Transportation Systems & McDowell High School Trojan Express	Erie, PA		1998 frc63	1998cmp
64	General Motors Desert Proving Ground & Queen Creek High School/Highland High School Gila Monsters	Mesa/Queen Creek/Gilbert, AZ		1998 frc64	1998tx, 1998mi, 1998cmp
65	General Motors Powertrain & Pontiac Northern High School The Huskie Brigade	Pontiac, MI	Power Dawg	1998 frc65	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
66	General Motors Powertrain Group & Ypsilanti High School/Willow Run High School	Pontiac/Ypsilanti, MI		1998 frc66	1998mi
67	General Motors Proving Ground & Milford High School/Lakeland High School/Harbor High School The HOT Team	Milford/Highland/White Lake, MI	The HOTBot	1998 frc67	1998tx, 1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
68	General Motors Truck Group & Oakland Technical Center-Northwest Campus Truck Town Terror	Pontiac/Clarkston, MI	T3	1998 frc68	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
69	Gillette & Quincy Public Schools Team HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering and Robotics)	Boston/Quincy, MA		1998 frc69	1998nh, 1998cmp, 1998ratr
70	GMI Engineering & Management Institute/Kettering University/Thomas Engineering & Flint School District	Flint/Swartz Creek, MI		1998 frc70	1998mi, 1998cmp
71	Beatty Machines & Manufacturing & School City of Hammond Team Hammond	Hammond, IN	B^3	1998 frc71	1998il, 1998cmp, 1998bomb
72	Precision Dynamics & Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC		1998 frc72	1998cmp
73	Harris RF Communications/Rochester Institute of Technology & Edison Technical School TigerBolt	Rochester, NY		1998 frc73	1998nj, 1998cmp
74	Haworth, Inc. & Holland High School	Holland, MI		1998 frc74	1998il, 1998cmp
75	Hillsborough High School Team Robo Raiders	Belle Mead, NJ		1998 frc75	1998nj, 1998cmp
76	Hitachi America/Tech Abrasive Supply Co./GR Technical Services & South Brunswick High School	Princeton/North Brunswick/Monmouth Junction, NJ		1998 frc76	1998nj
77	Hitachi Construction Machinery America/NASA/Sani-Weld & Oak Ridge High School	Houston/Conroe, TX		1998 frc77	1998tx, 1998cmp
79	Honeywell Inc. & East Lake High School	Clearwater/Tarpon Springs, FL		1998 frc79	1998tx, 1998cmp
80	Honeywell Space and Aviation Control & Cortez High School	Phoenix, AZ		1998 frc80	1998cmp
81	Honeywell's MICRO SWITCH Division & Freeport High School/Aquin High School	Freeport, IL		1998 frc81	1998il, 1998cmp
82	Hughes Space and Communications Company/J & F Machine, Inc.& Hope Chapel Academy	El Segundo/Hermosa, CA		1998 frc82	1998cmp
83	Hughes Aircraft - Marine Systems & Kamiak High School	Mukilteo, WA		1998 frc83	1998cmp
84	GPU Energy & Northern Tier Career Center/Towanda Area High School/Troy High School/Waverly High School/Athens Area High School/Sayre High School SWATT-2C	Towanda/Troy/Waverly/Athens/Sayre, PA	Chuck R2	1998 frc84	1998nj, 1998parc
85	ITW Drawform, Inc. & Zeeland High School	Zeeland, MI		1998 frc85	1998mi, 1998cmp, 1998wmri
86	Vistakon & Stanton College Preparatory School	Jacksonville, FL		1998 frc86	1998cmp
87	Lockheed Martin & Rancocas Valley Regional High School	Moorestown/Mt. Holly, NJ	Diablo	1998 frc87	1998nj
88	Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. & Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School TJ^2	Raynham/Bridgewater, MA		1998 frc88	1998nj, 1998cmp
89	Johnson & Johnson/University of Pittsburgh & Steel Center Vocational Technical School/Tech-Link Program of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh/Clairton, PA/New Brunswick, NJ		1998 frc89	1998cmp
90	Johnson & Johnston Associates/RDI & Salem High School	Hampstead/Portsmouth/Salem, NH		1998 frc90	1998nh, 1998cmp
91	Kemet Electronics Corporation/Advanced Automation/Greenville Tech College & JL Mann High School/Carolina Academy/Riverside High School	Greenville/Greer, SC		1998 frc91	1998cmp
92	Landis & Staefa & Adelai E. Stevenson High School	Buffalo Grove/Lincolnshire, IL		1998 frc92	1998il
93	Lawrence University/Plexus Technology & Appleton North High School/Appleton East High School NEW Apple Crops	Neenah/Appleton, WI		1998 frc93	1998il, 1998cmp
94	Lear Corporation & Southfield High School	Southfield, MI		1998 frc94	1998mi, 1998cmp
95	Lebanon Robotics Team	Hanover, NH		1998 frc95	1998nh, 1998cmp
96	LEGO Systems & Talcott Mountain Science Center Maniacs	Enfield/Avon, CT		1998 frc96	1998nh, 1998cmp
97	LEGO/M.I.T. & Cambridge Ringe and Latin High School	Boston/Cambridge, MA		1998 frc97	1998nh, 1998cmp
98	Lennox International, Inc./University of Texas at Dallas & St. Mark's School of Texas/Hockaday School	Carrollton/Richardson/Dallas, TX		1998 frc98	1998tx, 1998cmp
99	Light Machines Corporation/Intelitek & Memorial High School spectraLIGHT	Manchester, NH		1998 frc99	1998nh, 1998cmp
100	NASA Ames Research Center/Lockheed-Martin Missile & Space & Woodside High School	Sunnyvale/Woodside, CA		1998 frc100	1998cmp
101	LoDan Electronics & St. Patrick's High School Striker	Arlington Heights/Chicago, IL	Striker 2	1998 frc101	1998il, 1998cmp
102	Lucent Technologies & Somerville Public Schools	Short Hills/Somerville, NJ		1998 frc102	1998nj
103	Lutron Electronics Co. Inc./Merck & Palisades High School Cybersonics	Coopersburg/West Point/Kintnersville, PA		1998 frc103	1998nj, 1998cmp, 1998parc
104	Mars Electronics International & West Chester Area School District	West Chester, PA		1998 frc104	1998nj
105	Massachusetts Electric/New England Electric & Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School	Worcester/Charlton, MA		1998 frc105	1998nh, 1998cmp
106	McNeil Consumer Products & Bartram High School/Carver High School/Mastbaum AVTS	Ft. Washington/Philadelphia, PA		1998 frc106	1998nj, 1998cmp
107	Metal Flow Corporation & Holland Christian High School	Holland, MI		1998 frc107	1998il, 1998cmp
108	Motorola, Inc. & Dillard High School	Plantation/Ft. Lauderdale, FL		1998 frc108	1998il, 1998cmp
109	Motorola, Inc. & Libertyville High School	Libertyville, IL		1998 frc109	1998il, 1998cmp
110	Motorola, Inc. & Richland High School/Haltom High School	Fort Worth/North Richland Hills, TX		1998 frc110	1998cmp
111	Motorola, Inc. & Rolling Meadows High School/Wheeling High School Wildstang	Schaumburg/Rolling Meadows/Wheeling, IL		1998 frc111	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
112	Motorola & John Hersey High School	Arlington Heights, IL		1998 frc112	1998il
113	Motorola/Universal Metal Craft & Eastside High School	Glen Rock/Paterson, NJ		1998 frc113	1998nj
114	NASA Ames Research Center & Los Altos High School Eagle Strike	Moffett Field/Los Altos, CA		1998 frc114	1998cmp
115	NASA Ames Research Center & Monta Vista High School	Moffett Field/Cupertino, CA		1998 frc115	1998cmp
116	NASA Headquarters & South Lakes High School SLHS RoboSquad	Washington, DC/Reston, VA	The Blundering Worm	1998 frc116	1998tx, 1998cmp
117	NASA Headquarters/Carnegie Mellon University & Taylor Allderdice High School The Steel Dragons	Washington, DC/Pittsburgh, PA		1998 frc117	1998nj, 1998cmp
118	NASA Johnson Space Center & Clear Brook High School/Clear Creek High School/Clear Lake High School Marauders	Houston/League City/Friendswood, TX	Jolly Roger	1998 frc118	1998tx, 1998cmp
119	NASA Kennedy Space Center/Delaware North/DYNACS/USA & Merritt Island High School/Satellite High School Space Coast FIRST Team	Kennedy Space Center/Cocoa/Merritt Island/Satellite Beach, FL		1998 frc119	1998tx, 1998cmp
120	NASA Lewis Research Center/TRW, Inc./Battelle Memorial Institute/The Illuminating Co. & East Technical High School Scarabian Knights	Cleveland, OH		1998 frc120	1998mi, 1998cmp
121	Naval Undersea Warfare Center & Middletown High School Rhode Warrior	Newport/Middletown, RI		1998 frc121	1998nh, 1998cmp
122	NASA Langley Research Center & New Horizons Regional Education Center	Hampton, VA		1998 frc122	1998nj, 1998cmp
123	New Venture Gear, Inc. & Hamtramck High School Bomb Squad	Troy/Hamtramck, MI		1998 frc123	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
124	Northeast Utilities/U.S. Coast Guard Academy & Montville High School/The Williams School	Waterford/New London/Oakdale, CT		1998 frc124	1998nj, 1998cmp
125	Northeastern University/Textron & Boston Latin School	Boston, MA		1998 frc125	1998nj, 1998cmp
126	NYPRO, Inc. & Clinton High School Gael Force	Clinton, MA		1998 frc126	1998nh, 1998cmp
127	Oceaneering Space Systems, NASA/JSC & Friendswood Independent School District	Houston/Friendswood, TX		1998 frc127	1998cmp
128	American Electric Power/The Ohio State University & Grandview Heights High School Team TOGA (Team OSU Grandview AEP)	Columbus, OH	Atlas	1998 frc128	1998cmp
129	Oscar Mayer Foods & Sherman High School	Sherman, TX		1998 frc129	1998cmp
130	Osram Sylvania, Inc. & Hillsboro-Deering High School Oscats	Hillsboro, NH		1998 frc130	1998nh, 1998cmp, 1998ratr
131	Osram Sylvania & Manchester Central High School CHAOS	Manchester, NH		1998 frc131	1998nh, 1998cmp
132	Panzer Aluminum Products, Inc. & Ely High School/Crystal Lake Middle School Robo Ticks	Wilton Manors/Pompano Beach, FL		1998 frc132	1998cmp
133	Parker Nichols Portland & Bonny Eagle High School	Portland/Standish, ME		1998 frc133	1998nh, 1998cmp
134	Pembroke Academy Team Discovery	Pembroke, NH		1998 frc134	1998nh
135	Capitol Tech & Penn High School	South Bend/Mishawaka, IN	Anaconda	1998 frc135	1998il, 1998cmp
136	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation & Plainfield High School	East Hanover/Plainfield, NJ		1998 frc136	1998nj, 1998cmp
137	PLD Advanced Automation Systems, Inc./University of Central Florida/R.W. Beck & Lake Howell High School	Winter Park, FL		1998 frc137	1998cmp
138	Pneutronics/Key Bank/Connolly Crowns & Souhegan High School	Hollis/Ahmerst, NH		1998 frc138	1998nh, 1998cmp
139	Front Range Community College & Poudre School District/Fort Collins High School	Fort Collins, CO		1998 frc139	1998cmp
140	PRI Automation, Inc./New England Prototype, Inc. & Tyngsborough High School	Billerica/Tyngsboro, MA		1998 frc140	1998nh, 1998cmp
141	Prince & West Ottawa High School	Holland, MI		1998 frc141	1998mi, 1998cmp
142	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory & Hopewell Valley Central High School	Princeton/Pennington, NJ		1998 frc142	1998nj
143	Procter & Gamble Company/Tobyhanna Army Depot/Penn State/Keystone College/Northeastern Educational IU19 & Elk Lake HS/Lackawanna County Area Vocational Technical School/Lackawanna Trail HS/Tunkhannock Area HS/Troy Area HS/Susquehanna County AVTS The Crew	Scranton/Dimock/Factoryville/Tunkhannock, PA		1998 frc143	1998nj, 1998cmp, 1998parc
144	Procter & Gamble Company & Walnut Hills High School	Cincinnati, OH		1998 frc144	1998cmp
145	Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals & Norwich High School/Sherburne-Earlville High School/Oxford High School/B.O.C.E.S. Phoenics	Norwich/Sherburne/Oxford, NY		1998 frc145	1998cmp, 1998parc
146	Public Service of New Hampshire & Manchester West High School Blue Lightning	Hooksett/Manchester, NH		1998 frc146	1998nh, 1998cmp
147	Raytheon E-Systems & Boca Ciega High School/Dixie M. Hollins High School Deep Thunder	St. Petersburg, FL		1998 frc147	1998il, 1998cmp
148	Raytheon Systems Company & Greenville High School	Greenville, TX	The Big Ball Grabber	1998 frc148	1998tx, 1998cmp
149	Route 20 Consortium & Oneida High School	Oneida, NY		1998 frc149	1998nj
150	Sage Products, Inc. & McHenry East High School/McHenry West High School	Crystal Lake/McHenry, IL		1998 frc150	1998il
151	Sanders, Lockheed Martin/Nashua High School	Nashua, NH	Scorpion	1998 frc151	1998nh, 1998cmp
152	Seagate Technology & Aptos High School	Scotts Valley/Aptos, CA		1998 frc152	1998cmp
153	Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals/Rutgers University & Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools	Bridgewater, NJ		1998 frc153	1998nj, 1998cmp
154	Fairchild Semiconductor & Mills High School Team Themis	Millbrae, CA		1998 frc154	1998cmp
155	Stanley Works & C.M. McGee Middle School/Berlin High School Rail Runners	New Britain/Berlin, CT	The Loco-Motion	1998 frc155	1998nh, 1998cmp, 1998ratr
157	Stratus Computer & Assabet Valley Regional Vocational High School Straazztechs	Marlboro, MA		1998 frc157	1998nh, 1998cmp
158	Structural Dynamics Research Corporation & Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, Live Oaks Campus Cobras	Milford/Cincinnati, OH	First Strike	1998 frc158	1998il, 1998cmp
159	Symbios/Colorado State University & Poudre High School	Fort Collins, CO		1998 frc159	1998il, 1998
160	Morgan State University & Edmondson-Westside Senior High School	Baltimore, MD		1998 frc160	1998nj, 1998cmp
161	Textron Automotive Company & Cass Technical High School/Oakland Technical School	Troy/Detroit/Royal Oak, MI		1998 frc161	1998il, 1998mi, 1998cmp
162	TRW AEG & Harrison High School	Farmington Hills, MI		1998 frc162	1998mi, 1998cmp
163	TRW VSSI/Siemens & International Academy	Washington/Bloomfield Hills, MI		1998 frc163	1998mi, 1998cmp
164	TRW/Adtech & Hawthorne High School/North High School/Levzinger High School/Mira Costa High School/Redondo Beach High School	Redondo Beach/Hawthorne/Torrance/Lawndale/Manhattan Beach, CA		1998 frc164	1998cmp
165	U.S. Naval Academy & Severn School	Annapolis/Severn Park, MD		1998 frc165	1998nj, 1998cmp
166	Unitrode Corporation/Ferrofluidics/Fidelity Investments & Merrimack High School Team Merrimack	Merrimack/Nashua, NH		1998 frc166	1998nh, 1998cmp
167	University of Iowa & City High School	Iowa City, IA		1998 frc167	1998cmp
168	University of Miami & North Miami Beach Senior High School	Coral Gables/North Miami, FL		1998 frc168	1998cmp
169	University of Texas at El Paso/Lear Corp. & Montwood High School	El Paso, TX		1998 frc169	1998tx, 1998cmp
170	University of Texas El Paso/Lear Corp. & Socorro High School	El Paso, TX		1998 frc170	1998tx, 1998cmp
171	University of Wisconsin-Platteville & Platteville High School	Platteville, WI		1998 frc171	1998cmp
172	UNUM/IDEXX & Gorham High School/Kennebunk High School/Scarborough High Schools	Portland/Westbrook/Gorham/Kennebunk/Scarborough, ME		1998 frc172	1998nh
173	UTC & East Hartford High School/Rockville High School	East Hartford/Vernon, CT		1998 frc173	1998nh, 1998cmp
174	UTC/Carrier Corporation & Liverpool High School	Syracuse/Liverpool, NY	The Big Chill	1998 frc174	1998nh, 1998cmp
175	UTC/Hamilton Standard Space Systems International/Techni Products & Enrico Fermi High School Falconauts	Windsor Locks/Enfield, CT/East Longmeadow, MA	Buzz	1998 frc175	1998nh, 1998nj, 1998cmp, 1998parc
176	UTC/Hamilton Standard & Windsor Locks High School/Suffield High School Raiders	Windsor Locks/Suffield, CT		1998 frc176	1998nh, 1998cmp
177	UTC/International Fuel Cells & South Windsor High School Bobcat Robotics	South Windsor, CT		1998 frc177	1998nh, 1998cmp, 1998ratr
178	UTC/Otis Elevator & Farmington High School	Farmington, CT	The Shocker	1998 frc178	1998nh, 1998cmp
179	UTC/Pratt & Whitney & Palm Beach Gardens High School/The Benjamin School The Derailers	Palm Beach, FL	The Swamp Thing	1998 frc179	1998tx, 1998cmp
180	UTC/Pratt & Whitney & South Fork High School/Martin County High School Team S.P.A.M.	West Palm Beach/Stuart, FL		1998 frc180	1998cmp
181	UTC/Pratt & Whitney/CPEP & Hartford Public School	Hartford/Bloomfield, CT		1998 frc181	1998nh, 1998cmp
182	UTC/UT Automotive & Edsel Ford High School	Dearborn, MI		1998 frc182	1998mi, 1998cmp
183	South Garland High School & Varo Inc.	Garland, TX		1998 frc183	1998cmp
184	Visteon Automotive Systems & Fordson High School	Dearborn, MI	VF1	1998 frc184	1998mi, 1998cmp
185	Visteon Automotive Systems/Merck Pharmaceuticals & Lansdale Catholic High School Cyber-Crusaders	Lansdale, PA		1998 frc185	1998parc
186	Walt Disney World & Project Future/The Challenge Center	Lake Buena Vista/Kissimmee, FL		1998 frc186	1998tx, 1998cmp
187	Wisne Design/University of Detroit Mercy & University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy	Southfield/Detroit, MI		1998 frc187	1998mi, 1998cmp
188	SciCan & Woburn Collegiate Institute	Scarborough, Ontario Canada		1998 frc188	1998cmp
189	Union Carbide/Middlesex Community College/Vitetta Group Inc. & Woodbridge Township School District	Somerset/Edison/Woodbridge, NJ		1998 frc189	1998nj
190	Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science	Worcester, MA		1998 frc190	1998nh, 1998nj, 1998cmp
191	Xerox Corporation & Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School X-Cats	Rochester, NY		1998 frc191	1998nj, 1998cmp
192	NASA Ames Research Center/Xerox PARC. & Henry M. Gunn Senior High School Gunn Robotics	Moffit Field/Palo Alto, CA	G Force	1998 frc192	1998cmp
194	Bell Atlantic & Bay Shore High School	Garden City/Bay Shore, NY		1998 frc194	1998nj
195	Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc. & Southington High School	Southington. CT		1998 frc195	1998nj
196	G.E. Transportation/Gannon University & East High School/Erie School District	Erie, PA		1998 frc196	1998nj
197	General Electric & Western High School	Louisville , KY		1998 frc197	1998cmp
198	PSE&G; & The Newark Museum	Newark, NJ		1998 frc198	1998nj
200	Optimation Technology & Irondequoit High School	Rush/Rochester, NY		1998 frc200	1998nj
201	EDS & Rochester High School	Rochester Hills, MI		1998 frc201	1998mi, 1998cmp
202	Carey Manufacturing & Rocky Hill High School	East Berlin/Rocky Hill, CT		1998 frc202	1998nj
203	Campbell Soup/Siemens & Dr. Brim Medical Arts High School/Camden County Technical School/Camden High School/Woodrow Wilson High School	Camden/Cherry Hill/Sicklerville, NJ		1998 frc203	1998nj
204	RF Power Products, Inc. & Eastern Regional High School	Voorhees, NJ		1998 frc204	1998nj, 1998cmp
205	Janssen Pharmaceuticals/Fluor Daniel & Washington Township Public Schools	Titusville/Marlton/Sewell, NJ		1998 frc205	1998nj
206	MASSPEP, Inc./Boston Edison/Boston University & John D. Bryant School of Math & Science	Boston/Roxbury, MA		1998 frc206	1998nj

Team Forum

A team forum was held August 12, 1998 at the FIRST offices in Manchester. Over 50 team representatives, FIRST staff members, and invited guests attended, including Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers. Topics discussed included the possibility of playing the same game or modifications of a similar game for several years in a row, the role of the human player and how much impact they should have on the match, and the role of professional engineers in the teams.

A more complete summary of the team forum can be found below.