LASA Robotics, FRC418 (Team "Purple Haze"), competed in the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).

This year's theme was “Breakaway” and the game was based on a fun twist on the game of soccer. In the FRC “Breakaway” robotics game, two teams of three robots competed on a specialized field with small barriers, earning points by scoring soccer balls in goals and raising themselves off the competition field at the end of each match. View the Breakaway game description and animation.

This year, we competed in two regional tournaments:

• Dallas Regional - March 18-20
• Houston/Lone Star Regional - April 1-3

The team was fairly successful, and garnered the following awards:

• Dallas Regional - Quarterfinalists
• Houston Lone Star Regional - Quarterfinalists
• Houston Lone Star Regional - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (WFFA) Winner: Danny Diaz (Winning Essay)
• Houston Lone Star Regional - 2010 Breakaway Web Site Excellence Award

Congratulations to the team!