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The team

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Panteras is a Mexican robotics team formed by students from Universidad Panamericana Preparatoria and Centro Escolar Cedros.

We participate on the FIRST contests such as FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and First Tech Challenge (FTC). Our goal as a team is to spread science and technology in the world in a fun and friendly way which gives experience and knowledge to everyone who participate in these contests.

In this web site, we want to show the building process of our robots. Showing how the engineers, programmers, designers, administrators, mentors and coaches work together to have the final result.

As part of our community service in Latin America, we have translated to Spanish some manuals; as well as the web site.

Vision: What we expect for this competition is to show Latin America that you can do almost everything if you work in teams.

Mission: To instill in students a desire to learn with technology and research of Science and Mathematics before it is too late.

Our History

Everything started in 2004 with a group of Mexican students of Universidad Panamericana Preparatoria who decided to create a robotics workshop. In 2005 they decided to participate FIRST VEX Challenge regional, where they got the 3rd place and the pass to Atlanta’s World Championship. With “Mostro”, the robot, Panteras became the first Latin American team that participated in FIRST contests.

mostro

Mostro

guacamole

Guacamole

In 2007 Panteras got the Inspire Award in Mexico’s FVC regional and the pass to Atlanta’s World Championship where the team won the 6th place. This year we also created the first FRC team with "Guacamole". The team participated in Detroit’s regional and won the Rookie All Star Award and the pass to Atlanta’s World Championship, where we also won the rookie all star award, thanks to the work and the enthusiasm of the team.

It began the first day that we got back to school from winter vacation, to be specific, January the 8 the , 2007. The decision of making UP and Cedros part of the FRC had been made just a couple of weeks before the announcement so we had no teams.

omnibot

Omnibot

paquito

Paquito

Directors and teachers from a Universidad Panamericana and Centro Escolar Cedros got the alumni prospects together and asked them if they were interested in participating or not. An initial meeting took place the next day to talk us into the project, which will succeed only as a result of a great amount of effort and dedication.

One of the main sponsors of the project was the transnational automotive company General Motors. Both GM and Universidad Panamericana are eagerly interested into creating a strong bound between youngsters and technology so they can be ready to confront the challenges of a new era. This sort of projects helps people to gain experience, values and knowledge that are indispensable nowadays.

With a total of 35 members, 22 alumni, 5 teachers from both institutions and 8 members from the GM staff we adventured ourselves into one of the most ambitious projects we have ever been in.

aquiles

Aquiles

hercules

Hercules

Being the first Mexican team to participate in this competition and the first to be fully participating in every area of the FRC was not easy, soon inexperience began to charge its debts, even though some of our members had already been participating at the FIRST Lego league and the FIRST Vex Challenge before. All of them knew how hard it was but some of us didn't, inexperience wasn't a mitigating factor for our enthusiasm which prevailed from the beginning to the end. Getting in touch with other experienced teams also helped our performance during the robot construction.

In 2008 PANTERAS FTC “Aquiles” a robot with very especial characteristics and a very original design, and in FRC OTNI was created, a robot with a peculiar design. OTNI participated in San Jose, CA. regional, where the team gained experience and enthusiasm to do better the new 2009 season. PANTERAS FTC, with inspiration, hard work and team spirit, won Mexico’s regional in which the team also participate on it’s organization, then with the pass to Atlanta’s World Championship the team won the Inspire Award, the greatest Award, given to the team that showed the best organization, teamwork, enthusiasm, best robot development, engineering notebook and also won with the help of “Paquito”. Now the team meets again with a lot of enthusiasm and new ideas to achieve the best.

camote

Camote

robocoatl

Robocóatl

Later, in 2009, CAMOTE won the Engineering Inspiration Award in Dallas, TX. This robot had a particular design who could take and shoot "lunar balls" of the LUNACY challenge; with this achievement, Pantera's passed to the Atlanta's World Championship again. In the FTC category, the Connect award was won in the regional of Monterrey in Mexico.

In 2010, FTC won the Inspire Award and the Winning Alliance award, one team each one, one of the Centro Escolar Cedros and one of the Universidad panamericana High School. And in FRC, we won again the Engineering Inspiration award in Dallas, TX; so we passed to the Atlanta's World Championship, where we won the Team Spirit Award.

This year, we want to give our best to improve and enhance our impact on the great community that only FIRST can give. Thanks

Frequently Asked Questions

In this zone of the web site we want you to notice why we are your best option to ask for help, advice, and tutorials; so that you can get the best experience that FIRST competitions can give you.

arrow What can panteras offer me?

Panteras can offer you digital assistance of almost anything you want to know about the FIRST competitions. We are the first team to have it's base on Mexico, so we know the problems that may represent the fact of living outside the USA.

arrow If I'm in Latin America, how can panteras help me?

Panteras is allways trying to help other teams, specially the ones of Latin America. This is because we want to spread the FIRST message to everyone, and because we are form Mexico City, we can offer you assistance in Spanish and English.

arrow I don't understand English very well, can you help me?

Sure we can!. As part of our labor to the non-native English speakers, we offer translations from English to Spanish.

arrow I want to open a Team, but I've got no idea of how to do so, could you help me?

Sure we can. Panteras has helped teams all over the Mexican republic, Chile and Colombia. So even if you are not in Mexico, we can also help you. Just send us a mail.

Awards

Premios

Highest award
Championship Award

Año Categoría Equipo Reconocimiento Lugar
2011 FRC 2283 Chairman's Award Dallas, TX
2011 FRC 2283 Excellence in Design Award Dallas, TX
2011 FRC 2283 Website Award Dallas, TX
2011 FTC 3141 Motivate Award México
2011 FTC 3141 Connect Award México
2011 FLL Creative Presentation Award México
2010 FRC 2283 Championship Team Spirit Award Atlanta, GA
2010 FRC 2283 Engineering Inspiration Award Dallas, TX
2010 FTC 3141 Inspire Award Monterrey, México
2010 FTC 801 Winning Alliance Award Monterrey, México
2010 FTC 3141 Finalist Alliance Award Monterrey, México
2009 FRC 2283 Engineering Inspiration Award Dallas, TX
2009 FTC 801 Connect Award Monterrey, México
2009 FTC 3141 Finalist Alliance Award Monterrey, México
2008 FTC 801 Championship Inspire Award Atlanta, GA
2008 FTC 801 Inspire Award México
2008 FTC 801 Winning Alliance México
2008 FLL Creative Presentation Award 2nd Place Torneo Abierto Internacional
2008 FLL Mejor Desempeño 1st Place México
2007 FRC 2283 Championship Rookie All-Star Award Atlanta, GA
2007 FRC 2283 Rookie All-Star Award Detroit, MI
2007 FTC 801 Inspire Award México
2007 FTC 801 Winning Alliance México
2007 FTC 801 Amaze Award México
2007 FLL Robot Design Award México
2006 FLL Mejor Desempeño México
2006 FLL Mejor programación México
2005 FLL Premio del director 1st Place Mexico
2005 FLL Championship Robot Design Award 2nd Place Atlanta, GA
2005 FLL Mejor Desempeño México
2005 FLL Mejor Programación México
2004 FLL Mejor Desempeño México

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