General

The Battle O' Baltimore is Maryland's first team hosted off season event. The Battle is sponsored by the FIRST Baltimore Area Alliance (FirstBAA), an alliance of teams across the Baltimore area. These teams have united to share resources such as finances, knowledge, and valuable mentors.

Our information packet is available for download here in Adobe PDF format: Battle O' Baltimore Information Packet. (Updated - 5/5/09 - Thanks Mark Eastman.)

The Game

The Battle is the result of months of hard work and preparation. It will be based on FIRST Robotics 2009 FRC Challenge, Lunacy. In this challenge, teams had to build a robot to move a trailer across a reduced friction surface while picking up and delivering, by various methods, moon rocks into the trailers of the other alliance.  In Lunacy, human players play a huge role and can score with thrown moon rocks.  This years' game will be exciting.  Look for us to alter the standard rules slightly to incorporate some Maryland flavor.

2008 Award Winner Listing