Jx2 Productions • FIRST Robotics Competition • Rochester, NY

FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional — 2018

Full event-production support at Rochester Institute of Technology, including crewing, camera/audio/video technicians, projection, drape, team-pit power distribution, arena and pit audio reinforcement, live match streaming, and production coordination.

March 14–17, 2018 • Rochester Institute of Technology

At a glance

A regional robotics competition built across an arena, field, and full team-pit environment.

Jx2 supported the FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, from March 14 through March 17, 2018.

The event required technical production across two distinct operating environments: the main competition arena and the large team-pit area supporting participating robotics teams throughout the event.

EventFIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional

DatesMarch 14–17, 2018

VenueRochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623

Jx2 production scope

Crewing, show systems, pit infrastructure, and live streaming.

Labor & CrewingProduction labor, camera operators, audio technicians, and video technicians.

Video & ProjectionLarge projection screen and projection system supporting the competition environment.

Audio ReinforcementAudio systems for both the robot team pits and the main competition arena.

Pit Power DistributionDistributed power supporting the full team-pit area across the competition floor.

Drape & EnvironmentDrape and event infrastructure used to define production, pit, and competition areas.

Streaming & CoordinationLive streaming of matches plus overall production coordination.

Load-in & infrastructure

Build the production environment before the robots arrive.

The early setup photos show the scale of the arena before competition activity filled the room: team-pit tables laid out across the floor, drape separating operational areas, power distribution routed through the pits, the main projection screen installed, and the arena audio system in place.

FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at RIT during load-in, showing the arena floor, projection screen, drape, audio arrays and pit layout. — Arena overview during load-in: projection, drape, audio and pit layout.

FIRST Robotics Competition team pit area at the 2018 Finger Lakes Regional at Rochester Institute of Technology during event setup. — Team-pit layout before the competition population arrived.

Team pit infrastructure, drape and distributed power at the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at RIT. — Drape, pit infrastructure and distributed power routing.

Large projection screen, drape and arena audio reinforcement at the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at RIT. — Large-screen projection, drape and arena audio reinforcement.

Video & streaming

Production control for a live competition audience and remote viewers.

Jx2’s production crew included camera operators and video technicians supporting match coverage, along with the live-streaming workflow that carried competition action beyond the room.

The control position coordinated the video feed, competition content, and match coverage while technicians supported the live arena experience.

Jx2 video and live-streaming production position at the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at RIT.

Competition live

From an empty floor to a full regional competition.

Packed arena during the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at RIT, with the competition field, audience and production systems visible. — The finished competition environment with field, audience, team areas and production systems operating together.

Wide view of the FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional competition arena at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2018. — Wide competition-arena view at RIT.

Live FIRST Robotics Competition matches at the 2018 Finger Lakes Regional at Rochester Institute of Technology. — Live FIRST Robotics Competition match activity.

FIRST Robotics Competition team pits and competition floor during the 2018 Finger Lakes Regional at RIT. — Competition field and team-pit environment operating simultaneously.

Arena and team-pit activity during the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Finger Lakes Regional at Rochester Institute of Technology. — Arena and pit activity during the regional event.

Production coordination

One event, multiple technical environments.

The Finger Lakes Regional required the arena production, robot-team pit infrastructure, audio systems, video coverage, projection, streaming, drape, power, and technical labor to work as one coordinated event environment.

That type of multi-system coordination is directly relevant to conferences, competitions, higher-education programs, festivals, corporate meetings, and other events where guest-facing production and operational infrastructure have to coexist.

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Complex competitions need more than a single technical system.

Jx2 coordinates the people, infrastructure, video, audio, power, streaming, and show-site systems that let technically demanding live events operate as one production.