{"id":61,"date":"2026-02-01T00:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightcyan-mantis-408533.hostingersite.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T01:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:21:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/team271.com\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"61\" class=\"elementor elementor-61\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8df2a06 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8df2a06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-984aadc\" data-id=\"984aadc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f06088 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f06088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b733eac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b733eac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9936ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9936ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b95fa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b95fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca551d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ca551d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team 271, the Mechanical Marauders, was founded in 1998 as the \u201cBell Atlantic Robotics Team.\u201d In 2000, we became known as the Mechanical Marauders. Since our inception, we have grown from a small group of 15 students to a thriving team of nearly 70 members from Bay Shore Senior High School and Bay Shore Middle School. Over the years, we have achieved numerous milestones and have been recognized for our excellence in various aspects of robotics and community engagement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f02e90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f02e90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cd7c8c\" data-id=\"0cd7c8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-68da809 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68da809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48b38a5\" data-id=\"48b38a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6f32c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6f32c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team History <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1b810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e1b810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team 271, the Mechanical Marauders, was founded in 1998 as the \u201cBell Atlantic Robotics Team.\u201d In 2000, we became known as the Mechanical Marauders. Since our inception, we have grown from a small group of 15 students to a thriving team of nearly 70 members from Bay Shore Senior High School and Bay Shore Middle School. Over the years, we have achieved numerous milestones and have been recognized for our excellence in various aspects of robotics and community engagement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4d3487 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4d3487\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cd2dc2\" data-id=\"9cd2dc2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ada49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33ada49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/820-615-max.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-262\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/820-615-max.jpg 820w, https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/820-615-max-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/820-615-max-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfd2ede\" data-id=\"cfd2ede\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc796e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc796e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/robotics\/frc\/awards.\">The team won its first competition in 2006 at the SBPLI Long Island Regional, which qualified Team 271 for the World Championship for the third time, where we advanced to the Semifinals of the Archimedes Division. Our team has made it to the World Championship 13 times and has made a total of 5 appearances in the World Championship playoffs, with 1 finalist, 2 semi-finalist, and 2 quarter-finalist finishes.<br>\nIn addition to three regional competition wins and numerous technical and cultural awards at regional competitions, in 2014, the Mechanical Marauders became the 34th team in the world to win at least one of all five technical awards, inducting us into the prestigious Quinfecta Club.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efcc1c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efcc1c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5460f3\" data-id=\"c5460f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-375f944 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"375f944\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c5d3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39c5d3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8315cef hostinger-ai-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8315cef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">rOBOT Gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93db7b6 hostinger-ai-description elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93db7b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Snapshots OF PAST YEARS AND THEIR ROBOT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84d853 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f84d853\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb93744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"bb93744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05796-1-scaled.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC05796\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EU0MwNTc5Ni0xLXNjYWxlZC5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05796-1-300x200.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC07951-1-scaled.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC07951\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EU0MwNzk1MS0xLXNjYWxlZC5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC07951-1-300x200.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC03392-1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC03392\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ1LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EU0MwMzM5Mi0xLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC03392-1-200x300.png\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC1887-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"_DSC1887\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ2LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EU0MxODg3LTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC1887-1-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8847-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_8847\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9JTUdfODg0Ny0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8847-1-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8362-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_8362\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9JTUdfODM2Mi0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8362-1-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6961-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_6961\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQ5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9JTUdfNjk2MS0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6961-1-200x300.jpg\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_20140404_193426-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_20140404_193426\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9JTUdfMjAxNDA0MDRfMTkzNDI2LTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_20140404_193426-1-169x300.jpg\" data-width=\"169\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nationals-2007-046-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Nationals 2007 046\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9OYXRpb25hbHMtMjAwNy0wNDYtMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nationals-2007-046-1-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/100_0192-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"100_0192\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUyLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC8xMDBfMDE5Mi0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYjkzNzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/100_0192-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC01082-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC01082\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EU0MwMTA4Mi0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC01082-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P3190077-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9QMzE5MDA3Ny0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P3190077-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1010041-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU1LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9QMTAxMDA0MS0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1010041-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1010015-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU2LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9QMTAxMDAxNS0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1010015-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2001-CREATION-35-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2001 CREATION (35)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC8yMDAxLUNSRUFUSU9OLTM1LTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmI5Mzc0NCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2001-CREATION-35-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/640-480-max-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bb93744\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"640-480-max\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjU4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGVhbTI3MS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC82NDAtNDgwLW1heC0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJiOTM3NDQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/team271.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/640-480-max-1-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us About Us Team 271, the Mechanical Marauders, was founded in 1998 as the \u201cBell Atlantic Robotics Team.\u201d In 2000, we became known as the Mechanical Marauders. Since our inception, we have grown from a small group of 15 students to a thriving team of nearly 70 members from Bay Shore Senior High School [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/team271.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}