The build season is in full swing! For the past few weeks we have designed, manufactured, assembled, coded, and connected a lot along the way. Each of these things has presented their own challenges. Fortunately, that is no matter for team 1188! The team has been working very nicely through every obstacle we have encountered
In July, Team 1188 went to Robocon in Lapeer, MI. At this off season event Team 1188 worked on informing our new members about how a competition setting works. We had new members perform a range of tasks that went from driving and operating the robot in matches to working on the robot in the
Overview 2017 was a great season for Royal Oak Robotics. We designed and built the most complicated and advanced robot in our teams history and it paid off. We ranked as high as we ever have, captained a finals alliance, and made our way to the Michigan State Championship. The Design Our robot was
FRC released a new exciting game this year titled “Stronghold”. The game is played by two alliances of three robots whos objective is to score points in the other alliances castle to weaken their defenses in hopes of capturing it. The big twist is that there are five different barriers that prevent the other alliance
Res-Q is a game played by two Alliances of two robots each that is for the middle school. Robots score points by parking in designated sections, dropping objections in designated bins, climbing a mountain and clearing debris among so much more with teamwork. Students will have to work together to obtain the highest amount of points possible
Attention all new and old members if you would like a chance to drive at a competition or just try out robotics for the first time and offseason event is a great way to do that. The team will be attending the MARC off season event this Friday and Saturday (June 19-20), this is not
On 5/28/15 the teams held their first annual sponsor/alumni night. It was a success as we had four alumni present (Austin Shaeff, Monika Paszkowska, Andy Harman and Ryan Sheen) for some fun driving the robots and exploration of our new shop. We also presented 10 students with varsity letters and certifications for their hard work
Over the past weekend (April 3rd – 4th) the Royal Oak robotics team competed at Troy Athens along with 39 other teams. The first day went well with team 1188 reaching 3rd place and 3548 reaching 11th place. As the competition went on each team had it’s issues of broken lift systems, stacks being knocked
RECYCLE RUSH is a recycling-themed game played by two Alliances of three robots each. Robots score points by stacking totes on scoring platforms, capping those stacks with recycling containers, and properly disposing of pool noodles, representing litter. In keeping with the recycling theme of the game, all game pieces used are reusable or recyclable by
Going to States 2014 was a great season for Royal Oak Robotics. We once again fielded two teams (1188 & 3548) with two very different designs. Although both robots were great, 3548 would prove to be a very solid competitor in the competitions. In fact 3548 would win the Howell district event with there partners