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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]