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Week 5 Update

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…

Offseason

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…

2017 Steamworks in Review

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,…

FRC 2016 STRONGHOLD

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.…

2015 FTC “RES-Q”

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…

Off season events!!!

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…

Sponsor/Alumni Night

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…

Troy district 2015

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…

Recycle Rush!!!

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…

An amazing season comes to a close

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…