History of Tech High Robotics

FIRST Robotics Team 675
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Our best year doing the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) was in 2007 when we went to the World Championships. We placed 8th out of 40 in Regionals, which qualified us for Worlds. Unfortunately, we didn’t do as well at the World Championships, coming in 41st, but it was an exciting accomplishment for our team.

M.A.T.E. Robotics team
In the fall of 2013, Tech High Robotics decided to compete in M.A.T.E. robotics. This is an ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) competition. In 2015, we won Most Spirited, Best Sales Presentation, and 3rd place overall.

National Robotics League (NRL) Combat Robotics Team
After the pandemic, we changed focus yet again to combat robotics. Our first robot, Free Hugs, was a 15lb horizontal spinner battle bot. The goal in combat robotics is to destroy or gain control over the opponent by building robots to be extremely durable, have highly destructive spinning weapons, and have a fast drive. The 15lb weight class is a scaled down version of the 250lb robots seen the the BattleBots TV show that makes it affordable for smaller high school and college teams. In 2023, Free Hugs won the Design Award and placed 7th out of 16.

2022-2023 bot: Free Hugs (aluminum weapon)
Design Award
7th place

2023-2024 bot: Free Hugs v2 (3031 steel weapon)
7th place (again)

2024-2025 bots:
Free Hugs Rev 3 (completely new design with AR500 weapon)

Angular Aggression (Inspired by 250lb battle bot Riptide)