History
1992
Sponsored by E-Systems and Dallas Christian School, the robotics team participated in the 1992 FIRST Robotics Competition. As a financial contributor to the initial competition, E-Systems not only was an inaugural sponsor of this soon to be annual event, but it also provided a team for the early competition. Although held in a gym in New Hampshire, the 1992 game, "Maize Craze" was only a predecessor to the national competition at Disney World, Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia
1993
Sponsored by E-Systems and Dallas Christian School, the robotics team participated in the 1993 FIRST Robotics Competition. The final rounds of the 1993 game, "Rug Rage" consisted of 2-minute games in which two robots battled to place balls in their respective goals. Points were awarded according to the number and size of the balls collected by each robot. The machines accomplished the feat in a number of ways, including scoops, jaw-like devices, and pushing. The team's robot, "Dallas Rug Runner," sucked the balls up on rollers. "Dallas Rug Runner" won the national championship over the University of New Hampshire/MITRE Corp./Winnacunnet High School team. The team was honored in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on May 27, 1993 by President Bill Clinton. 1994 Sponsored by E-Systems, Dallas Christian School and Greenville ISD, the robotics team participated in the 1994 FIRST Robotics Competition. Two robots were sent to the competition in Nashua, New Hampshire, but due to mechanical difficulties, only one of the machines was used by the combined GHS/DCS team. The team won the Best Play of the Day award.
1995
Sponsored by E-Systems and Greenville ISD, the robotics team participated in the 1995 FIRST Robotics Competition. The team designed a robot that could collect, transport and lift one 24" and one 30" diameter ball over a horizontal bar. The team earned the Outstanding Defense award. 1996 Sponsored by E-Systems and Greenville ISD, the robotics team participated in the 1996 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 1996 game, "Hexagon Havic," three teams compete in each match. The object of the game is to collect, transport and lift 8-inch and 24-inch rubber balls onto the central goal. The team's robot, "The Big Red Slammer," could collect and disgorge the small balls and toss the larger balls into the goal. "The Big Red Slammer" led the team to a top 10 finish, being the 66th team to be eliminated out of the 74 total. The team was also named a Chairman's Award Finalist.
1997
Sponsored by Raytheon E-Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 35 participated in the 1997 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 1997 game, "Torroid Terror," two teams compete in each match. The object of the game is to collect, transport and place inner tubes onto pegs on the goal, or around the top of the goal. Team 35's robot could pick up the tubes and place them on the 9-foot goal. The robot led Team Greenville to a 3rd place finish. The team also earned the Proctor & Gamble Creativity award at the Motorola Midwest Regional in Chicago. Moving on to nationals, Team Greenville returned home as a Chairman's Award Finalist with the WPI scholarship and Outstanding Defense award. 1998 Sponsored by Raytheon E-Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148 participated in the 1998 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 1998 game, "Ladder Logic," three teams compete in each match. The object of the game is to collect, transport and lift 22-inch rubber balls onto the side goals or into the central goal. Team 148's robot, "The Big Ball Grabber," could lift the large balls into the center goal. "The Big Ball Grabber" soared the team to an eighth place finish at the national competition in Orlando, Florida. The team was named a national quarterfinalist. The team also brought home the Best Play of the Day award and the Featherweight in the Finals award from the Southwest Regional.
1999
Sponsored by Raytheon E-Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148 participated in the 1999 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 1999 game, "Double Trouble," two alliances composed of two teams each compete in each match. The object of the game is to collect and transport "floppies" to a designated height off of the ground and position their robots onto the "puck." Team 148's robot, "Rough Rider," could lift the floppy disks eight feet in the air. "Rough Rider" brought the team to a fifth place finish at the regional competition in Cocoa Beach, Florida. 2000 Sponsored by Raytheon AIS and Greenville ISD, Team 148 participated in the 2000 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2000 game, "Co-Opertition FIRST," two alliances composed of two teams each compete in each match. The object of the game is to collect and transport balls to their goal and position the robot on the ramp or hang the robot from the goal at the end of the match. Team 148's robot, "Captain Hook," led the team to a quarterfinalist finish at the Kennedy Space Center Regional. At national competition in Orlando, Florida, the team finished in the top third of 300 machines.
2001
Sponsored by Raytheon AIS and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2001 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2001 game, "Diabolical Dynamics," one alliance composed of four teams compete in each match. The object of the game is to place balls into the goals, position the robots in the end zone at the end of the match, move the goals onto a semi-stable bridge, balance the bridge at the end of the match, and end the match prior to the two minute time limit. Team 148's robot was designed with a two-speed pneumatic gear box that would pull a 300-pound load. The robot led Team 148 to the finals where the team was named the Lone Star Regional Winner. At national competition in Orlando, Florida, the team received eighth place. The Robowranglers also received the Leadership in Control award at the Lone Star Regional and the Incredible Play Award at national competition. Team 27 presented the team with an Awesome Cart award and Team 5 presented the team with a Best Crate/Cart Award.
2002
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2002 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2002 game, "Zone Zeal," two alliances composed of two teams each compete in each match. The object of the game is to place balls into goals and position robots and/or goals in the scoring zones at the end of the match. Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could control the hexagon shaped goals, score into these goals, and pick up the soccer balls. The Robowranglers were named the 2002 Chairman's Award Winner at the Lone Star Regional. The Greenville High School student body was also commended by FIRST judges for their support of the team through the fundraiser, "Pennies for the Bot," in which team members raised 100,000 pennies.
2003
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2003 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2003 game, "Stack Attack," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of two teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to acquire and stack plastic storage containers that are initially located on the platform or placed on the playing field by human players. Each alliance must place containers in a scoring zone on its own side of the field to score points. The total number of points earned depends on the count of containers located in each alliance's scoring zone multiplied by the number of containers in their highest stack. Additional points are awarded for any robot that is positioned on the top of the platform at the end of the match. Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," was coined "the long arm of the law" for its unique strategy of play and innovative design. The robot was the only machine at regional competition to sweep away the stacks of plastic storage containers with a large up right robot and arm. "Lone Star" led the team to a second place seed and a final finish with teams 231 and 57. The Robowranglers were also honored with the Xerox Creativity award and General Motors Industrial Design award at the Lone Star Regional.
2004
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2004 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2004 game, "First Frenzy: Raising the Bar," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of two teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by delivering balls into goals, capping goals with larger balls, and/or having robot hanging from the pull-up bar at the end of the round of competition. Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could gather and deliver the smaller balls, pick up the larger balls and cap them on the goals. "Lone Star" led Team 148 to the finals where the team was named the Lone Star Regional Finalist. At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Curie Division with teams 47 and 126. The Robowranglers also took home the Best Website Award from the Lone Star Regional. 2005 Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2005 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2005 game, "Triple Play," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by placing tetras on or into goals, getting three goals in a row capped with tetras, and/or having all three robots on an alliance in their end zone at the end of the match. Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," featured a scissor lift for raising tetras several feet in the air and placing them on top of goal tetras. "Lone Star" brought the team to a quarterfinalist finish at the Lone Star Regional alongside teams 1480 and 457. At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the semifinals with teams 1259 and 74. The Robowranglers also took home the Best Website Award from the Lone Star Regional for the second straight year.
2006
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2006 FRC game, "Aim High," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by scoring balls in the center or corner goals, and/or by having robots on your platform or ramp at the end of the match. Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could pick up the balls from the field, shoot them into the nine-foot goal, get on the ramp and play both offense and defense. "Lone Star" brought the team to a semifinal finish at the FRC Lone Star Regional alongside teams 1902, 1255 and 1745. At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Curie Division with teams 1468 and 1680. The Robowranglers also took home the Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award from the Lone Star Regional, as well as the Best Website Award for the third straight year. Sponsored by Greenville ISD and RackSolutions.com, Vex Team 1148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2006 FIRST Vex Challenge. In the 2006 FVC game, "Half-Pipe Hustle," two alliance with two teams each compete in two distinct match types, operator-controlled and autonomous. Each tournament features alliances comprised of two teams playing from opposite ends of the playing field. At the start of the match, operators will have control of their robots and must work together to obtain and score as many balls as possible before time runs out. Vex Team 1148's robot, "Clean Sweep," could pick up 15 racquetball-sized balls and score them into a side pocket goal during the autonomous matches. In the final round of nationals, a secret trap door was unveiled which allowed the robot to steal the other team's balls. "Clean Sweep" emerged as the champion at both the FVC Southwest Regional and the FVC national championship. The team also brought home the Vex Challenge Create Award and was runner up for the Vex Challenge Think Award at the FVC Southwest Regional.
2007
Sponsored by RackSolutions.com, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2007 FRC game, "Rack 'N' Roll," two three-team alliances compete in each match. The object of the game was to use three different types of tubes called "keepers," "ringers," and "spoilers" to score on a center structure, called the "rack," containing 24 "spider legs." Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could pick up the tubes and score on the spider legs very quickly. "Lone Star" helped the team finish as a Finalist at the FRC St. Louis Regional alongside teams 217 and 2133 and as a quarterfinalist at the FRC Lone Star Regional alongside teams 846 and 1750. At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the semifinals of the Newton Division with teams 1102 and 1574. The Robowranglers also took home the Xerox Creativity Award from the St. Louis Regional and the GM Industrial Design Award from the Lone Star Regional. Sponsored by RackSolutions.com and Greenville ISD, Vex Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2007 FIRST Vex Challenge. The team brought home the CONNECT Award at the FVC Southwest Regional.
2008
Sponsored by RackSolutions.com, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2008 FRC game, "FIRST Overdrive," two three-team alliances compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by racing your robot around a track knocking down 40" inflated "trackballs" and moving them around the track, passing them either over or under a 6'6" overpass. Team 148's robot, "Tumbleweed," was successful with the strategy of using a racecar design that circled the field for points. "Tumbleweed" led the team to a first place finish at the FRC St. Louis Regional with teams 217 and 830, and as a Finalist at the FRC Bayou Regional with teams 118 and 49. After winning the Galileo Division at national championship in Atlanta, the team became the World Champions alongside teams 1114 and 217. The Robowranglers also took home the Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award from the St. Louis Regional and the Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award from the Bayou Regional. In addition, lead engineer John V-Neun was honored with the prestigious Woodie Flowers Award, in recognition of his leadership and inspiration as a mentor to the team.
2009
Sponsored by Innovation First, Inc., L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2009 FRC game, "Lunacy," two three-team alliances compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by placing "moon rocks" in the trailers hitched to the opposing alliance's robots. Team 148's robot, "Tornado," made use of a suction device to store up to 30 "moon rocks" and release them into the opposing alliance's trailers. "Tornado" led the team to a first place finish at the FRC Dallas Regional with teams 2354 and 418, and as a Quarterfinalist at the FRC Lone Star Regional with teams 418 and 1865. At the Championship Event in Atlanta, the team advanced to the quarterfinals in the Newton Division with teams 126 and 2377. The Robowranglers also took home the Motorola Quality Award from the Dallas Regional and the General Motors Industrial Design Award from the Lone Star Regional.
2010
Sponsored by Innovation First, Inc., L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition. In the 2010 FRC game, "Breakaway," two three-team alliances compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by shooting balls into a goal, climbing on the alliance tower or platform, or by lifting an alliance robot off the playing surface. Team 148's robot, "Armadillo", was able to score multiple balls from any location in each match. "Armadillo" led the team to first place finishes at the FRC Dallas Regional with teams 2016 and 1817 as well as the FRC Lone Star Regional with teams 118 and 647. At the Championship Event in Atlanta, the team advanced to the finals in the Archimedes Division with teams 33 and 201. The Robowranglers also took home the Motorola Quality Award and Coopertition Award from the Dallas Regional and the Xerox Creativity Award and Coopertition Award from the Lone Star Regional. |
