Team History

2024

We started the season by designing Melody. Our initial competition was the Kettering #1 District. We finished ranked 16th with a record of 6-6 and were the 1st pick of the 6th alliance team 1 the Juggernauts with Team 2145 The Hazmats as the 3rd pick. We lost the 2nd match in the playoffs, but won all the reamining matches and were the event winner! We won our 2nd Engineering Inspiration award at Kettering. Our next event was at the Troy #1 District. We finished with a record of 9-3 and were ranked 6th. We were the 5th Alliance captain. We selected Team 1 the Juggernauts and Team 7178 Yeti as our 2nd pick. We played well in the finals and finished 3rd overall. We also won the Impact award at Troy. We qualified for State finals by means of both robot performance and by winning the District Impact Award. We were placed in the Hemlock Semiconductor Field for state Championships. We were ranked 5th with a record of 10-2 and were the 4th Alliance Captain. We chose Charger robotics, 7174 and the Team Lance-A-Bot, 4237. We won our 1st Match by 36 Points. Unfortunately, both our alliance partners had issues in the remaining matches and we lost in the 3rd round. We finished 43rd out of 514 Teams competing this year in Michigan. We were ranked at 24th in the state based on robot performance. Statbotics had us as the 100th Team in the world. Off to the World Championships in Houston and the Galileo Division. We finished 3-7 and were ranked 61st. We had poor alliance partner match-ups and we had unresolved issues with the robot that negatively impacted our performance. A big shout out to Team 1189 the Gearheads for allowing us to share their bus for the ride to and from Houston.

2024 Robot Melody, Kettering Winner Banner, EI and Winner Medal, District Impact Banner, and Impact Trophy and Medal

2023

We started the season by designing Aurelia, “The Golden One”. Our initial competition was the Kettering #1 District. We finished ranked 7th with a record of 10-5 and were the 1st pick of the 4th alliance team 4130 the Blue Devils. We lost in Match 10. But we won the Inagural District Impact Award at this event !! Our next event was a travel event at the Standish-Sterling District. We helped many teams and won the Gracious Professionalism Award. We finished with a record of 11-5 and were ranked 6th. We were the 5th alliance captain. We really had a good alliance and were on track to meet Team 302 in the finals, but The Charge’s (2619) robot was damaged and was not able to recover full function. We lost in Match 12, tied for 3rd place. We qualified for the State Chamionships by way of robot performance alone and also by winning the Chairman’s Award. Our 3rd competition was at the Troy District #2. We finished 14-2 and were Ranked 2nd. We had wiring issues that impacted our performance in the 1st 2 matches but fixed these and we were undefeated for the last 12 Matches We chose 7769 The Crew and 5525 the Altoona Tool Cats. We progressed through the Winner and loser brackets and lost in Match 13, tied for 3rd place. After 24 long years waiting, The AdamBots won their 1st Engineering Inspiration award at this event !! We were placed in the DTE Field for state Championships. We were ranked 3rd with a record of 12-4. We chose The Dragons, 302 and the Livonia Warriors 2832. We were playing well and won both our first 2 matches by 1 Point !. We lost our next match due to a questionable RED card penalty which put us in the losers bracket and lost in Match 13th, Tied for 3rd place within the State Division. This was the best AdamBot qualification ranking performance at the State Finals. We were one of 5 Teams to win the Regional Impact Award. We finished 28th out of 469 Teams competing this year in Michigan. Off to the World Championships in Houston and the Hopper Division. We finished 5-5 which was one more win than expected and were ranked 32nd. We unfortunately were nort selected for the Finals but this was a good experience for the Seniors that had not previously attended a World Championships.

2023 Robot Aurelia, District Impact Banner, Engineering Inspiration Award, and Regional Impact Banner

2022

The 2022 season started on reveal day and we created Alemia II to honor of Amelia Earhart to participate in the RAPID REACT game. We started at the Inagural Rochester District at Soney Creek High School and finished qualifications with a record of 7-5, ranked 8th and were 1st pick of the 4th alliance lead by alliance captain 4130 The Blue Devils. We lost in a tie breaker in the quarterfinals. We won the Quality award which mentioned the tension adjustable catapult design. Next competition was the Belleville District. We finished 10-2 and were the 3rd alliance captain. We chose 5050 Cowtown and 71754 Charger Robotics. We won both matches in the quarterfinals, but lost the next 2 in the Semi-Finals. But… We won the Chairman’s award! We qualified for the State Chamionships by way of robot performance and by winning the Chairman’s Award. Our 3rd District was across the State at Kentwood. We finished qualifications ranked 12th with a record of 6-5-1. We were 1st pick of the 5th Alliance captain 3536 Buck’n Gears. We progressed to the Finals and lost to the 2nd alliance. At States, we were on the DTE field and finished with record of 5-6-1 and were ranked 24th.

2022 Robot Amelia II, Chairman’s Award, Chairman’s and Finalist Medal

2021

The 2021 season was focused on At Home Competitions using the same robot as last season. The AdamBots participated in the INFINITE RECHARGE at Home and the Game Design Challenge. The at home challenges featured a shooting skill, a teleop and autonomous obstacle course, and an autonomous ball search challenge. We improved intake design and changed to a hopper based ball chute feeder design to address issues with last years robot. Robot performance on the challenges was recorded on Video and was submitted to FIRST for evaluation. The AdamBots participated in the Manganese group for the at home challenges and finished 7th out of 27 teams. The Adambots submitted for traditional judged awards and was 1 of 25 Michigan teams to receive a District Level Chairman’s Award!! COVID Restrictions had been relaxed by June to allow us to have an and off season awards presentation in the Adams parking lot.

2021 Robot Amidala-2, Chairman’s Award, and still from At Home Competition video

2020

The 2020 season for the game Infinite Recharge started out with competing at the FIM Kettering University event #1. We competed in two Quarterfinal matches and won the Judges Award. We then planned on going to Kansas to compete in the Heartland Regional and the FIM Troy competition. Unfortunately because of the COVID-19 pandemic the season was suspended March 12, 2020 and then cancelled May 13, 2020.

2020 Robot Amidala and Winning Judges Award at Kettering

2019

The AdamBots 2019 season was thrilling. The game for the year, Deep Space, was a space-themed game that involved alliances putting balls and hatches onto a “cargo ship” in the middle of the field and onto “rocket ships” on the sides. Our robot, Valentina, named for the first woman in space, did an exceptional job scoring a massive amount of points.

The team reached the finals multiple times, including a district win at the Kingsford event. At Kingsford, we were the first pick for the third alliance and won in a thrilling tiebreaker. Along with the win, we won the Gracious Professionalism Award and the Safety Award, helping our eventual progression into the state and world championships.

At the Kettering event, we were event finalists and lost in another tiebreaker, earning second. We also won the Entrepreneurship Award at this event. Also at Troy, we lost in a finals tiebreaker again and took home the Quality Award.

We also qualified for states and lost in the semi-finals for the Dow Division, while winning the Entrepreneurship Award.

2019 Kingsford 1st Place Medal and Banner, and Valentina

2018

The 2018 season was a spectacular one for the AdamBots. The new game for this year, Power Up, was an arcade-themed game that involved alliances picking up cubes and placing them on a scale or a switch, earning points for each second the scale or switch leans in an alliance’s favor. Our robot, Rosalina, did an impressive job scoring a monumental amount of points.

The team’s first competition was the Kettering First District. After the qualification matches, we were chosen by the 5th seed alliance as one of their alliance partners. We ended up winning the competition and also won the Safety Award and the District Chairman’s award, ensuring our progression to states.

At our second competition, Escanaba, we were undefeated, were the 1st alliance captain, and won this competition. In addition, we won the Entrepreneurship Award.

Our Third competition was Troy where we were the 1st pick of the 4th Alliance. We won the Quarterfinal match in a Tie Breaker but lost to the eventual event winner 1st Alliance in the Semi-Finals.

1st Place Medals, Banners, and Rosalina

2017

The 2017 season was an exciting time for the AdamBots. In the steampunk-themed game, Steamworks, alliances collected gears to place on pegs and move rotors, as well as shooting fuel balls into low and high goals. We created our robot Arabella to score gears, low-goal fuel, and climb the rope at the end of the match.

The AdamBots began our competition season with the Kettering 1st District. Ranking as the 5th seed, we became the 4th alliance captain with a record of 8 wins to 4 losses. Though we ended up being eliminated in the quarterfinals, we came way with the District Chairman’s Award, securing our qualification for states.
Our next competition was at Escanaba, where we made it to finals as the second alliance captains, in addition to our Entrepreneurship and Pit Safety Awards. After Escanaba, we ranked 17th out of the 451 Michigan FRC teams.

We also went to the Troy District Event where our uniforms, pit structure, posters, and robot decals won us the Imagery Award alongside our position as quarterfinalists.

The Michigan State Championship pit the AdamBots against 159 of the best teams in Michigan, and against all odds, we managed to become semifinalists in the Dow Division as part of the 7th seed alliance. We also won the Entrepreneurship Award for the second time at the state championship. Our success did not end there. We managed to win the Regional Chairman’s Award! As the highest honor, this automatically qualified us for the St. Louis World Championship. The AdamBots are the only team in history to have won both Entrepreneurship and Chairman’s at a district championship.

At the world championship, we won eight of ten matches in the Archimedes Division, ranking us 4th out of 66. Our season ended as 3rd seed alliance captains and quarterfinalists at the championship. With two Chairman’s Awards, seven safety awards, and four other trophies, 2017 is the most decorated AdamBots year yet!

Medals, Banners, and Arabella

2016

The 2016 season was a fun one for the AdamBots. The game for 2016 was Stronghold, a medieval themed game, where teams earned points by crossing defenses, climbing towers and shooting “boulders” that lowered the opponents’ tower health. Our 2016 FRC robot, Valencia, uses three main mechanisms to accomplish the objectives of FIRST STRONGHOLD: a chassis for driving over defenses, an arm mechanism for lifting defenses, and a shooter for scoring in the two goals.

The team’s first competition was the Waterford District Competition. At the end of the qualification matches, the AdamBots were ranked 17th with 20 ranking points. After advancing to the semifinals, we were eliminated in a close tiebreaker match.

The next event the AdamBots attended was the Center Line District event. After qualifications we were in 12th place, and we made it to quarterfinals, where we were unfortunately eliminated, but went on to win the entrepreneurship award.

The AdamBots next attended the Queen City Regional in Cincinnati, Ohio. The regional was a great success for our team because, after a long and hard fight, we qualified for the FIRST World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri.
Winning the Regional was out only path to the World Championships since we failed to qualify for the Michigan State Championships this Year. This was the first time the AdamBots failed to qualify for the Michigan State Championship Event since the District format began in 2008.

Medals, Banners, and Valencia

2015

The 2015 season was a great year for the AdamBots. The game for 2015 was Recycle Rush, consisting of stacking totes and recycle bins in order to increase the team’s average to advance in the competition. The AdamBots’ solution was Anastasia, a robot with internal and external mechanisms designed to stack totes and pick up recycling bins. This was also the rookie season for the Cyber Cats 5436, the sister team we started from students at the neighboring Stoney Creek High School.

The AdamBots’ first competition of 2015 was the Howell District Event. We finished here in 25th place, making it into the semifinals and winning the Imagery Award. The Cyber Cats won the Rookie All-Star Award.

The next competition the AdamBots attended was the Traverse City District Event. This event was one of the most successful for the team ending with the AdamBots taking home two blue banners! The AdamBots lead wire to wire and were in 1st place for the entire event. We were the first alliance captain and chose teams 1711 and 5692. The second was for earning the Chairman’s Award.

Afterwards, the AdamBots qualified for the Michigan State Championships where we went on to play in the eliminations. We then traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, to compete in the World Championships. Playing on the Galileo field, the AdamBots advanced to the quarterfinals where they ended their 2015 season.

After the season wrapped up, the AdamBots continued to compete in off-season events. In June, we attended the MARC competition where we finished in the quarterfinals. In July, we attended IRI, the Indiana Robotics Invitational, where we finished in 41st with a qualification average of 197 points. To start off the new school year, the AdamBots also competed at Kettering Kickoff where we finished in the semifinals as the captain of the fifth alliance. Our last off-season event of 2015 was the Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition in November. This event includes pit crews and drive teams that consist of only girls. We finished here in the quarterfinals. At this competition, two of the girls on the team, Kathryn and Saniyah, were awarded with $1,000 scholarships.

Medal, Banners, and Anastasia

2014

The 2014 season started off well with the addition of two new sponsors, TARDEC and Valeo Thermal Systems. The new FIRST Robotics Competition game, Aerial Assist, had a unique scoring system and field that encouraged teams to work closer together than ever before. With this in mind, the AdamBots created “Andromedra”, an accurate, fast design capable of working either with others or on its own.

The team’s first competition of 2014 was the Hub City Regional in Lubbock, Texas. Here, the AdamBots were semi-finalists, and ended up winning the awards for Team Spirit and Innovation in Control. Next, the team attended the Howell District Competition in Michigan, where they again ended up as semi-finalists. This time, the AdamBots won the Entrepreneurship Award for their Business Plan.

The team was less successful at the Troy District Competition, but managed to win the Industrial Safety Award due to a new safety manual, and just managed to qualify for the Michigan State Championship. It was here, unfortunately, where the AdamBots’ journey was cut short, at least for 2014.

In the 2014 off-season, the AdamBots demonstrated their robot to both new and old sponsors, Valeo Thermal Systems, GM Powertrain, and the Roseville Public Library. The team also participated in Relay for Life, becoming one of the top fundraisers at the event. At the MARC event, the AdamBots made their way through the matches and with teams 1023, 1918, and 2832, ended up winning the event.

Andromeda

2013

The 2013 FIRST season was another landmark year for the team. The AdamBots started the season out strong, winning the 2013 Safety Animation Award for an extraordinary animation. The team built one of their smallest robots to date, “Persephone”, to account for Ultimate Ascent’s unique pyramid structures and hanging requirements. The AdamBots continued to mentor FRC Team LamBot 3478, and met with them in St. Louis, Missouri, at the FIRST Championship.

The team’s initial competition was the Palmetto Regional in South Carolina. In the end, the AdamBots claimed first place, securing their entrance to the World Championship. The team’s second competition was the Grand Blanc District, in Michigan. At Grand Blanc, the team ended up as finalists and won the Entrepreneurship Award. The next championship was the Troy District–this time the team won the Quality Award and achieved first place–and was among the most frenetic competitions in the team’s history. Following this, the team participated in the Michigan State Championship and placed as semi-finalists. At the World Championship in St. Louis, the team was in the Galileo division. There, the team ended up in the eighth alliance spot and attained the position of semi-finalist in their division.

Medals, Banners, and Persephone

The AdamBots continued their success in several off-season events. At the MARC competition, they attained the position of finalists. At both the Michigan Science Center Competition and the Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition, the team was victorious. Wrapping up 2013, the AdamBots attended IRI and left as semi-finalists. Arguably, 2013 is among the AdamBots’ most successful years.

The AdamBots were pleased to gain two new sponsors in the 2013 season, R&G Drummer and Magna Powertrain AG.

2012

In the 2012 season, the AdamBots were again successful. They kicked the year off with the usual design meeting where the team came up with solutions and strategies for the year’s game, Rebound Rumble. From this and other meetings, the team built their robot “Margarita,” a wide chassis robot that was a great solution for the shooting, feeding, and balancing involved in Rebound Rumble.

The AdamBots continued to talk with the LamBots throughout the build season, building hype for their competition together at the Alamo Regional.

The AdamBots’ first competition of the 2012 season was the Alamo Regional in San Antonio, where they went to the quarter finals and won the Entrepreneurship award and the Website Award. For the next competition, they returned to Michigan for the Niles District where they finished in the quarterfinals and won the Quality Award. The next competition, the Troy District, they finished in the quarterfinals and again won the Website and Entrepreneurship Awards. At the Michigan State Championship, they made it to the finals with teams 2056 and 548 and won both the Entrepreneurship and Website Awards. They continued on to compete at the World Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, where they competed in the Archimedes Division and finished in the quarterfinals with alliance partners 1676 and 1592.

Once again, the team competed in three off-season events where they were quarter finalists at the TARDEC IGVC competition and finalists at the MARC competition. Their big win came over the summer at the IRI Competition where they won with teams 2826, 1114, and 4334.

For the 2012 season, Chrysler was a new sponsor for the AdamBots, while GM, Plex, SAIC, and Wally Edgar Chevrolet continued to support the team.

Medal, Banner, and Margarita

2011

The 2011 season proved to be an exceptional year for the AdamBots. They began the year by agreeing to mentor a rookie team from Mexico, the Lambots, FRC Team 3478. Team members used Facebook, Skype, and phone calls to communicate with the Lambots. Team mentors from Mexico came to meet with AdamBots team mentors and took information back to their team on several occasions. The team traveled to the Alamo Regional in San Antonio, Texas, to compete with and meet with the Lambots. The AdamBots ended up as finalists and won the Website Award while the Lambots won the Rookie All-Star Award.

The next competition for the AdamBots was the Detroit District where they again placed as finalists and won the Website Award. At the Troy District, the team ended up as semi-finalists, won the Website Award and won a new award, the Entrepreneurship Award, for their Business Plan. At the Michigan State Event, the AdamBots again were finalists, earning a spot at the World Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. The AdamBots competed in the Curie Division and ended the FIRST season as quarter-finalists. The big surprise came when the World Championship Website Award was announced, and the team won! The team was also awarded the GM Team of the Year Award. The AdamBots were proud that their rookie team, the LamBots, won the Championship All-Star Rookie Award.

The team competed in three off-season events, earning the championship award at the TARDEC IGVC Invitational Competition, Finalist Award at the MARC Competition, and competing at the IRI for the second time. New sponsors, SAIC and Wally Edgar Chevrolet, joined GM and Plex to support the team for the 2011 season.

Medals and Seraphina

2010
In 2010, the team grew by including students from Stoney Creek High School. They also gained a new sponsor, Plex Systems Inc. GM continued to sponsor the team. The AdamBots competed at the Kettering District competition, earning the Imagery Award and getting to the quarterfinals. The team also competed the Detroit District competition, once again playing to the quarterfinals and earning a spot at the State Competition. During the off-season, the team competed at the TARDEC IGVC Invitational and won the finalist trophy.

Veronika

2009
In 2009, the AdamBots created “Olympia,” a very simple but extremely effective robot. Olympia had zero failures in 110 matches and won multiple quality awards. The team won the Kettering District Event, MARC Competition, TARDEC IGVC Invitational, and was a finalist at the Lansing District Event. They also gained another website award. The AdamBots were fortunate enough to participate in the World Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, where they made it to the Semi-Finals in the Curie Division.

Medal, Banner, and Olympia

2008

The 2008 FRC game, Overdrive, awarded points for completing laps around a track. We built the robot Amelia to outrace the other teams. With a self-machined sprocket and a garage door spring ball system, Amelia was a technically challenging robot. A pneumatic winch knocked balls off the bridge with a hand icon, perfected by well-practiced drivers.

In 2008, the AdamBots participated at both the Detroit and Great Lakes Regional competitions. The team won our first two Best Website Awards of many and made the elimination rounds at both competitions.

Amelia

2007
Rack’n’Roll, the 2007 FRC game, consisted of placing inflatable tubes on racks. Teams could score additional points by creating ramps for other robots to drive on. To rise to this challenge, we engineered an all-new drive system. A modified swerve drive was speed-controlled by a DeWalt transmission mounted to a CIM that allowed it to shift once a match. Universal joints and encoders worked together to maintain a steering-wheel control system. Finally, a large cam lifted the robot up to complete the ramp.

Unfortunately, our chassis was generally incompatible with the clearance other robots left themselves. We ranked 20th of 32 at the Florida Regional and 52nd of 54 at the West Michigan Regional. Our team has learned many lessons since this year.

Our 2007 Robot

2006
In 2006, the team built a ball-launching robot for the game Aim High. Our robot, “Elizabeth”, featured an Archimedes screw to hit the goals. We performed excellently on and off the field at the Davis Sacramento Regional. As members of the 4th seed alliance, we won one elimination match. Also, our mentor Mr. Hildebrandt won the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award in recognition of his outstanding service to our team and to FIRST.

This was far from the end of our success. The AdamBots were honored with the Regional Chairman’s Award! As a team who models the ideals of FIRST, we earned a spot at the World Championship in Georgia.

Medals, Banners, Mr “H”, and Elizabeth

2005

In 2005, the team found the perfect solution to the FIRST game, Triple Play. There was much debate about the design of the robot, but the team eventually decided on a forklift design. Rich Schuster and Jeremy Clemens were the builder extraordinaires. They led the building of the 2005 robot and eventually dubbed the robot “Victoria.”

The AdamBots did extremely well in the first regional competition. They went to Sacramento and placed first in the seeding matches. The team asked for the assistance of teams 766 and 1072 and won first place in the finals at the Sacramento Regional. They then went on to win the Detroit Regional with teams 217 and 301 and won second place at the West Michigan Regional. The AdamBots qualified for the World Championship, where they placed second in the elimination round and chose teams 217 and 766 as alliance partners. After their selections, they went on to win the Archimedes Division at the FIRST Championship. The team placed third at the Championship Event, losing to the eventual World Champions, Team 67, by only a few points.

Medals and Banners, from 2005 Season

2004

FIRST Frenzy featured tall goals and a climbing endgame. Our design solution, Rogerbot, grabbed balls and placed them in the goals. It originally used 12-inch wheels, a holonomic transmission,and a spirograph-like robotic arm. After sturdiness issues, we quickly redesigned it and made a pneumatic arm with two foot cylinders. It may have taken a large chunk of the match, but Rogerbot was successful in climbing!

Medals and 2004 Robot

2003

The beginning of a long history of success, 2003 saw two regional wins! At the West Michigan Regional, we were selected by team 292, and achieved a record of 9 wins to 4 losses. Coming home with the winner banner makes this our first FRC award! At the Midwest Regional, team 188 selected us. Together, we moved on to win the event. This is also the first year we qualified for the FIRST Championship in Houston by our merit!

Medal and Banners

2002

We Attended the Buckeye Regional in Cleveland, Ohio and had a record of 2-5-0. We did better at the Great Lakes Regional in Ypsilanti, MI and finished with a record of 6-4-0. We were 2nd pick of the 6th alliance but lost in the quarterfinals. We also went to the Motorola Midwest Regional. in Evanston IL with a record of 4-5-0 but were not selected for the Finals.

2001

Now established as the AdamBots, we were ready for the 2001 FRC game, Diabolical Dynamics. This year, Mr. Gibson retired and Mr. Smith continued to mentor.

2000

The turn of the millennium saw a number of changes. Our team name became “Golden Eyes” for the year, but it did not stick, becoming AdamBots the following year. Year two brought in Mr. Chris Smith, a physical science teacher, to assist Mr. Gibson with the team. In the fall, the Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association was created, and we were among the first teams to compete. We have participated in both FIRST and OCCRA every year since.

1999

In our rookie year, we were simply known as the “Adams High School Engineering Club.” We’ve grown quite a bit from our original ten students. The AdamBots began under the faculty mentorship of Mr. Alan Gibson, a physics teacher at Rochester Adams High School, and Mr. Gasper Cairo,along with Mr. Paul Slaby, mentors from our sponsor at the time, Siemens VDO.

Timeline

2024

Kettering #1 District – District Engineering Inspiration Award
Kettering #1 District – District Event Winners
Troy #1 District – District Impact Award
Michigan State Championship Hemlock Semiconductor Field
World Championship Galileo Division

2023

Kettering #1 District – District Impact Award
Standish District – Gracious Professiolism Award
Troy District – District Engineering Insiration Award
Michigan State Championship DTE Field Regional Impact Award
World Championship Hopper Division
Indiana Robotics Invitational July 7-8
Kettering Kick Off #1 Sept. 23rd
Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition Nov. 4th

2022

Rochester District – Quality Award
Belleville District – District Chairman’s Award
Kentwood District – District Event Finalist Award
Michigan State Championship DTE Field
Kettering Kick Off #1
Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition – Finalist

2021

Michigan State District- Chairman’s Award

2020

Judges Award – Kettering District #1

2019

Kettering University District #1 – District Finalist
Kettering District #1 – Entrepreneurship Award
Kingsford District – District Event Winner
Kingsford District – Safety Award
Kingsford District – Gracious Professionalism Award
Troy District – District Event Finalist
Troy District – Quality Award
Michigan State Championship Dow Division – Entrepreneurship Award