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AdamBots Team 245

FIRST Pictures

 

2024: Crescendo

Pictures from the 2024 Crescendo FIRST season. We competed at the First in Michigan Kettering #1, Troy Event #1, Michigan State Championship in the Hemlock Semiconductor Division and the FIRST World Championship in the Galileo Division.

 

2023: Charged Up

Pictures from the 2023 Charged Up FIRST season. We will be competing at the First in Michigan Kettering #1 and Standish-Sterling Events.

 

2022: Rapid React

Pictures from the 2022 Rapid React FIRST season. We participated in the Inaugural Rochester District, Belleville District, Kentwood District, and the State Championship. We won the District Chairman’s Award at the Belleville District.

 

2021: Infinite Recharge at Home

Pictures from the 2021 Infinite Recharge at Home FIRST season. We participated in the At Home and the Game Design Challenges. We finished 7th in the Manganese At Home Challenge group and Won a Michigan District Chairman’s Award.

 

2020: Infinite Recharge

Pictures from the COVID shortened 2020 Infinite Recharge FIRST season, when we were Quarter Finalists at the Kettering District Event and were preparing to travel to Kansas for the Heartland Regional before the season was ended due to COVID.

 

2019: Deep Space

Pictures from the 2019 Deep Space FIRST season, when we were Finalists at two of our events and Winners at the other! We went to the World Championship in Detroit and were Quarterfinalists in the Darwin division.

2018: Power Up

See our progress as we work build our 2018 FIRST robot for the game Power Up! Look at pictures from the two district events we won and more!

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2017: Steamworks

Full steam ahead for the 2017 game, Steamworks! We won the Regional Chairman’s Award and the Entrepreneurship Award, both at the State Championship. These photos show our progress during the build and competition seasons.

2016 FIRST

2016: Stronghold

The 2016 FIRST game was Stronghold! We were winners of the Queen City Regional and made it all the way to the World Championship in St. Louis. Here are some pictures of us storming the castle!

2014 FIRST

2015: Recycle Rush

In the 2015 FIRST season we played Recycle Rush! Here are some photos from our tote stacking fun. In 2015, we won the Traverse City District Event and the Chairman’s Award there and proceeded to move on to the State Championship!

2014 FIRST

2014: Aerial Assist

The 2014 FIRST season, in which we competed in Aerial Assist was a great year, despite not being as successful as the past few years. Included are photos from our build season, two districts, and the Michigan World Championship!

2012 FIRST

2013: Ultimate Ascent

Pictures from our campaign in the 2013 FIRST season, Ultimate Ascent, in which we went to the World Championships for the third year in a row!

2012 FIRST

2012: Rebound Rumble

Pictures from the 2012 FIRST season, where the game was the basketball-themed Rebound Rumble! We attended the Alamo Regional, Michigan State Championship, and the FIRST Championship, among others.

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2011: LogoMotion

In honor of the 20th anniversary of FIRST, the game LogoMotion was created.  Teams placed tubes on racks and got more points for creating the FIRST logo.  The AdamBots had one of their most successful seasons in 2011.

Soccer Ball

2010: Breakaway

The AdamBots created a robot to play a soccer-like game called Breakaway.  The AdamBots went to the Kettering and Detroit Districts and the Michigan State Championship.

2009 Kettering District Champions

2009: Lunacy

The 2009 FIRST season simulated the surface of the moon with a low friction / low gravity environment. The AdamBots had an extraordinary season winning a district, coming in second at another and making it all the way to Atlanta.

2008 Drive Team

2008: FIRST Overdrive

The 2008 FIRST season was a NASCAR-like game with a goal to move around the track as rapidly as possible while herding trackballs. We got picked (as alliance partners) at both regionals we went to and also won the website award twice!

2007 FIRST Build Season

2007: Rack ‘N’ Roll

The AdamBots learned from a not-so successful 2007 FIRST season. Click to view the pictures and videos that bring it to life!

Prototyping

2006: Aim High

A remarkable FIRST season finished off the 2005-2006 season on a good note. The AdamBots won both a Chairman’s Award and a Woodie Flowers Award at the Sacramento regional.

2005 FIRST Championship

2005: Triple Play

The 2005 FIRST season was probably the best season that the AdamBots have ever had. We attended the Championship Event and made it all the way to the semi-finals. Lots of great pictures from the Georgia Dome can be found in this gallery.

2004 Detroit Regional

2004: FIRST Frenzy

We are working on expanding our FIRST 2004 gallery. Not much is known about this year and there’s not that much media.

2003 Midwest Regional Champions

2003: Stack Attack

2003 was the first year the AdamBots attended the FIRST Championship Event. Cool pictures of our winning alliances at our regionals can be located here as well.

2002 FIRST Build Season

2002: Zone Zeal

The FIRST 2002 gallery is mainly a history archive of some pictures we had on one of our previous websites. Take a look to see what it was like way back in 2002!

2000 FIRST Championship

2000: Co-opertition FIRST

We just have a couple of pictures from the 2000 FIRST Championship from 2000.