The Fighting Calculators
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The Fighting Calculators are FIRST Robotics Competition
team 2175. The team is based at the Math and Science Academy in Woodbury, Minnesota
. The team was founded in the 2007 FRC Season and has been competing since.
. The team had a very successful rookie year in 2007, and has advanced to the finals every year except 2010. The team currently shares shop space with team 3130 - The ERRORs from East Ridge High School
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game was called Rack 'n Roll
. In this game robots were required to place inflatable tubes onto a central structure called "the rack" in the middle of the field. This game bears many similarities to the 2011 game Logo Motion
. At the Wisconsin Regional, the team's alliance won six out of eight qualification matches, two out of three quarterfinals, and both semifinals. The team then lost both final matches. The team took home both the Regional Finalist award and the Highest Rookie Seed award. Overall, they placed second out of 52 teams at the regional.
In 2008, the competition was called Overdrive
, and it required robots to drive counterclockwise laps around the field while manipulating large balls over and under two overpasses on each side of the field. The team won three out of eight qualifications, two out of three quarterfinal matches, and lost both semifinals.
2009's game was called called Lunacy
, and it required all robots to use the same wheels on the same slippery floor, to imitate the low gravity on the moon. The team won four out of seven qualification matches, both quarterfinals, and one out of three semifinals.
The game for 2010 was Breakaway
, which required that robots be able to kick or push soccer balls into goals on each side of the field. Bonus points could be scored by making the robot suspend itself in the air by hanging on towers on the field. The team only won three out of nine qualification matches and did not advance to the elimination matches.
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
team 2175. The team is based at the Math and Science Academy in Woodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, and is a suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is situated east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94...
. The team was founded in the 2007 FRC Season and has been competing since.
About The Team
The Fighting Calculators are team 2175 in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
. The team had a very successful rookie year in 2007, and has advanced to the finals every year except 2010. The team currently shares shop space with team 3130 - The ERRORs from East Ridge High School
East Ridge High School (Minnesota)
East Ridge High School is a high school located in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States.It is operated by South Washington County Schools, also known as ISD 833. The principal is Aaron Harper. The location is near the Bielenberg Sports Center in Woodbury,MN....
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Team History
In 2007, the team's rookie year, the FRCFIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
game was called Rack 'n Roll
Rack 'n Roll
Rack 'n Roll is the game for the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition season, announced on January 6, 2007. In it, two alliances of three teams each compete to arrange toroidal game pieces on a central arena element known as 'The Rack'.-Classes:...
. In this game robots were required to place inflatable tubes onto a central structure called "the rack" in the middle of the field. This game bears many similarities to the 2011 game Logo Motion
Logo Motion
Logo Motion is the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition game. Playing pieces are inner tubes shaped like the components of the FIRST logo. The primary objective of the game is to place them on racks to gain points. In the endgame, robots deploy smaller robots to climb a tower. Minibots must be made...
. At the Wisconsin Regional, the team's alliance won six out of eight qualification matches, two out of three quarterfinals, and both semifinals. The team then lost both final matches. The team took home both the Regional Finalist award and the Highest Rookie Seed award. Overall, they placed second out of 52 teams at the regional.
In 2008, the competition was called Overdrive
FIRST Overdrive
FIRST Overdrive was the 2008 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 5, 2008. In it, teams competed to complete counterclockwise laps around a central barrier while manipulating large diameter "Trackballs" over and under overpasses to score additional points.-Game...
, and it required robots to drive counterclockwise laps around the field while manipulating large balls over and under two overpasses on each side of the field. The team won three out of eight qualifications, two out of three quarterfinal matches, and lost both semifinals.
2009's game was called called Lunacy
Lunacy (FIRST)
Lunacy is the game for the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition.Announced on January 3, 2009, the name and some of the features of the game honor the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon . It is FRC's 18th game. This is the first FRC competition to use the cRIO Mobile...
, and it required all robots to use the same wheels on the same slippery floor, to imitate the low gravity on the moon. The team won four out of seven qualification matches, both quarterfinals, and one out of three semifinals.
The game for 2010 was Breakaway
Breakaway (FIRST)
Breakaway is the game for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 9, 2010. Robots direct soccer balls into goals, traverse "bumps" in the field, suspend themselves and each other on towers, and/or go through a tunnel located in the center of the field.In 2010, a new driver station...
, which required that robots be able to kick or push soccer balls into goals on each side of the field. Bonus points could be scored by making the robot suspend itself in the air by hanging on towers on the field. The team only won three out of nine qualification matches and did not advance to the elimination matches.