Fruitport FRC Team
Rookie Year 2008
Season Game: 2008 - FIRST Overdrive
Robot Name: Zero
Official play Record: 5-5-0
Awards: None
Brief years summary:
Team 2405, known as "Divide by Zero" at the time, started out our rookie year being mentored by Team 85 B.O.B. in Zeeland, MI. Our first official competition as Team 2405 was the West Michigan Regional held at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. We had a record of 5-3 in Quals and 0-2 in the Tournament rounds. We ended the Regional Ranked 16 out of 53.
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2009
Season Game: 2009 - LUNACY™
Robot Name: Zero
Official play Record: 12-14-1
Awards: None
Brief years summary:
Lunacy was the launch of FIRST in Michigan's district model. Divided by Zero first district competition was at Traverse City where we got selected for our first time to go on to the tournament rounds where we lost in the quarterfinals. We also competed at the West Michigan district competition where we finished ranked 28 out of 39 teams and 84th in the state.
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2010
Season Game: 2010 - BREAKAWAY™
Robot Name: Zero
Official play Record: 9-10-5
Awards: Industrial Safety Award
West Michigan Invite Winner
Brief years summary:
We quite literally had our Breakaway season where we returned to the two competitions that we went to the previous year and won the Industrial Safety Award at the West Michigan district. We also competed at the West Michigan Robotics Invitational or the WMRI as an off season competition where we won the competition for the first time for our team.
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2011
Season Game: 2011 - LOGO MOTION™
Robot Name: Erin
Official play Record: 7-16-1
Awards: Imagery Award
Industrial Safety Award
Brief years summary:
Finding our image and working out the kinks in our team foundation we returned to the West Michigan district and earned the Imagery Award. Moving on to the Niles district competition in southern Michigan where we earned the Industrial Safety Award for the second year in a row earning 19 district points ranking 153rd.
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2012
Season Game: 2012 - REBOUND RUMBLE™
Robot Name: The "Balller"
Official play Record: 9-22-1
Awards: Gull Lake Industrial Safety Award
West Michigan Industrial Safety Award
Brief years summary:
We continued our success with safety by earning the Industrial Safety Award at both of the districts we competed in. We also had success with our robot getting selected for the tournament rounds in both of the competitions and making it to the semifinals at the Gull Lake district and the Quarterfinals at West Michigan.
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2013
Season Game: 2013 - ULTIMATE ASCENT™
Robot Name: Zero
Official play Record: 7-17-0
Awards: None
Brief years summary:
Ultimate Ascent was a rebuilding year for us after graduating majority of our team that had been with us for many years. We didn't win any awards and our showings on the field were sub par. We pushed through and started to build our new legacy. This year opened our eyes to the importance of starting younger teams to train students before FRC. The year of many changes!
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2014
Season Game: 2014 - AERIAL ASSIST™
Robot Name: Zero
Official play Record: 17-20-1
Awards: Gracious Professionalism Award
West Michigan Invite Winner
Brief years summary:
Rebuilding our team from the coaching structure to the name/logo we also helped to build a neighboring team 5255 the Robotic Tigers. This helped us to earn the Gracious Professionalism award at the West Michigan district. We also won the WMRI for the second time making it the second time we won a competition.
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2015
Season Game: 2015 - RECYCLE RUSH™
Robot Name: The Chain Gang
Awards: West Michigan District Winner
Creativity Award
Team Spirit Award
Brief years summary:
This game is said to be the worst game of FRC but it was the best season for the Techno Trojans so far. With a new logo and name, we won our first blue banner for our team. We also earned the Creativity Award at the West Michigan district and the Team Spirit Award at the Kentwood district. The district win and the two awards qualified us for our first trip to the Michigan State Championship.
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2016
Season Game: 2016 - FIRST STRONGHOLD™
Robot Name: Shocky
Official play Record: 21-29-0
Awards: St. Joseph District Finalist
Imagery Award
Brief years summary:
Stronghold was another great season. We earned the Imagery Award at the West Michigan district and were Finalists the the St. Joseph district. This wasn't enough to qualify for the State Championships again but we did win a lottery spot to compete at the World Championships, where we ended up finishing 63rd in our division and learning how to be a championship caliber team for years to come.
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2017
Season Game: 2017 - FIRST STEAMWORKS™
Robot Name: Furious
Official play Record: 19-24-0
Awards: Team Spirit Award
District Engineering Inspiration Award
Brief years summary:
Trying to continue our success from the previous year while competing against some world Championship teams has proven tough. With our record not matching our teams success for the year. We earned the Team Spirit Award at the St. Joseph district and the West Michigan District Engineering Inspiration Award. Even though our robot did not earn a spot at state our team went to compete for the Engineering Inspiration at the state level.
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2018
Season Game: 2018 - FIRST POWER UP™
Robot Name: Thunder
Official play Record: 24-30-0
Awards: Team Spirit Award at West Michigan
Team Spirit Award at Alpena
Brief years summary:
Expanding our horizons, we registered for an out of district competition for the first time in team history and traveled to Indiana. We had a lot of bugs to work out but it helped us to get ready for our two in district competitions. We earned the Team Spirit Award at both of the Michigan districts we attended but this was not enough to qualify for state even though we participated in every tournament round this year.
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Click on the camera to see some video from this year. All videos are courtesy of The Blue Alliance where you can find more season info.
2019
Season Game: 2019 - Destination: Deep Space
Robot Name: Ursa Major
Official play Record: 27-24-2
Awards: Imagery Award
Team Spirit Award | Industrial Design Award
Grand Rapids Girls Comp Winner
Brief years summary:
Continuing our expansion we went to Canada to compete against the best team out of Canada and the 2nd best team in the world in blue banners. competing against the best will help us be the best! This was the first year for us to earn an award at every competition we attended and end with a winning record.
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2020
Season Game: 2020 - INFINITE RECHARGESM
Robot Name: TT-05
Official play Record: 9-9-0
Awards: Humber College District Winner
Muskegon District Chairman's Award
Humber College Judges' Award
Brief years summary:
Again, trying to keep up the momentum from the previous season, we returned to Canada and not only earned the Judges' Award but also went on to win the event. After our return to the states we had a quick turn around and were preparing our robot for the Muskegon district but sadly the day before we were to load in the event got canceled due to Covid-19. Fortunately the Chairman's teams were still judged and we were awarded with the Muskegon District Chairman's Award!
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2021
Season Game: 2021-INFINITE RECHARGE at Home
Robot Name: TT-05 the 2nd
Official play Record: 7th out of 30 in Neon Group
Awards: Michigan District Chairman's Award
Brief years summary:
After a very trying year due to Covid-19 we had to put the pieces back together and do meetings and builds remotely. Going into our competition week that was very different from any other year our whole team had to quarantine with the exception of our three coaches and one student whom luckily was a part of our drive team. After altering the program so our one driver could control everything on our robot, we put up some respectable scores for our at home competition. We ended the at home competition in 7th in the Neon Group. Our Chairman's team continued to practice via Zoom and received the one of the 25 spots as District Chairman Winners for the second year!
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2022
Season Game: 2022-RAPID REACTSM
Robot Name: The Flying Dorito
Official play Record: 18-28
Awards: Muskegon District Finalist
Muskegon District Gracious Professionalism
Kentwood District Creativity Award
Michigan State DTE Division Team Spirit
Brief years summary:
After seven years of not qualifying for the Michigan State Championship we racked up enough points to qualify due to our awards received at both of the districts and our runs in the elimination rounds from our unique traversal climb design. Check out our YouTube Channel to see our videos of The Flying Dorito in action!
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2023
Season Game: 2023-CHARGED UPSM
Robot Name: The Fighting Mantis
Official play Record: 13-19
Awards: Muskegon District 3rd place finish
Kentwood District Imagery Award
Brief years summary:
Making a midseason decision to switch to swerve drive only slowed us up for a brief time during the build season. We got our bot ready to compete at our home event at the Muskegon District. We were 2nd pick of the number 4 alliance captain and made a run deep into the playoff rounds. Ultimately taking 3rd place in the competition and falling to the number 1 alliance who won the whole competition.
At the Kentwood District we were 1st pick of the number 8th alliance but the Fighting Mantis did not have enough fight left in it to make it very far in the playoff rounds.
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2024
Season Game: 2024-CRESCENDOSM
Robot Name: Apollo's Chariot
Official play Record: 13-15
Awards: Muskegon District Imagery Award CMU District Imagery Award
CMU District Alliance 6 captain
Brief years summary:
This year was a rebuilding year for our coaching and mentor staff but the students still produced a very nice and competitive bot. We were 1st pick by the #8 alliance captain at the Muskegon District and we were awarded the Imagery Award at both of our District competitions. At the CMU District we ranked the highest we ever had in team history as the 8th ranked team and became the #6 Alliance captain. Unfortiantly we couldn't make up enough points to qualify for the State Championship.
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