Ortonville, Michigan, May 17, 2012 - On Monday, May 14, 2012, the Truck Town Thunder Robotics team had the opportunity to demonstrate their robot and spread the word of FIRST with the Holly Area School Board. The board was impressed and the Superintendent even took a minute and recorded a response to the team about their efforts this year as a team. See the video below:
Ortonville, Michigan, May 1, 2012 – Truck Town Thunder attended the FIRST Championship this weekend at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. 402 teams were in attendance from all over the World. Truck Town Thunder had the opportunity to compete in the Newton Division where they finished the qualification rounds in 3rd place. Truck Town Thunder then picked two teams to join their alliance FIRST Team 330, BeachBots, and FIRST Team 639, Code Red Robotics. The Beachbots are from Hermosa Beach, California, and Code Red Robotics is from Ithaca, New York, both veteran teams in the FIRST Community. The three robot alliance fought their way to the division finals where were ousted from competition by FIRST Teams 118, 548 and 2194. Truck Town Thunder ended up one of the top 16 teams in the world after the three day competition. It is an extraordinary accomplishment for the students from Holly and Brandon High School. The team will be demonstrating their robot at different location throughout the next few months. Check out their website calendar for specific dates and locations at http://trucktownthunder.com/
Ortonville, Michigan, April 18, 2012 – Students from the Truck Town Thunder robotics team were out after scholarships this year. The team currently has eight seniors from both Brandon and Holly High School. Combined the students have been awarded a total of $336,000 in college scholarships from schools all over the state of Michigan. Students from the team plan to attend Kettering University, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan Technological University and Oakland University. Every senior was able to obtain scholarships and look forward to continuing their education next year. FIRST offers over $14 million in scholarships every year. For more information about FIRST visit http://usfirst.org/
Ortonville, Michigan, April 18, 2012 – The Truck Town Thunder Robotics, FIRST Team 68, will be competing at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, April 24-29. This year over 400 teams will converge on the Edward Jones Dome to compete in this year’s challenge Rebound Rumble. Students from over 80 countries will be in attendance competing in grades kindergarten to twelfth grade. Watch the live action via webcast courtesy of NASA on their website. Get more information on FIRST and the Championship at http://usfirst.org/ . You can also visit Truck Town Thunder on Facebook for live updates during the competition.
Ortonvile, Michigan, March 26, 2012 - Truck Town Thunder traveled to Northville High School this weekend to compete in the FIRST Northville District Robotics Competition. T3 finished the competition 13th in the overall rankings. The team also brought home the second highest award that can be obtained at a competition. The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates a team’s outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school and their community. Winning this award at the district level allows the team to compete for this award at the Michigan State Championship from April 12th through the 14th at the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The winner of the award at the state level will then qualify to compete for the award at the World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, April 25 through April 28. Another honor received at the competition was for the team leader, Andrew Spiece. Andrew was nominated for the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (WFFA). High school students on a FIRST Robotics Competition team will choose one adult team member as their WFFA candidate. The students will describe how this mentor has given them the best understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and satisfaction involved in the discipline of engineering and design.
