Competition Results
Truck Town Thunder Competes at Bedford FIRST Robotics District Competition
On Saturday, April 5, 2014, the Truck Town Thunder Robotics, FIRST Robotics Team 68, competed in their 3rd and final district level competition at Bedford High School in Temperance, MI. Due to the relentless efforts of the pit crew and the expertise of the drive team, Truck Town Thunder seeded 3rd after the qualification matches.…
Read MoreTruck Town Thunder Honored at the Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition
On Saturday, March 29, 2014, the Truck Town Thunder Robotics, FIRST Robotics Team 68, exhibited tremendous professionalism at the Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition. The team was able to make it to the Quarter-Finals with FRC Team 240, Tempest from Jefferson High School and FRC Team 5084, Fridgebots from Corunna High School. At the end…
Read MoreT3 Competes in Great Lakes Bay Region District Competition
Truck Town Thunder competed in the Great Lakes Bay Region District Competition over the weekend. On Friday and early Saturday, the team competed in qualification matches and seeded 11th. T3 turned the tides of the competition by allying with team 4819, the Flat Mountain Mechanics and team 288, the RoboDawgs. However, because the RoboDawgs’ robot…
Read MoreTruck Town Thunder Prepares for 2014 Season
Between the end of the 2013 official season in April and the start of the 2014 season in January, Truck Town Thunder (T3) competed in numerous off-season competitions, kicked off a Youth Program, and welcomed its new members into the team. On June 1 and 2, 2013, Truck Town competed in the Michigan Science Center…
Read MoreT3 Travels To Missouri For World Championships
Truck Town Thunder qualified and successfully competed at the World Championships in St. Louis, MO from April 24th to the 28th. Random selection placed T3 in the Newton Division, the same division as the previous year. After completing the qualification matches with a record of 6-4-0 and seeding 11th out of 100 teams, Truck Town was…
Read MoreTruck Town Thunder Qualifies for the World Championships
Ortonville, Michigan, Monday, April 14, 2013 – This weekend, April 11-13, 2013, The Truck Town Thunder robotics team competed in the Michigan State Championships at the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center. The team made it to the semifinal rounds which qualified them for the World Championship Event in St. Louis, April 23-26th. This is a great…
Read More2013 MSC Live Steam
Truck Town Thunder Travels Across the State to Compete in West Michigan
Ortonville, Michigan, Monday, March 26, 2013 –Truck Town Thunder traveled to Grand Valley State University this weekend to compete in the West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition. Competitively, the team finished in 11th place after qualification rounds and made it to the Semi-Finals in the Elimination rounds. The team is currently ranked 15th in the…
Read More2013 West Michigan FIRST District Competition
Grand Valley State University, March 21-22, 2013 – Truck Town Thunder continued the 2013 competition season at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. The team was able to bring home a Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award and the Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety Award. The team was also able to competitively make the Semi-Finals with this year’s robot.…
Read More2013 Kettering FIRST District Competition
FIRST Team 68, Truck Town Thunder competes at the Kettering District. The 2013 game was Ultimate Ascent. Robots shot Frisbees in goals to earn 1,2, or 3 points. Our team ended up semi-finalists and won 2 awards at this competition. We won the Industrial Safety Award and the coveted Chairman’s Award. Semis 2 Match 2 Video
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