Summer Robotics
The last thing on the minds of most students is going back to school, but that is exactly what Texas Torque will do on Tuesday, June 4, from 3 to Continue Reading →
Introducing College Park Robotics
Two separate teams have been operating out of the robotics facility at College Park HS since FRC Team 7492 CavBots formed in 2019. At the start of the summer break FRC 1477 Texas Torque and FRC 7492 merged to form one program, College Park (CP) Robotics. Going forward, FRC 1477 retains its name Texas Torque while FRC 7492 will be known as Turbo Torque. The robots and teams can also be referred to by their team number, e.g. 7492 for Turbo Torque. The name Torque refers to the program and both teams.
Over the summer, we have been working together as one program preparing two robots for competition at The Remix on September 13 and 14. Turbo Torque is competing with their robot from this past season. Texas Torque hopes to compete with Delta, a robot they have been working on all summer; it is their Bravo drivebase from this past season with a superstructure based on the Whirlpool robot from FRC 111 WildStang.
To register with CP Robotics, click Join Us from our top menu bar. This will get you on our mailing list so you will start receiving emails about future meetings. You can always check our meeting schedule by selecting Our Calendar from the pull-down menu under About Us.
FTC at Stockton JHS on December 7
On Saturday, December 7, students from Texas Torque will be volunteering at the FTC Meet #1 at Stockton JHS in Conroe. All seven junior high schools started FIRST Tech Challenge teams at the start of this school year. The event runs from 8 AM to 4 PM with matches starting at 11:30 AM. Texas Torque, along with the other FRC teams in Conroe ISD, has been working with the school district to provide volunteers for all the events scheduled.
Summer Robotics
The last thing on the minds of most students is going back to school, but that is exactly what Texas Torque will do on Tuesday, June 4, from 3 to 6 pm. Summer is a great time to join the team. We are competing in the Texas Robotics Invitational June 28 – 29 and will spend the time between now and then getting our Johnson Division winning robot Takeoff ready. Not only will new members start learning how to design and build robots over the summer, but we are hosting a summer robotics camp for younger kids and can always use more help.
For more information about joining the team, go to our website and click on the Join Us. Not everything has been updated from this past season but there is a link that will let you register with the team and get on our mailing list. Also on the website is a link to our team calendar so you can see when we are meeting. We usually meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer. Just drop in and we can get you started with the team.
Johnson Division Winners at FIRST 2024 Worlds
Excited after their win at the San Antonio district competition, FRC 1477 Texas Torque was beyond eager to compete at the World Championship. Torque blew expectations out of the water when it came to our performance at Worlds this year. There, the team cleared the competition and won the Johnson division out of 74 teams and advanced to Einstein’s. The last time they cleared their division and advanced at the FRC Championship was during the 2014 season.
Texas Torque has certainly made a comeback this year and we are very excited to see what they’re going to do next season. Now to prepare for the REMIX!
Wild Ride at FiT San Antonio District Event
Hopes were high going into this past weekend but reality easily exceeded expectations. FRC 1477 Texas Torque went undefeated over the two days of competition, finishing with a record of 17 wins and 0 losses. The last time they went undefeated was at the 2013 Arkansas Regional where they had 18 wins.
They finished as the number one seed at the end of the qualifying rounds after a hard fought match against Team 624 CRyptonite who they chose as the first pick during alliance selection. With the last pick, they invited Team 5103 The Jaegernauts from New Braunfels. The other alliances played hard fought matches against Alliance 1. In the finals, Alliance 1 played a best of three against Alliance 5 consisting of Team 2881 The Lady Cans, Team 5427 Steel Talons, and Team 7616 Cerberus. Both matches went to Alliance 1 after they edged out their opponents in the highest scoring matches of the event. Texas Torque also won the Innovation in Control Award.
1477 has earned enough District Points to advance to the FIRST in Texas District Championship at the George R Brown Convention Center on April 3 through 6. The event is open to the public.