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.
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The Fighting Calculators are team 2175 in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). 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.[1]
In 2007, the team's rookie year, the FRC 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[2]
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.[2]