About Us
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The Fruitport Middle School's FIRST TECH CHALLENGE team is the Techno Trojans II and their rookie year was 2016 and now we have two teams. With 10 students on each team, they build in the middle school's industrial arts room and compete against other FTC teams from around Michigan.
For more information, contact us at FruitportRobotics@gmail.com
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Leadership Team:
Kris Cole, Coach
Jeremy Martinez, Coach
Jamie Stahl, Robotics Teacher
The Techno Trojans II win Finalists medals at the Michigan State FTC Championships!
What is FTC?
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FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is part of the FIRST family of programs. FTC in Michigan is geared for upper middle school students who want to compete head to head using a sports model. Teams are tasked with designing, building, and programming their robots to compete on a 12' X 12' field in an alliance format against other teams.
Kick-off is the official start to the FTC season and is when the season's game is unveiled. Robots are built using a TETRIX® platform that is reusable from year-to-year. Students use LabVIEW or RobotC to program their robots which operate in both an autonomous and tele-op mode.
Teams are challenged to develop strategies and build robots based on sound engineering principles. One of the goals of FTC is to recognize the engineering design process and "the journey" that a team makes during its phases. The team chronicles this journey in their Engineering Book.
Teams compete at an official event hosted by a tournament director under the guidance of our FTC Affiliate Partners. Awards are given for the competition as well as community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.