Team 930 has been hard at work with preseason meetings starting up in the past few weeks! We have had a ton of new members for each one of our subteams (Electromechanical, Programming, Business, Strategy, FIRST Impact) and welcome anyone that is still interested to come to a meeting. Meetings are on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 - 9:00 PM in Room 42 in Mukwonago High School.
Following the FIRST Championship in Houston, our CAD team immediately began designing our new robot, 9930, for the summer and fall off-season. Our summer would be action-packed filled with outreach events along with off-season competitions.
Our first off-season event was the Lakeshore Offseason Invitational. This would be the first offseason event for our team members along with the first event without our 2022 seniors. This event ultimately proved to be a success as the team ended up winning the event with our alliance partners 6574 Ferradermis and 7768 Iron Hill Automations. This event was a big kickoff for what was to come for Team 930’s exciting offseason.
Team 930 also gained the inspiration in the Spring to hold the first annual Mukwonago Robotics Offseason Competition or MROC. The day prior, a team social was held along with numerous unique workshops for any FRC team to develop and improve their own team. The next day, 20 teams from across the Midwest attended the event for an action packed day of competition. Team 930 also held a donation drive for food pantries across Wisconsin and had over 17 backpacks and bins of school supplies donated. The team was also proud to have two news stations come and provide coverage of our event! Our own team ended up as finalists at MROC with our off-season robot, 9930. We congratulate teams 6574 Ferradermis, 2202 BEAST Robotics, and 1792 Round Table Robotics for winning the event. We also thank all of our sponsors for the event which can be found here. With MROC being a success, we cannot wait until next year's event with more teams!
Our most recent off-season event that we attended was Indy RAGE, an event that promotes women in STEM. For the event, the drive team and pit were all girls encouraging hands-on learning for all girls at the event. Many of the girls on Team 930 were able to participate in the event, creating an exciting and action-filled day. After being ranked 2nd overall at the event, the team was chosen by the first-ranked team to be on the first alliance. Moving into single elimination playoffs, we progressed from semi-finals to finals, ultimately winning the event. We are proud of all of the girls on the team that put their full effort into the event and everyone on the team that came to support!
This weekend, Team 930 will attend its final off-season competition, Roboteer Rumble in Tremont, IL. The team has many of its new team members in attendance for the event, providing a learning experience for everyone involved. We are excited about the upcoming event and cannot wait to see all the teams there!