It will be a busy weekend at the Escanaba High School as the FIRST Robotics District event will be held, bringing teams together from across the region to put their robots to the test. And for the first time, there will be live radio updates as the kids try to prefect their robots for further competition.
There are roughly three dozen teams who will be in town starting on Thursday, with check-in and pit inspections on Thursday evening from 5:00 until 10:00, and continuing Friday morning. Opening ceremonies are set for 10:30 Friday morning, with the first qualification matches planned to start at 11 a.m.
Those matches go all day Friday, with the pits closing at 8 p.m., and then they are back Saturday morning with more ceremonies at 9 a.m. Playoff matches start Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., and the awards ceremony is set for 5 p.m., before the tournament comes to an end.
RRN’s Grace Harlow will be on hand for the activities. She herself is a robotics veteran, and she will be filing reports on RRN radio stations and on RRN Facebook pages.
The teams scheduled to be in Escanaba are not only from around the Upper Peninsula, but there are several from downstate as well, all trying to qualify for state competition. The events are open to the public, in fact, the kids and their mentors welcome people coming to watch.
The teams scheduled to be in Escanaba this weekend include the following. Click on their numbers to learn more on each team.
| Number | Name | From |
|---|---|---|
| 573 | Mech Warriors | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| 857 | Superior Roboworks | Houghton, Michigan |
| 1596 | The Instigators | Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan |
| 2586 | Copper Bots | Calumet, Michigan |
| 3175 | Knight Vision | Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan |
| 3602 | RoboMos | Escanaba, Michigan |
| 4375 | Westend Gearbusters | Ishpeming, Michigan |
| 4376 | The Marauders | Charlevoix, Michigan |
| 4391 | BraveBots | Gladstone, Michigan |
| 4392 | The Deceivers | Brimley, Michigan |
| 4827 | Minerbotics | Negaunee, Michigan |
| 4835 | Junkyard Dawgs | Manistique, Michigan |
| 4988 | Yooper Troopers | Cedarville, Michigan |
| 5213 | St. Ignace SHIELD | Saint Ignace, Michigan |
| 5314 | Ice Bots | Pellston, Michigan |
| 5486 | Robotic Turmoil | Lake Linden, Michigan |
| 5505 | V2 – Volts Squared | Alpena, Michigan |
| 5534 | Onaway Onabots | Onaway, Michigan |
| 5706 | Tahquamenon Phenomenon | Newberry, Michigan |
| 5714 | F.R.O.G.S | Brimley, Michigan |
| 6077 | Wiking Kujon | Posen, Michigan |
| 6079 | JET SET | Powers, Michigan |
| 6088 | Stephenson Eagles | Stephenson, Michigan |
| 6112 | Cyberstangs | Munising, Michigan |
| 6113 | M.A.R.C. 1 | Menominee, Michigan |
| 6345 | Nimrod Nation | Watersmeet, Michigan |
| 6558 | Aluminum Sting | Lanse, Michigan |
| 6569 | Gladiators | Ontonagon, Michigan |
| 6637 | BetaWolves | Carney, Michigan |
| 7154 | TheROK | Kingsford, Michigan |
| 7208 | CMA Voyagers | Charlevoix, Michigan |
| 7244 | Huskies Robotics | Atlanta, Michigan |
| 7250 | OsCODEa 0w|5 | Oscoda, Michigan |
| 7713 | The Sons & Daughters of Ivaldi, Norse-code | Felch, Michigan |
| 7768 | The Automatons | Iron River, Michigan |
| 7782 | Wolverine Circuit Breakers | Rock, Michigan |
| 7826 | Marquette Zetabotics | Marquette, Michigan |
| 8382 | The Pebbles-Robotics of Kingsford | Kingsford, Michigan |
| 9188 | Pantherbots2 | Ewen, Michigan |
| 9249 | Copper Mountain Cats | Chassell, Michigan |
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