ROBOT COMPETITION TEAMS
FTC TEAM 12857 PHANTOM
FTC Team Phantom started summer 2017 as a group of students from The Rubicon Academy and community ages 12-16 located in The Woodlands, Texas and surrounding areas. They are currently participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) "Robot Ruckus" season. Initially, they started working with a simple cardboard robot and have grown into a robust designed robot that has led to a successful season so far. The team is committed to supporting others through mentoring FLL and FLL Junior teams, volunteering at FLL events, teaching kids through summer programs/workshops, helping other FTC teams at competitions and doing presentations at local events.
TEAM HISTORY
2021-2022 Freight Frenzy: Awarded 1st Place Design Award at the SE Texas Regional Competition; Awarded 1st Place Inspire Award and 1st Place Robot at the FTC Houston League Championships.
2019-2020 Skystone: Advanced to the 2020 FTC World Championships (top 160 teams worldwide); Awarded 1st Place Inspire Award at the SE Texas Regional Competition; Awarded 1st Place Inspire Award and 1st Place Robot Alliance Captain at the FTC North League Championships.
2018-2019 Rover Ruckus: Advanced to the 2019 FTC World Championships (top 160 teams worldwide) and placed 29th in Jameson Division robot competition; Awarded 1st Place Inspire Award at the SE Texas Regional Competition; Awarded 1st Place Inspire Award and 1st Place Robot Alliance Captain at the FTC North League Championships.
2017-2018 Relic Recovery: 1st Place Promote Award, 1st Place Compass Award, and 2nd place in robot game over-all rankings at the SE Texas Regional Championships; 1st Place Alliance Captain, 1st Place Connect, 3rd Place Think at the SE Texas ReinDeer Round-up Qualifier Competition; 1st Place Alliance Captain, 3rd Place Inspire at the FTC NORTH League Meet Championships.
FLL TEAM 9064 BRICKSMART
Bricksmart is a community group of students ages 10-14 located in The Woodlands, Texas that works as a team on various projects & competitions. We strive to inspire other kids to get involved with STEM & robotics through hosting workshops, on-line sharing, volunteering, and presenting demos at local events.
TEAM HISTORY
2017 Animal Allies: Competing at the FLL World Festival in April, 1st Place Champions Award, 1st Place Robot Performance, Global Innovation Aawrd; at the BISH South Texas Region FLL Championships, 1st Place "Champions" and 1st Place Robot Performance at the Texas Torque FLL Qualifier
Project: The Watermultiplier 4,000
2016 Trash Trek: Competing at the Razorback FLL Invitational, 1st Place "Champions" at the Houston Lone Star FLL Championships, 1st Place "Champions" at the Texas Torque FLL Qualifier
Project: EcoSmartz
2015 World Class: Competed at the FLL World Festival, 1st Place "Champions" at the Houston Lone Star FLL Championships, "Project" Award at the Huntsville FLL Qualifier Project Website: Newtonlandia
2014 All-Earth Ecobot Challenge: 4th Place in Robot Performance
2014 Nature's Fury: 2nd Place "Project Innovative Solution" at the Houston Lone Star Championships, "Core Values Award" at the Woodlands Preparatory FLL Qualifier
IN THE NEWS
Legos Serve As Building Blocks For Science In The Woodlands
Legos Serve As Building Blocks to Learning in STEM
Woodlands Based Team Wins Innovation Award
FLL TEAM 2690 Knights of the LEGO Table
FLL Team "Knights of the LEGO Table" is a group of students ages 9-10 from The Rubicon Academy, a private school for gifted children.
TEAM HISTORY
2018-2019 Into Orbit: Advanced to the FLL World Championships 2019; Awarded 1st Place Champions Award at the Houston Championships & Willis FLL Qualifier; Interviewed on KHOU Channel 11 "Great Day Houston" TV Show, volunteered at Anadarko Kids Day, demos at Baker Hughes FIRST luncheon, volunteered at two FLL Coach/team EV3 programming workshops, and more....
2017-2018 Hydrodynamic: 1st Place Innovation for their research project and 12th place in robot game at the South East Texas Regional Championships; 1st Place Robot Design at the Huntsville FLL Qualifier. This young team focuses on "Keeping It Simple Silly" (K.I.S.S.) and designing for consistency. They shared their experience by mentoring 2 FLL Junior teams, assisting to teach other FLL coaches/teams how to program EV3 and doing demos/talks at the FLL Junior Expo at the Houston Children's Museum.
IN THE NEWS
KHOU "Great Day Houston" tv show, FIRST LEGO League is teaching students skills for the future
