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2023-2024
Robo Troopers. FTC team #15167
Robo Troopers pulled out all stops in their outreach efforts this season. They hosted an off season event called Robo Con, an official FTC season kickoff event for CHS, a rookie only scrimmage, and numerous other events. We recruited 4 new members this year and there were a total of 8 members on the team. This season ended with Robo Troopers team going to MTI.
“no team” FTC team 21232
no team was retired this year since both team members went off to college.
2022-2023
Robo Troopers. FTC team #15167
This season was very competitive. This team got a bunch of awards at FIRST qualifiers. They made it to CHS regional championship finals.
“no team” FTC team 21232
A new FTC team was formed. A spin off from Robot Uprising team, it had only two kids on it. “no team” managed to build and program an amazingly fast robot. They were hugely successful and competed in Chesapeake regional championship and Alabama state championship.
2021-2022
Robo Troopers “2.0”. FTC team #15167
Most of the team members went off pursuing other interests in Woodbridge. Coach Raj moved the team to Herndon to continue the team with his younger son. A brand new FTC team was formed with 10 kids. The RT 2.0 team got an excellent start with their robot performing exceeding well in the qualifiers. They were ranked among the top three teams in VA and MD. At one point in the season they were ranked the #1 team in VA by FTC stats website.
Robot Uprising FTC team #14607
Robo Troopers organization hosted Robot Uprising FTC team for the season at our premises. Coach Raj mentored Robot Uprising.
2020-2021
Robo Troopers. FTC team #15167
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this season was tough. The team tried their best to continue, but it was decided that it would be best to limit virus exposure and not compete this season.
Sonny’s robotics club
During the pandemic, we ran an informal, virtual, Lego Mindstorms robotics club. We had new robot challenge game every week. A prize were given to kids whose robot performed the best.
2019-2020
Ultimate Onions. FLL team
For this season, we founded and ran a FLL team. There were 6 kids in it. They were all almost new to robotics but still were pretty successful at the qualifying tournaments they went to.
Robo Troopers. FTC team 15167
Team members went to different high schools. Neil joined Thomas Jefferson High School and joined their FTC team Robot Uprising. Neil and mentor Raj left the team and moved to Herndon. Robo Troopers recruited a couple of more team members. Robo Troopers, mentored by Anish enjoyed a successful FTC season.
2018-2019
The original Robo Troopers. FTC team 15167
Robo Troopers, FTC team was formed in Woodbridge, Virginia by two friends Rajeev (Raj) Mehra and Anish Senan. They served as the 2 mentors of the team. At that time the team consisted of 5 members: 2 girls and 3 boys, all were middle schoolers. The team was extremely successful that year. They were Virginia state champions (Winning alliance captain) and attended the FIRST World Championships at Detroit.