Arcadia Team 867
Hello! We are Team 867 from Arcadia! Our team consists of juniors and seniors who have taken a prerequisite course (Principles of Engineering or Introduction to Engineering) before entering this advanced course (Engineering Design and Development) / team. On this team, students are introduced to advanced topics in the engineering field as we are able to apply such knowledge into local and regional competitions. Throughout our two build seasons, JPL Invention Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition, students spend countless hours on research and designing models in hopes of creating a device or robot that would lead the team to the finals.
History of the Team
- 2000 – 2001: The Arcadia High School (AHS) Robotics Engineering team was started by Richard Fretz. Richard was an engineer at JPL who became the teacher of the Advanced Robotics Engineering class.
- 2012 – 2013: Bill Chapman took over the Advanced Robotics class as the teacher and Robert Steele from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) became the team’s mentor.
- August 2013: The new Robotics Design and Production Labs opened as a part of the Arcadia High School Renovations. Located in rooms E-103 and E-104, the classrooms are state of the art engineering labs that allow simultaneous design, construction, programming and testing of the robots in one location.
- 2013 – 2014: Sean Lin, a Mechanical Engineer from Raytheon became mentor. Raytheon became a team sponsor and the new Robotics Lab opened.
- 2014 – 2015: The Advanced Robotics Engineering class transitioned to the PLTW Engineering Design and Development class.
Where do we compete?
FIRST Robotics Competition:
FIRST robotics is an intense three day competition involving six weeks of building, testing, and innovating large robots to play a game that is different from the previous year. Teams compete against one another in a game to achieve some goal. Throughout the six week build time, teams are aided by their mentors who will guide them through the problem solving process and hopefully allow students to apply such learning to situations presented in the real world. |
JPL Invention Challenge:
The JPL Invention Challenge is a competition among different teams within the country to complete a given task, each year with a different objective. In the JPL Invention Challenge, they inspire academic growth and development within high school students by sponsoring this challenging academic competition, which is focused on math, science, and engineering. |
Past Robots
2002 - Trinity (3-4-0) WP = 42.86%
2003 - Trinity II (2-5-0) WP = 28.57% 2004 - Trinity III (2-5-0) WP = 28.57% 2005 - Trinity IV No matches played WP = 0.00% 2006 - Trinity V (6-5-0) WP = 54.54% 2007 - Trinity VI (3-4-2) WP = 44.44% 2008 - Trinity VII (4-5-0) WP = 44.44% 2009 - Trinity VIII (1-6-0) WP = 14.28% |
2010 - Trinity IX (5-5-0) WP = 50.00%
2011 - Trinity X (1-7-2) WP = 20.00% 2012 - Did not compete this year 2013 - Delta Zero (4-7-0) WP = 36.36% 2014 - Mouse Trap (5-5-0) WP = 50.00% 2015 - Guillotine “(2-1-6)” “WP” = 22.22% 2016 - Centrino (3-5-0) WP = 37.50% 2017 - Steamed Rice (5-4-0) WP = 55.56% |
Accomplishments
JPL Invention Challenge
Every year, JPL holds an Invention Challenge where schools and JPL Employees compete to solve a task.
2006 the team received the award for the “Heaviest” mechanism in the “Launch a Tennis Ball” contest.
2007 the team won 1st place at both the Fullerton Regional and the JPL Finals in the “Play a Song” contest.
2008 the team took 2nd place at the Fullerton Regional, and 3rd place at the JPL Finals in the “Aerial Car Race” contest.
2009 the team received the “Most Creative” and the “Smallest” awards at the JPL Finals for the “Ton of Bricks” contest.
2013 the team won the award for the “Smallest Device”.
2016 competed in “Don’t Waste a Drop”.
2017 the team competed in "Wiffle Ball Loft Contest"
NMTA Robotics League
2014 Southern California Regional the team won the “Sportsmanship Award”.
First Robotics Competition
April 19, 2008 National Champions - Autodesk Visualization Award – Team 867, “Absolute Value”, California
Every year, JPL holds an Invention Challenge where schools and JPL Employees compete to solve a task.
2006 the team received the award for the “Heaviest” mechanism in the “Launch a Tennis Ball” contest.
2007 the team won 1st place at both the Fullerton Regional and the JPL Finals in the “Play a Song” contest.
2008 the team took 2nd place at the Fullerton Regional, and 3rd place at the JPL Finals in the “Aerial Car Race” contest.
2009 the team received the “Most Creative” and the “Smallest” awards at the JPL Finals for the “Ton of Bricks” contest.
2013 the team won the award for the “Smallest Device”.
2016 competed in “Don’t Waste a Drop”.
2017 the team competed in "Wiffle Ball Loft Contest"
NMTA Robotics League
2014 Southern California Regional the team won the “Sportsmanship Award”.
First Robotics Competition
April 19, 2008 National Champions - Autodesk Visualization Award – Team 867, “Absolute Value”, California
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