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2025 FTC World Championship
We are so excited to be representing Montana at the 2025 FIRST Championship. We’ve all been hard at work rallying supporters and seeking…
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FIRST Like A Girl
#FIRSTLikeAGirl Ambassador Spotlight Meet Marin, Lead Programmer: Tell us about yourself and how you are involved in FIRST: My name is Marin, I…
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Front Page News! RoboScout Squad earns spot at robotics World Championship.
Daily Inter Lake reporter Hilary Matheson recently visited with us about our season and recent Inspire Award win at the Montana FTC Championship.…
Our Robots
“Kermit”
- Passive compliant roller intake
- Conveyor belt transport
- Conveyor and Intake reversal in case of jams
- Flywheel for launching rings
- Arm with claw for grasping wobble goal
- Successful 3 rings + wobble goal & park autonomous
- Our First FTC Robot
- 2nd Place Inspire Award
- 2nd Ranked Robot (remote play)
- Motivate Award
- Promote Award
“Grover”
- Worm gear powered lift arm
- Linear actuator extension
- Innovative intake with silicone spinner and linear servo powered trap door
- Carousel spinner
- Preset buttons for each delivery position – height and extension
- Successful custom TSE detection + duck & park autonomous
- Inspire Award
- Winning Alliance Captain
- Went to the 2022 World Championship in Houston, TX
“McQueen”
- 36″ belt/pulley extension slide
- Dual motor, hot swappable, lift gearbox with one output shaft
- Open differential lifts both slides simultaneously
- Claw with silicone pads for grip backed with makeup sponges for conformity
- Preset buttons for each junction height
- Successful custom sleeve detection, 5 point cone + park autonomous
- Trunk with access to electronics
- 3rd Place Inspire Award
“Pascal”
- Dual pixel grabber that can pickup and release 2 pixels independently
- Frying pan to knock over pixel stacks
- Able to hang from truss
- Zone 1 Drone Launcher
- Clears stage door from both directions
- Preset buttons for pixel deployment on backdrop
- Successful custom team element detection and 50 point autonomous
- Inspire Award
- Winning Alliance 2nd Pick
- Promote Award 2nd
- Went to the 2024 World Championship in Houston, TX
“Ursula”
- Compliant “Touch-IT Own-IT” Intake
- Color Sensor with LED indicator and Sample reject
- 2-Axis wrist for pickup and deposit
- Pinpoint and 2x 4-bar odometry pods for localization using RoadRunner
- 3-Stage Belted Slide w/ Dual 1150rpm motor Gearbox for geared down 3:2
- Powder coated, aluminum panels with our artwork on custom vinyl wrap
- 4 Sample high basket 32 point auto
- Level 2 ascent
- 2nd Place Inspire Award
- Finalist Alliance
- Went to the 2025 World Championship in Houston, TX
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- Goals: Light, Compact, passthrough intake/output if applicable, RoadRunner auto early in season
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RoboScout Squad 