About Us
This is team 8872 Robopocalypse’s seventh year competing in FTC. Our team has improved and changed a lot since the first year of our existence. Not only do we have the team, but we have also created a robotics club at Wilcox High School for interested students to learn about the different elements of robotics. Our club members generally assist us with our FTC related work only there is a lot less commitment.
Last year (2020-2021), our sister team 13190 did not participate in FTC because of a lack of participants. But, this year we have an enormous new influx of ecstatic members who with our help have revived 13190 and are participating this year in FTC Freight Frenzy (whoo hoo!).
Our team organization has remained about the same over the years. We have three departments: hardware, software, and business. Our departments all work very closely with each other in order to construct a competitive robot. For example, the hardware team often helps the software team build a test chassis that can be used for learning and checking code. This allows our mechanical team to work on the main robot while the software team tests code with the extra chassis leading to much progression. Our business team (with the help of software) manages this website, keeps track of expenses, and advises the rest of the team with proper ways to use our funds. They also work on sending emails to local companies for funding and sponsorships.