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Team Overview
Team 245, "AdamBots", is based at Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills, Michigan. We participate in two robotics competition seasons every year, FIRST and OCCRA. Our team's rookie year was 1999. Our team's goal has moved from building a good robot to becoming a premier team (an excerpt from 2005's Chairman's presentation). The team has ascended from becoming a rookie team to a premier robotics organization.
Team Story
The team has its beginnings in 1999. FIRST robotics was just starting to become a premier robotics program. A group of students at Rochester Adams High School came together to form the Adams Robotics team.
Read More About Our Team History
Team Awards
The AdamBots have received many awards during their years in FIRST and OCCRA. For example, the AdamBots have been to the FIRST international championship a total of eight times. In 2005, the AdamBots were able to make it to the Einstein division of FIRST, the highest division in FIRST.
Team Recognition
The AdamBots have received letters from the Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm and the Oakland County Sheriff's Department. The AdamBots have also been featured in numerous newspaper articles about their success. In 2005, the AdamBots were featured on Fox 2 News in their Parent 2 Parent segment that highlighted the educational rewards of being on a FIRST robotics team.
View Our Team Recognition Page
Team Outreach
The AdamBots have participated been very involved within the community. We've participated in activities like the Relay for Life and the CROP Walk. In 2005 we also repaired Sarge The Robot, an educational robot used by the Oakland County Sheriff's Department.
Read More About Our Team Outreach Projects
Team Structure
The Project Management Team manages our various sub-teams and keeps us on schedule. There are also team leaders for each sub-team that keep that sub-team on schedule. Generally, older, more experienced members of the team are team leaders or are members of the Project Management Team. Even though sub-teams work separately, their work is eventually fused together.
Members
Various team and individual pictures from past FIRST and OCCRA seasons can be found in the Media Gallery.
Students
Pictures of all the current student team members and the teams they belong to can be found here.
Alumni
Our official list of alumni can be found on this page along with the colleges they went on to attend. We also have a couple profiles on alumni regarding what they're doing today.
Mentors
Pictures of all the current mentor team members. These mentors take time out of their normal work schedules and voluntarily help out during the FIRST season regularly. We're very thankful for such a helpful group of mentors!
Building Your Future
Being on the AdamBots team and participating in FIRST and OCCRA means that you will learn skills that you would not have obtained in a classroom. These skills include:
- Robot Design
- Robot Build
- Community Outreach
- Financial Management
- Programming
- Programming in C and C++
- Using a Editor/Compiler
- Using Linux
- Project Management
- Computer Software
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk AutoCad
- Autodesk Inventor (CAD)
- Website Design and Creation
- Video Creation and Production
- Photography
Career
Being on the AdamBots also means that you'll receive exposure to mentors that are already working in various engineering and technology fields. Our mentors are employed at different companies like GM as engineers, technicians, accountants and many other jobs. Working with these adults can help you decide what kind of career you'd like to go into and what that career would be like.
Scholarships
Through FIRST, there is 450 scholarships valued at nearly $9 million from 90 colleges and universities, professional associations, and corporations in the United States and Canada.
