We had tough choices with many excellent teams applying. We believe we have a strong, well rounded group of teams and are excited about the level of competition. Thank you to all teams who applied.

The “acceptance” page of the IRI website will be open on Thursday evening about 6 pm. You must go to the website and accept your invitation. We will send you an invoice after your acceptance and you can pay by paypal or by mailing a check.

Sadly, some of these teams listed below may not be able to accept this invitation.  If that happens, we will simply have less teams attending.  We are not planning to have a wait list.  If those teams inform us that they cannot attend, we will update this list.

You can elect to make a voluntary donation to the IRI Teams scholarship fund and that can be included on the invoice.

The entry fee is $700 plus a filled backpack for an elementary school student.

Team, Team Name

1. 16 Baxter Bomb Squad
2. 25 Raider Robotix
3. 27 Team RUSH
4. 33 Killer Bees
5. 45 TechnoKats
6. 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
7. 51 Wings of Fire
8. 67 Heroes of Tomorrow
9. 68 Truck Town Thunder
10. 71 Team Hammond
11. 111 WildStang
12. 118 The Robonauts
13. 125 NUTRONs
14. 148 Robowranglers
15. 192 Gunn Robotics Team
16. 217 ThunderChickens
17. 233 The PINK Team
18. 234 Cyber Blue
19. 245 Adambots
20. 254 The Cheesy Poofs
21. 269 Cooney Tech Robotics
22. 292 PantherTech
23. 330 The Beach ‘Bots
24. 340 GRR
25. 341 Miss Daisy
26. 359 Hawaiian Kids
27. 379 Robocats
28. 399 Eagle Robotics
29. 447 Team Roboto
30. 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
31. 469 Las Guerrillas
32. 503 Frog Force
33. 548 The Robostangs
34. 573 Mech Warriors
35. 624 CRyptonite
36. 744 Shark Attack
37. 772 Sabre Bytes
38. 781 Kinetic Knigts
39. 829 The Digital Goats
40. 868 TechHOUNDS
41. 907 East York Cybernetics
42. 971 Spartan Robotics
43. 973 Greybots
44. 1023 Bedford Express
45. 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
46. 1114 Simbotics
47. 1538 The Holy Cows
48. 1592 Bionic Tigers
49. 1640 Sab-BOT-age
50. 1676 The Pascack Pi-oneers
51. 1714 MORE Robotics
52. 1718 The Fighting Pi
53. 1730 Team Driven
54. 1732 Hilltoppers
55. 1741 Red Alert
56. 1902 4-H Exploding Bacon
57. 2054 Tech Vikes
58. 2056 OP Robotics
59. 2168 Aluminum Falcons
60. 2194 Fondy Fire
61. 2337 EngiNERDs
62. 2481 Roboteers
63. 2590 Nemesis
64. 2614 MARS
65. 2826 Wave Robotics
66. 2834 Bionic Barons
67. 2949 PWNAGE
68. 3098 The Captains
69. 3138 Innovators Robotics Inc
70. 3193 Falco Tech
71. 3310 Team Black Hawk
72. 3322 Eagle Imperium
73. 3357 COMETS
74. 3940 CyberTooth
75. 3947 The Last Crusaders
76. 4334 Alberta Tech Alliance

Team number
Team Name
Person submitting
Contact person name, email, phone
Team website

Supplemental information field:
Competitions attended in 2012.
What was your best performance this year?
Are there any special circumstances we need to know about?
Any team video to link to.

• The Killer Bees, FRC team 33, from Auburn Hills, Michigan
• OP Robotics, FRC team 2056, from Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
• ThunderChickens, FRC team 217, from Sterling Heights, Michigan
• The Hawaiian Kids, FRC team 359, from Waialua, Hawaii

The Finalists (2nd place) teams were these:

• Innovators Robotics, FRC team 3138, Dayton, Ohio
• The Bomb Squad, FRC team 16, Mountain Home, Arkansas
• Team Tators, FRC team 2122, Boise, Idaho
• Team Driven, FRC team 1730, Lee’s Summit, Missouri

For more results, see this page.

We will see how these teams end up at the end of qualifications, around noon.

Here is a link to the standings as of 7:30am Saturday.

All,

Scholarship information is up, and it is so important that it has its OWN PAGE!

Our team list is now at 66 teams.  Here is the list of those impressive teams.

We are working on details for a “mentor mini-bot” challenge.  More information is on the Charities page.

See  ya soon!

Here is a downloadable pdf of all of this same information

Holiday Inn Express

• ADDRESS:  9790 North by Northeast Blvd., Fishers, IN 46037
• COST:  $89 PLUS 12% TAX ($9968 total)
• COMPLIMENTARY: Hot Breakfast Buffet, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access
• Minutes to Lawrence North High School
• Booking Info: Online (enter group code “IRI”) – or – call hotel at 317-578-2000 and refer to“Indiana Robotics Invitational”

Hilton Garden Inn

• ADDRESS: 9785 North by Northeast Blvd., Fishers, IN 46037
• COST: $94 PLUS 12% TAX ($105.28)
• COMPLIMENTARY: Continental Breakfast, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet
• Access
• Indoor Pool & Hot Tub
• Minutes to Lawrence Central High School
• Booking Info: Online (enter group code “IRI”) – or call the hotel at 317-577-5900 and refer to “Indiana Robotics Invitational”

Hotel Indigo

• 9791 North by Northeast Blvd., Fishers, IN 46037
• $104 PLUS 12% TAX ($116.48)
• COMPLIMENTARY Continental Breakfast, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access
• Indoor Pool & Hot Tub
• Minutes to Lawrence Central High School
• Booking Info: Online (enter group code “IRI”) – orcall the hotel at 317-577-5900 and refer to “Indiana Robotics Invitational”

Quality Inn

• 8325 Bash St., Indianapolis, IN 26350
• $39.99 PLUS 12% TAX ($44.79)
• Very close to Lawrence North High School
• Booking Info: Call 317-577-0455 nd refer to “Indiana Robotics Invitational”

• 11 MORT
• 16 Baxter Bomb Squad
• 25 Raider Robotix
• 33 Killer Bees
• 45 TechnoKats (host team)
• 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
• 51 Wings of Fire
• 67 HOT
• 71 Team Hammond
• 74 Team CHAOS
• 111 Wildstang
• 118 Robonauts
• 125 NUTRONs
• 135 Penn Robotics
• 217 Thunderchickens
• 233 The PINK Team
• 234 Cyber Blue (host team)
• 245 Adambots
• 292 PantherTech
• 303 Panther Robotics
• 330 Beach ‘Bots
• 341 Miss Daisy
• 359 Hawaiian Kids
• 399 Eagle Robotics
• 447 Team Roboto
• 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
• 469 Las Guerrillas
• 494 The Martians
• 548 Robostangs
• 573 Mech Warriors
• 781 Kinetic Knights
• 829 Digital Goats
• 868 Tech Hounds
• 910 The Foley Freeze
• 931 Perpetual Chaos
• 973 Grayhound Robotics
• 987 High Rollers
• 1018 Pike RoboDevils
• 1024 Kil-a-Bytes (host team)
• 1038 Thunderhawks
• 1114 Simbotics
• 1126 Sparkx
• 1477 Texas Torque
• 1501 Team THRUST
• 1503 GM Spartonics
• 1519 Mechanical Mayhem
• 1538 The Holy Cows
• 1625 Winnovation
• 1640 Sab-BOT-age
• 1675 UPS
• 1718 The Fighting Pi
• 1720 PhyXTGears
• 1730 Team Driven
• 1732 Hilltoppers
• 1741 Red Alert Robotics
• 1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics
• 1902 Exploding Bacon
• 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches
• 2056 OP Robotics
• 2081 Icarus
• 2122 Team Tators
• 2337 EngiNERDs
• 2415 Wired Cats
• 2826 Wave Robotics
• 3098 The Captains
• 3138 Innovators Robotics
• 70 More Martians (invitation declined, not attending)
• 93 NEW Apple Corps (invitation declined, not attending)
• 177 Bobcat Robotics (invitation declined, not attending)
• 254 The Cheesy Poofs (invitation declined, not attending)
• 294 Beach City Robotics (invitation declined, not attending)
• 968 RAWC (invitation declined, not attending)
• 1771 North Gwinnett Robotics (invitation declined, not attending)
• 1923 The Midnight Inventors (invitation declined, not attending)
• 2169 KING TeC (invitation declined, not attending)

Teams must pay $650 to enter and compete in the IRI.  Please make checks available to:

Perry Meridian High School / IRI

Mail to
Perry Meridian High School
C/O Chris Fultz
363 Bennington Road
Indianapolis, IN 46227

Payments are due June 15th.

If you would like to pay via paypal, send an email to chrisfultz@att.net with your team number, team name, contact person name, contact email, contact phone, and any scholarship fund donation. You will receive an invoice through paypal.

Even if you pay through paypal, you must acknowledge the IRI invitation so we have other team information and number of attendees.

Get your popcorn ready!

• The event will once again take place at Lawrence North High School
• Applications will be entered on this website, starting May 9th, ending May 15th.
• All applications entered during those dates will be evaluated on what that team brings to IRI.  Strength of on-field performance during the 2011 season is weighted heaviest.
• Invitations to 66 teams will be sent out on May 18th.
• Most likely, there will be a wait list, so invited teams will have a limited amount of time to pay their entry fee (date tbd).  Teams not paying by that date will lose their spot and a team from the wait list will be invited.
• We are working on alternative methods of payment (Paypal?)
• The entry fee is $650.  Yes, this is an increase from last year ($500 was the fee in 2010).
• 66 teams (approximately) will be accepted to compete at IRI.  Yes, this is a decrease from last year (79 competed in 2010).
• There will be a VIP / mentor dinner on Thursday night, ON THE PLAYING FIELD.  Cost will be approximately $25.  More information will come on this.  We promise that mini-bots will be involved with getting food to the tables.
• Competing teams will each have nine (9) qualification matches
• There will be no mentor match or tournament this year
• There may be an opportunity for mentors and/or students to drive robots, competing in a separate fundraising event.  This opportunity may or may not involve a method of destroying tubes used in the 2011 FRC game.
• There will be a talent show
• There will be a return of the Dean Simmons and the Kamen Brothers band, performing after the talent show
• Many student scholarships will be available
• The tech fair will once again be taking place on Friday and Saturday
• Teams will be treated to a meal on Friday night
• Teams will be given 5 coupons for IRI t-shirts
• A silent auction will again take place
• Proceeds from the silent auction and the tube-destroying activity (specifics to be determined) will be donated to two local charities
• Backpacks will be collected, again, for local school children
• Fun will be had by all, of course!