Indiana Robotics Invitational

Below is the list of invited teams.  Of these teams, 66 have accepted their invitations are are preparing to compete.  Six teams decided not to attend, so they turned down their invitation.

• 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 2011 IRI will take place July 21-23, so we better post some plans.  Please keep in mind that over 100 FRC teams would like to compete at IRI, so we have to make it an application process.  Here are this year’s specifics:

• 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!

Tell your friends, mentors, students, teammates, robots and family: the date and location for the 2011 IRI has been set!

July 22-23, 2011 @ Lawrence North High School

Will you be there?  We wish all FIRST Robotics Teams the best of luck for the upcoming 2011 FIRST season, and look forward to having another amazing event at the 2011 IRI.

Event Winners:

• Team 330, Beach Bots, Hermosa Beach, California
• Team 469, Las Guerrillas, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Team 359, Hawaiian Kids, Waialua, Hawaii
• Team 399, Eagle Robotics, Lancaster, California

Runner-up teams:

• Team 1086, Blue Cheese Robotics, Glen Allen, Virginia
• Team 1114, Simbotics, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
• Team 2056, OP Robotics, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
• Team 3138, Innovators Robotics, Dayton, Ohio

2010 IRI Qualification Match Results

2010 IRI Final Rankings (before elimination rounds)

2010 IRI Elimination Results

2010 IRI Award Winners

$1000 Scholarship Winners:

• Sponsored by Rolls-Royce: Charles Wensel (148), Justin Chan (1732)
• Sponsored by Allison Transmission: Kelsey Draus (2949), Kelli Fultz (234)
• Sponsored by Innovation First / VEX: Claire Liburdi (217), Miranda Goelz (234)
• Sponsored by AndyMark: Ken Beckwith (45), Chelsea Antilla (1718)
• IRI Teams Scholarship: Carlee Andre (1529)

Talent Show Winner: Dane Christianson (2949)

Volunteer of the Year: Brant Bowen

Mentor of the Year: Jim Zondag (33)

IRI FIRST Foundations Award: AndyMark – Andy Baker and Mark Koors

Updated July 13, 2010

There are 79 teams competing at the 2010 IRI.  Here is the distinguished list:

16 Bomb Squad, Mountain Home, AR
33 Killer Bees, Auburn Hills, MI
45 TechnoKats, Kokomo, IN
48 Delphi ELITE, Warren, OH
51 Wings of Fire, Pontiac, MI
67 HOT, Huron Lake, MI
68 TTT, Pontiac, MI
70 More Martians, Goodrich, MI
71 Team Hammond, Hammond, IN
93 NEW Apple Corps, Appleton, WI
107 Team ROBOTICS, Holland, MI
111 Wildstang, Schaumburg, IL
116 Epsilon Delta, Herndon, VA
118 Robonauts, League City, TX
135 Black Knights, Mishawaka, IN
141 WO-BOT, Holland, MI
148 RoboWranglers, Greenville, TX
171 Cheese Curd Herd, Platteville, WI
217 Thunderchickens, Sterling Heights, MI
234 CyberBlue, Indianpolis, IN
292 PantherTech, Russiaville, IN
294 Beach Cities Robotics, Redondo Beach, CA
330 Beach Bots, Hermosa Beach, CA
343 Metal-in-Motion, Seneca, SC
359 Hawaiian Kids, Waialua, HI
399 Eagle Robotics, Lancaster, CA
447 Team Roboto, Anderson, IN
461 WBI, West Lafayette, IN
469 Las Guerrillas, Bloomfield Hills, MI
494 Martians, Goodrich, MI
503 Frog Force, Novi, MI
537 Charger Robotics, Sussex, WI
573 Mech Warriors, Bloomfield Hills, MI
829 Digital Goats, Indianapolis, IN
830 Rat Pack, Ann Arbor, MI
832 Oscar, Roswell, GA
868 TechHOUNDS, Carmel, IN
888 Robotiators, Glenelg, NJ
910 Foley Freeze, Madison Heights, MI
980 ThunderBots, Los Angeles, CA
1018 RoboDevils, Indianpolis, IN
1024 Kil-A-Bytes, Indianapolis, IN
1038 Thunderhawks, Liberty Township, OH
1058 PVC Pirates, Londonderry, NH
1086 Blue Cheese, Glen Allen, VA
1094 Channel Cats, O’Fallon, MO
1108 Panther Robotics, Paola, KS
1114 Simbotics, St. Catharines, ON, CANADA
1327 S-Botz, South Bend, IN
1477 Texas Torque, The Woodlands, TX
1501 Team THRUST, Huntington, IN
1519 Mechanical Mayhem, Milford, NH
1529 CyberCards, Indianapolis, IN
1538 Holy Cows, San Diego, CA
1592 Bionic Tigers, Cocoa, FL
1625 Winnovation, Winnebago, IL
1640 Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown/Exton, PA
1646 Precision Guessworks, Lafayette, IN
1675 UPS, Milwaukee, WI
1714 MORE Robotics, Milwaukee, WI
1718 fighting Pi, Armada, MI
1720 PhyXTGears, Muncie, IN
1730 Team Driven, Lees Summit, MO
1732 Hilltoppers, Milwaukee, WI
1741 Red Alert, Greenwood, IN
1747 HBR, West Lafayette, IN
1902 Exploding Bacon, Winter Park, FL
2056 OP Robotics, Stoney Creek, ON, CANADA
2062 CORE, Waukesha, WI
2081 Icarus, Peoria, IL
2171 RoboDogs, Crown Point, IN
2194 Fondy Fire, Fond du Lac, WI
2337 EngiNERDS, Grand Blanc, MI
2481 Roboteers, Tremont, IL
2771 Code Red Robotics, Grandville, IL
2826 Wave Robotics, Oshkosh, WI
2949 pwnage, Batavia, IL
3138 Innovators, Dayton, OH
3176 Purple Precision, Brownsburg, IN

2010 IRI Webcast -
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/IRIevent

2010 IRI Public Agenda

Friday, July 16, 2010
7:30 AM Doors Open
10:15 AM Opening Ceremonies
11:00 AM Matches Begin
6:30 PM Matches End
7:30 PM Talent Show Begins

Saturday, July 17, 2010
7:30 AM Doors Open
8:00 AM Opening Ceremonies / Awards
8:30 AM Matches Begin
Noon Matches End
12:15 PM Alliance Selection
12:30 PM Mentor Tournament
1:45 PM Eliminations Begin
4:00 PM Eliminations End / Awards