Byting Bulldogs' Twelfth Year
This year was an absolutely amazing year! We made it to the Michigan State Championship and won our field there. We also made it to the World Championship too, and as Finalists on our field no less! We traveled a lot this year going all throughout Michigan, to Pittsburgh, and down to Houston. Like many other teams, many of our kids had little to no prior experience this year but we persevered. With successful and consistent triple climbs, where all robots on our alliance were on the bar, we ended the season ranked 9th in Michigan overall with two blue banners. Then in the offseason, we proceeded to win Bloomfield Girls’ Competition, and place in the Ketting Competition!
The Robot, “General Grievous ”
Meet our new robot General Grievous! Named after the infamous General Grievous from Star Wars who has 4 arms that fold out. It’s a swerve drive robot with four climb arms, which fold out to climb to the Traversal Bar, and an intake that can shoot both the High and Low Goal. This bot won 2 competitions, taking us to both the State and World Championship!
Awards
District Rochester Event
District #4 Seed
Captain of Alliance 3
District Finalist
Judges Award
Greater Pittsburgh Regional
Regional #1 Seed
Captian of Alliance 1
Regional Winner
Quality Award winner
Macomb Community College District Event
District #5 Seed
Captain of Alliance 4
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
Michigan State Championship
District 1st Seed
Captain of Alliance 1
Division Championship Winner
Innovation in Control Award
Houston World Championship
Field Finalist
Ranked 31st out of 450 teams
The Game
Rapid React is played by two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and completing specific actions in order to score points. The game revolves around both alliances shooting inflatable balls known as Cargo into a central Hub and climbing within their Hangars at the end of the match. The overall objective of each match is to score more points than the opposing alliance before the match ends.