Excellence in Engineering Award (x2), Industrial Safety Award, Creativity Award

  • World Championship, St. Louis (Archimedes Field) – Ranked 59th (Avg qual score 90.90)
  • PNW Championship – Ranked 19th (Avg qual score 124.50)
  • Glacier Peak District – Ranked 1st (Avg qual score 71.08, Avg playoff score 79.43)
  • Central WA Univ District – Ranked 10th (Avg qual score 79.25, Avg playoff score 80.80)

The 2015 season brought us “Fred-amaran,” whose name comes from the sail-like mast in its center, and its pontoon-like sides. Fred-amaran’s unique ability was to grab cans at the start of the game and the robot had an arm used for grabbing cans that could also be used to complete the coopertition stack from up to 5 feet away. Although other teams developed more effective grabbing devices, they lacked the ability to control the can’s alignment to the degree ours did. These aspects of Fred-amaran won the team three awards: two Excellence in Engineering Awards and a Creativity Award. We also took second place in our first competition and were semifinalists in the next. 2015 was another successful season with the team competing at the Pacific Northwest Regional Championships and the World Championships in St. Louis.