Competition Dates
Who We Are:
The MOC-FV robotics program was started in the 2021-2022 season by competing in FTC's robotics program, that year being Freight Frenzy. The team consisted of around 15 students and one coach, Adam Bonnema. They worked hard and late over the five-month season to create the first MOC robot, which pushed through all the challenges and made it to the state competition. Throughout most of this season they lacked a name but they adopted the name commonly given to them by other teams, The Dutch Bots.
After this first year, robotics exploded in popularity. Going into the 2022-2023 season, 20 new freshmen joined the program, and two new teams were created to accompany them: MŌC atronics and The Analogue Clogs. All three teams worked hard to bring three robots to state qualifiers and Dutch Bots to state for their second year.
During the 2023-2024 season, around 10 new people joined the program, and a few of our older members graduated from high school. The group rested at nearly 35 people, and a fourth team was brought up: Tulip Tech. After a very long and difficult season, all four MOC teams went to state qualifiers, and all four teams pushed through to state.
Now, we are in our 4th season as a program with around 45 people spread across the four teams. With the creation of a leadership team to help manage the group, this is our biggest, most organized, and best season yet.
Our Goals:
We have many goals as a robotics program, and we've worked towards and accomplished many of them over four years. But one of our ever-present and most important goals is to give all students a new and life-long experience. Robotics has become so much more then just a school club at this point, we see it as a whole company within the school. Any student should be able to come to robotics and find a place they fit in and work well with, where they can learn and grow many different life skills that will help them even after graduating high school.
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We want to thank each of our sponsors for their continued support of our teams. Without there support and dedication to our teams, we would not be where we are at today.
Our Amazing Sponsors are:
Demco
Hofmeyer Electric
Iowa State Bank
Thompson Electric
CQ Medical
Interstate
Pella Windows & Doors
Diamond Vogal
Saharafox
Kopetsky's Ace Hardware
MidAmerican Energy Company
GoBilda
Rev Robotics