History

Ingraham Robotics began in 2012 with the creation of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team FRC-4030 (Null Pointer Exception). At times the team consisted of more than 20 students and mentors. Here is a summary of their participation and accomplishments:

• 2012-2013 (Rebound Rumble)

  • Seattle Olympic Regional Finalist Award

• 2013-2014 (Ultimate Ascent)

  • • • • Participated in Seattle Regional

        • Participated in Spokane Regional

• 2014-2015 (Aerial Assist)

  • PNW Shorewood District Innovation in Control Award

  • PNW Mt Vernon District Creativity Award

• 2015-2016 (Recycle Rush)

• 2016-2017 (Stronghold)

After the 2016-2017 season we determined that the availability of students and mentors, cost to host a team, and the time commitment required to stand up an FRC team became to difficult to manage. Instead we decided to limit our efforts to the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) program.

In 2013 Ingraham Robotics expanded its robotics presence by standing up FIRST Tech Challenge Team FTC-7462 (Not to Scale). Here is a summary of their participation and accomplishments:

• 2013-2014 (Block Party!)

  • • • SeaTac Interleague Finalist Alliance

• 2014-2015 (Cascade Effect)

  • • • Tesla Interleague Finalist Alliance

      • Tesla Interleague Judges' Award

      • Tesla Interleague PTC Design Award

      • Tesla Interleague Winning Alliance

      • Advanced to the State Competition

• 2015-2016 (FIRST Res-Q)

  • • • Pasteur Interleague PTC Design Award

      • Pasteur Interleague Inspire Award - 3rd Place

      • Advanced to the State Competition

• 2016-2017 (Velocity Vortex)

• 2017-2018 (Relic Recovery)

  • • • Pasteur Interleague Think Award

      • Advanced to the State Competition

• 2018-2019 (Rover Ruckus)

• 2019-2020 (Skystone)

  • Tesla Interleague Innovate Award

    • • Tesla Interleague Finalist Alliance

      • Advanced to the State Competition

  • Washington State Championship Collins Aerospace Innovate Award

  • Washington State Championship Finalist Alliance

• 2020-2021 (Ultimate Goal) - "The Year of Covid"

  • Tesla Interleague Tournament 5th Ranked Team

    • • Tesla Interleague Design Award - 2nd Place

      • Tesla Interleague Control Award - 3rd Place

      • Advanced to the State Competition

• 2021-2022 (Freight Frenzy)

  • Hosted League 2 Event in the Ingraham Lunchroom

  • Feynman Interleague Finalist Alliance

    • • Feynman Interleague Innovate Award

      • Feynman Interleague Inspire Award - 2nd Place

      • Advanced to the State Competition

• 2022-2023 (Power Play)

  • • • Pasteur Interleague Design Award

      • Pasteur Interleague Innovate Award - 3rd Place

• 2023-2024 (Center Stage)

  • Hawking Interleague Tournament Design Award

  • Hawking Interleague Winning Alliance

  • Advanced to the State Competition

  • Washington State Control Award - 2nd Place

In 2024, interest in our program grew considerably. At the same time FTC-8628 (Chickenados), a home team, had all of their members no longer attending high school. Needing more high caliber mentors, Ingraham Robotics approached the Chickenados to gauge their interest in joining Ingraham. We  happily invited their Head Mentor (Phil) who graciously accepted. We decided to break up the total group into two teams. The Junior/Senior team is now FTC-7462 and the Freshman/Sophomore team is now FTC-8628. Having 2 teams within the same classroom has made it possible to feed off of each others creativity resulting in the following performance:

• 2024-2025 (Into the Deep)

  • • • (7462) - Pasteur Interleague Think Award

  • (Both) - Pasteur Interleague Finalist Alliance

  • (8628) - Pasteur Interleague Winning Alliance

    • • (Both) - Advanced to Semifinal Competition

      • (7462) - Semifinal Innovate Award

      • (7462) - Advanced to State Competition

      • Washington State Innovate Award - 2nd Place

      • Washington State Compass Award (Steve Amorosi) - 2nd Place