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Check out the content we've created for robotics, photos, as well as our appearances in media!
centerstage 2023 - 2024
WEST SIDE STORY - 5/7/2024
Trobotix co-captain Jinann AbuDagga represented Iowa as a Dean’s List finalist at the FIRST Championship in Houston, on April 17-20.
WEST SIDE STORY - 3/25/2024
Meet the 2023-2024 season robots for Trobotix and Trobotix Two.
Compass Award Submission
Evan Baker - 3/5/2024
This video was filmed and edited by one of our builders and media person, Evan. We nominated our coach, Scott Anson, for this year's Compass Award. Coach Scott's hard work and dedication to the team is deeply appreciated.
WEST SIDE STORY - 3/1/2024
West students share their experiences with FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).
Promote award Submission
Haneen Eltyeb - 2/9/2024
This video was filmed and edited by our strategy lead, Haneen. The prompt: "What is the best thing about FIRST Tech Challenge?"
WEST SIDE STORY - 1/25/2024
Trobotix attended the Horace Pippin league tournament on Saturday Jan. 20, and secured a first place rank for the state competition in March.
WEST SIDE STORY - 12/22/2023
Follow along with Trobotix as they compete at their last meet before the league tournament in January.
power play 2022 - 2023
Powerplay Season REcap
Haneen Eltyeb - 5/29/2023
We did it! FTC Poweplay has finally come to an end. We congratulate all of the Iowa teams that made it to worlds- the competition was tough and they put up a good fight. This year has been both challenging and rewarding for our team, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
WEST SIDE STORY - 3/7/2023
After winning Gold Division Alliance Finalist at the FTC Iowa Championship, team Trobotix 8696 heads into their off-season.
Iowa City Press-Citizen - 3/4/2023
Instead of wrestlers on large mats or basketball players dribbling a ball across the court inside the GreenState Family Fieldhouse and Xtream Arena, there were teenagers in zany costumes steering robots, some equally as zany in appearance.
WEST SIDE STORY - 2/20/2023
After winning runner-up for the Think Award at the Super-Qualifying Tournament, Trobotix has secured a spot at State.
Promote Award submission
Haneen Eltyeb - 2/10/2023
This video was filmed by our business member Vismitha, and edited by our strategy lead, Haneen. The prompt: "How did you learn about FIRST?"
Compass Award submission
Evan Baker - 2/10/2023
This video was edited by one of our builders and media person, Evan. The clips were filmed by our team captain, Jinann. We nominated our mentor Alexa Christiansen for this year's Compass Award. Alexa's hard work and dedication to the team is greatly valued.
WEST SIDE STORY - 1/24/2023
Meet Jinann AbuDagga ’25, Team Captain for FTC Team Trobotix at West High School. Having just won the Hydro League Tournament on Jan. 14, AbuDagga shares insight on the team’s win, common obstacles, favorite memories and the future of Trobotix.
WEST SIDE STORY - 1/18/2023
FTC Team Trobotix 8696 wins first place alliance at the Hydro League Championship.
Freight frenzy 2021 - 2022
Trobotix lab tour
West Side Story - 2/21/2022
"Trobotix: Inspiration, Motivation, and Creation"
skystone 2019 - 2020
promote award submission
Ellie — 2/20/2020
Our Skystone Promote Award submission was filmed and edited by Ellie. The prompt: "How has FIRST changed you?" This video is very moving and inspiring!
rover ruckus 2018 - 2019
WEST SIDE STORY — 2/26/2019
"Feb.9 – West High’s FTC robotics team, Trobotix, competed at the Super-Qualifier Tournament hosted at West. The team placed eighth, was awarded best design, and qualified for the state tournament."
BJ — 2/22/2019
BJ is back and he's showing us how he's enjoying his FIRST (haha) RoboProm. In this video, you can see us dancing in our matching robot onesies.
PROMOTE AWARD SUBMISSION
ETHAN —
Our Rover Ruckus Promote Award submission was filmed and edited by Ethan. The prompt: "If every student participated in FIRST, the world would be..." Press play for some groovy music!
SUPER QUALIFIERS VLOG
BJ — 2/9/2019
BJ is trying out vlogging for the first time. In this video, Lukas swears on camera, and we try to record our Promote Award.
Relic recovery 2017 - 2018
WEST SIDE STORY — 2/27/2018
"The West High FTC robotics team, Trobotix 8696, participated in the Iowa State FTC Competition in Coralville on February 23-24. They were one of the 48 best teams in Iowa to compete at this competition and the only team from Iowa City."
WEST SIDE STORY — 2/13/2018
"The West High School FTC robotics team, Trobotix 8696, participated in the Super Qualifier tournament in Davenport on Feb. 10th. They were one of two Iowa City teams to advance to this competition, alongside with one Southeast team."
WEST SIDE STORY — 10/30/2017
"On Saturday, October 21st, the West High Trobotix 8696 team went to Norway, Iowa for their first competition of the 2017-2018 season. They competed against many other schools and won 5 out of 10 possible ranking points. The West High FTC team is looking to mimic and transcend their success from last year when they were only one step away from reaching the FTC World Championship."
Velocity Vortex 2016 - 2017
WEST SIDE STORY — 2/27/2017
"The West High Robotics team came out of the state competition on Feb. 26 with a win. The team is the captain of the Winning Alliance, also known as the champions of the whole tournament. They also won a special recognition, the Control Award, for their programming.
This makes them one of only 14 teams in the state of Iowa (out of about 280) who will be advancing to the North Super-Regional Tournament at the end of March at the Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids."
WEST SIDE STORY — 1/24/2017
"The West High robotics team went to competition in Cedar Falls on Saturday, Jan. 21. West was a member of the winning alliance, meaning they were part of the three highest scoring teams overall.
They also won the Inspire Award, which is the highest recognition given at an FTC tournament. This award recognizes excellence in all elements of the competition and team performance, as well as the robot’s success."