Here are a few of our past achievements:

2018: After a roller-coaster season, Vertigo won the 1st Place Alliance at the 2018 Virginia Championship!

December 5, 2015: Vertigo won 1 of 5 qualification matches at the Central Virginia Qualifier. While we failed to qualify, we won the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award for our unique design and a great engineering notebook.

April 22nd-25th, 2015: Vertigo won 6 qualification matches out of 9 at the FIRST World Championship, but unfortunately did not qualify for the elimination bracket. However, we competed in the FedEx Innovation Challenge, and won Second Place - a $7,500 grant! Overall, the World Championship was a resounding success, and we look forward to next season.

March 19th-21st, 2015: Vertigo qualified as the 4th Seed Alliance Captain in the Hopper Division at the East Super Regional for the FIRST World Championship. We were eliminated in the second match of the Division Semi-Finals, after participating in a World-Record breaking match, and we were also the Second Place Control Award Winner.

February 28th, 2015: Vertigo qualified as the Captain of the Winning Alliance at the VA State Championship for the East Super Regional in Scranton, PA on March 19th-21st. We were undefeated for the duration of the competition, even when our robot broke down, or our alliance partner's robot was disabled.

January 31st, 2015: Vertigo qualified as a member of the Winning Alliance at the North Central Qualifier for the Virginia State Competition in Richmond on February 28th. We also won the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award for our dedication to the documentation of our engineering process.

January 10th, 2015:

"This is not Vertigoing well."

~ Ann Joseph

Despite our failure to qualify, Vertigo was a finalist for the FTC Think Award, for our shining example of an engineering notebook.

March 1st, 2014:

"This is Vertigoing well."

~ Luc Bailey

Team Vertigo competed in the Virginia State Championship today. Vertigo advanced steadily through the rankings, at one point listed as 5th of our 24-team division. Vertigo was not able to advance to the next level of competition, but we were members of one the finalist alliances in our division. Vertigo ends the season on a positive note, and looks forward to participating in the 2014-2015 season.

January 11th, 2014 :

"We're Vertigoing to win this one, right?"

~ Alex Bowen

Team Vertigo took home the FTC Control Award from the Shenandoah Regional Qualifier. The FTC Control Award is given to a team that uses sensors and software to enhance the robot’s functionality on the field. This award is given to the team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the field. Team Vertigo was a member of the Winning Alliance at the Shenandoah Regional Qualifier, and will advance to the Virginia State Championship on March 1st, 2014.