- Team 573 - Mech Warriors - Team History
The Mech Warriors began competing in the First Robotics Competitions in 2001. During the first year, Team 573 was a finalist in the Great Lakes Regional and won enough competitions to enter the Curie Division Finals at the Championships in Atlanta.
The following fall the Mech Warriors joined OCCRA, the Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association and continue to compete in OCCRA's events. OCCRA is a FIRST-inspired season in Oakland County, Michigan where local teams can compete against each other every fall.
Team 573 members originally came from Brother Rice High School, all of whom were male. During the 2003 season Team 573 welcomed the girls from Brother Rice's sister school, Marian and began to incorporate their school uniform (plaid skirts) into the team drivers uniforms . In 2004 the Mech Warriors lost all funding. Team 1, The Juggernauts, accepted Team 573 members as part of their team that year. As a part of the Juggernaut Team, the team the won Detroit Engineering Award and ranked in the top 20 in the Newton division. Team 573 gained new sponsorship from Daimler Chrysler in 2005. With the continued support of Chrysler, we won the Great Lakes Regional in 2007.
Awards and Milestones:
2001:
- Rookie Year
- Finalist in the Great Lakes Regional
- Curie Division Finalist
- Won the Rookie All-Star Award
2003:
- Joined by Girls from Marian High School
- Won the Xerox Creativity Award at the Buckeye Regional
- Won the Engineering Inspiration Award at the West Michigan Regional
2004:
- Lost funding
- Joined Team 1, The Juggernauts during this year
2005:
- Gained sponsorship from Daimler Chrysler
- Won the Radioshack Innovation in Control Award at the Great Lakes Regional
2007:
- Won the Great Lakes Regional
- Won the Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award at the Boilermaker Regional
2008:
- Chrysler Team Spirit award- Great Lakes Regional
- Two "Speed Demon" awards from Team 291 CIA
- Coolest Team Uniform from Lightning Robotics Team 861
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| Coach Barch Photo background credit NASA/Regan Geeseman |
2009
- Team 573 welcomes Diversified Tooling Group as one of the team sponsors
- Best Website Award-Cass Tech FIRST Robotics District Competition
- Coach Barch is nominated for the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award at the Troy District Event
2010
- Ann Arbor FIRST Robotics District Competition Winner
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen -Ann Arbor FIRST Robotics District Competition
- Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson- Troy FIRST Robotics District Competition
- Website Award- Troy FIRST Robotics District Competition
Team 573 Appreciates the Continued Support of our Sponsors
