During the 2011 season, Crevolution attended two regionals, Waterford and Troy. We finished with a 7-6-2 record at Waterford and 6-8-0 record at Troy. In both competitions, we were selected for the elimination round, but lost in the Quarterfinals. At the Troy District competition, we also won the judges award. In the offseason of 2011, we also competed in the MARC and WMRI competitions, which were mainly to help give our new members experience in the world of FIRST. Our 2011 robot was named Hermes (the Greek messenger god) because of its 24 meter/second blazing speed.
In 2010, Crevolution attended two regionals, one at Cass Tech High School, and the other at Wayne State University. At Cass Tech, our robot finished 8-4-4 and made it to the semi-finals. The team also won the Team Spirit Award. At Wayne State, the robot made it to the quarter-finals and had a final record of 6-6-2. Crevolution's performance earned a trip to the state competition at Eastern Michigan University, where our robot had a record of 4-7-1. Throughout the season, we also got a lot of attention for our dog-themed robot Cerberus, which could redirect balls with its "mouth" and had a petable surface.
Crevolution started as a FRC team, created by The Thunderchickens, consisting of high school students from the Utica Community School district in 2008 to compete in the 2009 season. At the Cass Tech regional, our alliance rose all the way to the semi-finals, finished with a record of 8-9-0, and recieved the Rookie All-Star award. Our second regional, Troy Athens, was also a success. We finished 5-5-2, and won a second Rookie All-Star and a Best Website award. Winning the Rookie All-Star award qualified us for states at Eastern Michigan University, but we didn't end up qualifying for nationals from there. After the regular season, we competed in three off-season events: MARC, Kettering, and WMRI. In MARC, we qualified for semi-finals and won the Rising Rookie award. At Kettering, we allowed new drivers to try out the controls so everyone could experience the excitement from the field. Crevolution's 2009 robot was named Ganymede, which is one of the moons of Jupiter.
