GPS Robotics

This competition was a promising one for the GPS Robotics team, with both teams Metalheads and The Viltrumites qualifying to compete in the bracket matches! We are so proud of both of our VEX teams’ drivers and everybody who helped worked on the code, build, or anything that contributed to our teams’ success.

The Bobcat Rumble Rama was formatted similarly to the Carrollwood Clash, with every team having to play seven qualifying matches and those who performed the best participated in the bracket with an alliance chosen by your team. Since there was expected to be a total of 36 teams, the amount of qualifying teams was about 32; however with the issue of teams not making it to the event, only 32 teams participated which caused all teams that participated to at least qualify for the bracket.

The placements of the qualifying matches go as follow:

Rank	Team	Name	W-L-T	WPs . APs . SPs
1	727R	Whole Lotta Red	7-0-0	15 / 36 / 41
2	550G	Goofy Goobers	6-1-0	14 / 24 / 97
3	550X	XAWG	6-1-0	13 / 33 / 88
4	32792B	COGNEX	5-2-0	11 / 30 / 115
5	5956A	Bangarang	5-2-0	10 / 36 / 55
6	727G	Terrapin Gold	4-3-0	10 / 30 / 151
7	6104A	Chronos	5-2-0	10 / 21 / 131
8	30722A	Nat20	5-2-0	10 / 18 / 103
9	11981D	Deimos	4-3-0	9 / 27 / 111
10	89768A	Viltrumites	4-3-0	9 / 27 / 60
11	11981A	Apollo	4-3-0	9 / 24 / 120
12	11981B	Bastet	4-3-0	9 / 24 / 71
13	2672B	LED Robotics B	4-2-1	9 / 21 / 86
14	2672C	LED Robotics C	4-2-1	9 / 18 / 64
15	5842A	Royal Robotics	4-3-0	8 / 33 / 62
16	41829A	Raider Robotics	4-3-0	8 / 21 / 63
17	6104G	Tempest	3-4-0	8 / 18 / 104
18	11981C	Cratos	3-4-0	7 / 21 / 89
19	5842B	Royal Robotics	3-4-0	6 / 27 / 75
20	6260X	Minerva	3-4-0	6 / 21 / 59
21	6260V	Medusa	3-4-0	6 / 15 / 71
22	5245X	Xparagus	3-4-0	6 / 12 / 96
23	6260M	Midas	3-4-0	6 / 12 / 68
24	727D	Terrapin Dark Red	3-4-0	6 / 12 / 40
25	2672A	LED Robotics A	2-5-0	5 / 21 / 83
26	5842D	Royal Robotics	2-4-1	5 / 12 / 85
27	30722X	Salicylic Acid	2-5-0	5 / 12 / 83
28	89768K	MetalHeads	2-5-0	4 / 21 / 98
29	5842C	Royal Robotics	2-5-0	4 / 15 / 61
30	41829C	Raider Robotics	1-5-1	3 / 6 / 66
31	6104B	Cyclone	1-6-0	2 / 12 / 50
32	6260A	Mercury	0-7-0	0 / 6 / 62

As you can see, team Viltrumites and team MetalHeads performed extraordinarily in their own ways, with team Viltrumites placing tenth in the overall bracket and team Metalheads scoring 98 SPs or “Strength of Schedule Points,” indicating that the MetalHeads went against very challenging opponents.

This being said, with both teams qualifying, the Viltrumites ended the competition in quarter finals! With their alliance with Raider Robotics 41829A, they were able to push past the opponents and make it to the quarter finals with a bracket filled with formidable opponents. Alongside this, the MetalHeads’ alliance with Royal Robotics 5842C ended shortly after going against the alliance with Goofy Goobers 550G and Terrapin Gold 727G. Nonetheless, both teams gave this competition their all and were satisfied with their placements, but of course there will always be something to improve upon for future competitions and events in the future.

We thank every supporter and team that we have gained since the beginning of the GPS Robotics team, we have grown so much and are still growing so much from when we first started this team and the support has been fantastic! We will make sure to properly prepare for our next competition so both teams can perform the best they can and push boundaries that we even broke in this competition.