Team History

2025 - Reefscape

​Competition Awards

  • Excellence in Engineering Award at Ferndale
  • District Event Finalist at Ferndale
  • Team Sustainability Award at States (DTE Field)
  • Made it to Worlds (Milstien Field)​
  • Quality Award at Worlds (Milstien Field)

​Accomplishments

  • Started "STEM is for Everyone" campaign
  • Alliance Captian at both District events
  • Second year winning awards at worlds
  • Over 800 lbs. of batteries collected this year
  • Made it to Worlds 5 years in a row

2024 - Crescendo

Competition Awards

  • Imagery Award at Jackson
  • District FIRST Impact Award at Livonia
  • Won Team Sustainability Award at States (DTE Field)
  • Made it to Worlds (Newton Field)
  • Won Team Sustainability at Worlds (Newton Field)

Accomplishments

  • Statistically best season at Worlds ever
  • Sent monthly newsletters for our sponsors
  • Won our first playoff match at Worlds
  • Won the FIRST Impact Award for the second time​
  • Won our first award at Worlds​
  • 1st year at IRI

2023 - Charged Up

Competition Awards

Accomplishments
  • Innovation in Control Award at Milford
  • District Event Finalist at Detroit
  • District FIRST Impact Award at Detroit
  • Gracious Professionalism Award at States (Ford Field)
  • Made it to Worlds (Daly Field)
  • 3rd at Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition
  • ​First time winning the FIRST Impact Award
  • Started outreach at Farmers Market
  • Started an annual battery drive
  • Converted our 2016 robot to remote control operation

2022 - Rapid React

​​Competition Awards

  • District Engineering Inspiration Award at Detroit
  • Gracious Professionalism Award at Livonia
  • District Event Finalist at Livonia
  • Industrial Design Award at States (Ford Field)
  • Earned our 1st FIRST World Championship birth since the start of the pandemic (Galileo Field)
  • First time as 1st Seed at any event at Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition

​Accomplishments

  • Completed Robot in 6 weeks
  • Team record for most points scored in a week 1 competition.
  • District Semifinalist at States (Ford Field)
  • New Sponsor (Nissan)
  • Tutoring at Farmington African American Parent Network (FAAPN) 
  • Created and Distributed Stem kits for FPS 2nd graders 
2021 - Game Changers
Accomplishments
  • Reorganized subgroups with everyone now participating in a secondary group.
  • Started virtually tutoring elementary students to combat the pandemic
  • Created 3 new STEM kits
  • Virtual college tours
  • Virtual tutoring for elementary students
  • Became Varsity Letter Eligible

2020 - Infinite Recharge

Competition Awards

  • Excellence in Engineering Award at Southfield
  • Safety Award at Southfield

Accomplishments​

  • Enhanced strategy of cross-teaching subgroups
  • First year of integrated facilities and shop with Harrison
  • Added technology to Hackboxes
  • Sent STEM kits to the Dominican Republic
  • Nominated for the 2020 Youth Recognition Award due to our outreach

2019 - Deep Space

Competition Awards

  • ​Safety Award at Southfield Event
  • Innovation in Control Award at Midland Event
  • District Event Winner at Midland Event
  • Entrepreneurship Award at States (Consumer's Energy Field)
  • District Championship Finalist at States (Consumer's Energy Field)
  • District Semifinalist at Worlds (Daly Field)
  • District 1st runner-up for UL Safety award at Worlds (Daly Field)

Accomplishments

  • Revamped student leadership 
  • Started 4 FTC teams and mentored several newer FRC teams 
  • Created an adaptable chassis for robot
  • Hosted and streamed QFD event
  • Created local resource box called the Hackbox
  • Won the Midland District Competition
  • Earned a FIRST World Championship birth once again

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​2018 - Power Up

Competition Awards

  • Entrepreneurship Award at Lincoln Event 
  • Entrepreneurship Award at Livonia Event
  • UL Pit Safety Award at Livonia
  • Quarter-finalist Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC) Event
  • Finalist at Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition Event

Accomplishments

  • First season with new coach
  • New in-stand strategy/scouting system
  • Partnership with Operation Common Good in the Giving Bot
  • Student population reached a record high
  • FIRST in Michigan FIRST STEPS support at Worlds

2017 - Steamworks

​Competition Awards

  • Industrial Safety Award at Howell 
  • Spirit Award at Livonia Event
  • District Event Winner at Livonia Event
  • Spirit Award at States (Consumer's Energy Field)
  • District Semifinalist at States (Consumer's Energy Field)​
  • Made it to Worlds (St. Louis - Tesla Field)

Accomplishments

  • First time on alliance at Worlds (2nd alliance)
  • Even with a loss of a coach, student leadership prevailed, leading team to Worlds despite the setbacks
  • Expanded community outreach by 211%
  • Overhauled website
  • Continued QFD with 3641
  • Created an RFID based attendance system

2016 - Stronghold

​Competition Awards

  • Entrepreneurship Award at Livonia Event
  • Industrial Safety Award at Traverse City Event
  • Entrepreneurship Award at Traverse City Event
  • Spirit Award at States​
  • Made it to Worlds (Hopper Field)
  • Won Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition

Accomplishments

  • Helped to ensure core FIRST and Hackbots values were central to the team
  • Partnered with Team 3641 for 2 years to streamline the design process
  • ​Created QFD (Quality Function Deployment Chart) for the first time

2015 - Recycle Rush

​Competition Awards

  • Entrepreneurship Award at Waterford Event
  • Entrepreneurship Award at Livonia

Accomplishments

  • Gained admittance back into school shop
  • Added more tools and machinery to the shop
  • ​Submitted Chairman’s Award for the first time

2014 - Aerial Assist

​Competition Awards

  • Imagery Award at Southfield Event
  • Entrepreneurship Award at Livonia Event

Accomplishments

  • Focused on sustainability and organization for the long-term
  • Implemented a new team structure
  • Created new subgroups to aid in fabrication such as Pneumatics
  • ​Embraced non-technical aspects of FRC, such as Graphic Design
  • First time a shift gear drive system implemented

2013 - Ultimate Ascent

​Competition Awards

  •  Finalist at Waterford Event
  • Team Spirit Award at Livonia
  • District Event Winner at Livonia 
  • Team Spirit Award at States
  • Made it to Worlds (Curie Field)

Accomplishments

  • Uniting all 3 high schools - 3414 Hackbots were formed​​
  • Acquired the first stable sponsorship from BOSCH, allowing for expansion
  • Found a team of dedicated coaches and mentors
  • ​Underwent a rebranding process and became The Hackbots, as they are known today

2012 - Rebound Rumble

Accomplishments

  • First time the team incorporated a turret system
  • Participated in Makers Fair
  • Published our first Build Season video

2011 - Logomotion

Competition Awards

  •  ​Finalist at Waterford Event

Accomplishments

  • Named changed to the Falcons 
  • Forced to move to a portable trailer outside school building
  • First time the team incorporated a mechanum drive system

2010 - BREAKAWAY

Competition Awards

  • Won Rookie Inspiration Award at Ann Arbor

Accomplishments​

  • Founded as the Omega Squad
  • Team 3414, based out of Farmington High School
  • Low funding - made robot out of the box that the kit of parts came in