In 2001 the Cybearcats began as the Orange Crush team in the Delphi invitational competition held in Pontiac Michigan. The team was formed late and received thier kit more than 2 weeks after all the other teams but were able to make a very strong showing.
In 2002 the team was making a two year plan to Join US FIRST as a rookie team the following year. We planned on attending some smaller, cheaper compeititions. After being featured in a local news paper article we received a call from our main sponsor. Rick Urschel who had competed in Robot Wars was interested in getting involved. Suddenly we were getting numerous sponsors and we had enough money to start our Rookie Year a full year ahead of schedule.
The cybearcats was formed at Wheeler High School in 2002 and competed in 2003 in the US FIRST Robotics Competition. As a Rookie Team, we were selected as an All Star Rookie Team at the Western Michigan Regional and were selected to go to the semi-finals at the Western Michigan Regional. At the Indiana Robotics invitational that summer, we won the best showing by a Rookie Team. Several other teams presented us with various awards including Best Rookies and Best Autonomous Programming awards.
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Rookie Year: 2003
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