About Team 980, Contact Info
So whats special about Team 980?
Most teams get established one place and stay there. Other teams only consist of members from only one school. Such is not the case for Team 980, for we have members from various schools and backgrounds. Now in our ninth year, we have built robots in six different locations, with the NEY Community Technology Center in Altadena our current “home”.
Our success is a result of the dedication of our mentors and sponsors. Students can participate in all aspects of our “Product Development Cycle” throughout the season. Our approach allows students to experience the real-world in a project team. Impossible deadlines, tight budgets, imperfect information, communication gaps: we learn important life lessons by confronting problems and persist until they are solved.
History of Team 980
Team 980 was founded in 2002 by Doug Hogg. The team won the “Rookie All-Star” award at Southern California Regional in 2002, and went on to the “Nationals”. Since then, Team 980 has been quite successful.
Here’s a list of our achievements in the past nine years:
2002 SoCal Regional: Rookie All-Star
2003 Arizona Regional: Semifinals, Motorola Quality; SoCal Regional: Quarterfinals, Xerox Creativity; IRI: Quarterfinalist
2004 Arizona Regional: Semifinals, GM Industrial Design; SoCal Regional: Winners, Leadership in Controls; Championship: Galileo Division #2 seed, Quarterfinalist; IRI: Champions; CalGames: Champions
2005 Arizona Regional: #1 Seed, Xerox Creativity; SoCal Regional: Finalist, Radio Shack Innovation in Controls; Silicon Valley Regional: Winners, Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technologies”; Championship: Archimedes Semifinalist; IRI: Finalist
2007 Los Angeles Regional: Finalist; San Diego Regional: Quarterfinalist; CalGames: Finalist
2008 San Diego Regional: Quarterfinalist; LA Regional: Winners; CalGames: Finalist
2009 Los Angeles Regional: Semifinalist; Las Vegas Regional: Quarterfinalist; IRI: #1 Seed, Finalist
2010 Arizona Regional: Motorola Quality; Los Angeles Regional: Finalist
Contact FRC Team 980
E-mail: team980@ix.netcom.com
