TAMSformers
We are FRC Team 5212, the TAMSformers! This is our 10th year competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition. EVERYONE IS WELCOME, with or without experience. We will dedicate the first semester to teaching you guys all about robotics and the engineering process. Everything from mechanical to electrical to programming, we got you covered. We will compete in FIRST in the spring. Even if robotics isn't your thing, you can still be apart of our team. In fact, we NEED you! We have a business and marketing portion in charge of writing award submissions, looking for grants and sponsors, taking photos and videos, and managing our social media. We will also be mentoring various FLL (FIRST Lego League) teams in the Denton area, will be reaching out to help other teams nearby, and working alongside the other sectors of JETS in multiple other volunteering projects.
| Topic(s) | Robotics |
|---|---|
| Active Years | 2013-present |
| Advised | Yes |
| Execs | Engineering Captain: William Hua
Programming / Electrical Captain: Dhruv Chanana Business Captain: Austin Liu |
| Website | http://tamsformers.weebly.com/ |
| Link | |
| tamsformers@gmail.com |
Competitions
FIRST Robotics Competition
BEST Robotics
In 2019-2020, the team decided to stop competing in BEST Robotics and focus solely on FRC.
Sectors
Robotics splits up the work into Sectors. Each sector focuses on a specific aspect of the FRC competition. Students can participate in as many or as few sectors as they want.
(Someone please change the sector descriptions into paragraphs, not lists)
Strategy
- Decide which goals to accomplish and choose between designs
Design
- Involves CAD
- Modeling, assemblies, drafting, simulation. CAM
- Interlinked with engineering
Engineering
- Learn about power tools and basic building practices
- Learn how to make different robotic mechanisms
Electrical
- Hand-in-hand with programming and engineering
Programming
- C++ for the FRC WPILib Suite
Business
- Sponsorships and grants
- Social Media
- Chairman's presentation
- Chairman's essays
- Chairman's video
Seasons
2023
The team is planning to do the challenge in the spring, and are conducting workshops and training to prepare for the season.
2022
The team did the Rapid React challenge at FIT Irving and FIT Waco.
2021
Currently, there is no plans for in-person events.
2020
Although COVID-19 cancelled most FRC/FIRST events during 2020, our team competed at the first two events, and the only two events ever, held during this season. At our first event, FIT Plano, we ranked 18th with a record of 5-9-0. At our second event, FIT Greenville, we ranked 28th with a record of 3-8-1.
Execs
2023-2024
Chief Engineer: Luis Espinosa
Principal Programmer: Tony Chen
Business Manager: Jonathan Leung
Outreach Coordinator: Lexi Rodriguez
Logistics Director: Nikhil Sunkavalli
2022-2023
Engineering Captain: William Hua
Programming / Electrical Captain: Dhruv Chanana
Business Captain: Austin Liu
Engineering SAB: Jayanth Pandit, Caleb Tian, Vishal Satish, Sree Akkina
Business SAB: Vincent Vira, Alex Kim
2021-2022
Engineering Captain: Trey Hornsby
Programming / Electrical Captain: Tarun Kholay
Business Captain: Sachin Kathiresan
2020-2021
Design/Internal Lead: Aryan Agarwal
Design/External Lead: Kaushik Akula
Organization/Electrical Lead: Jordan Allen
Programming Lead: Preston Tranbarger
Programming/Engineering Lead: Henry Castillo
Engineering Lead/Safety Captain: Joaquin Auzenne
Business Lead: Minerva Sharma, Aiswarya Atluri
2019-2020
Co-Captains: Aishwarya Mitra, Pranav Ebburu, Sharuya Kumar
Safety and Communications Lead: Shravan Konduru
Programming Lead: Rachel Qian
Business Lead: Eric Bau, Alex Qi
Engineering/Design Lead: Tanner Hornsby
Engineering/Build Lead: Waylin Fogarty
2017-2018
Team Captain: Rasna ????
Business Director: Sven Lohse
Community Service Co-Director: Jenya Pryadkin
Engineering Director: KJ Dix[1]
Programming Director: Ryan Peterson
Electrical Director: John ????
Safety Captain: Tobias ????
Marketing Director: Cedric Hatol
Fundraising Director: Melissa ????
Quartermaster Anika Cherry[2]