Team 5843 Flurb
Small but Prosperous!
From the East China School District, Flurb is a small but prosperous robotics team that had its rookie year in 2016. We aim to embody the FIRST core values of discovery, innovation, impact, teamwork, inclusion, and fun into everything we do, with the ultimate goal of sparking interest in STEM and encouraging young people to reach their fullest potential.
REEFSCAPE
Year
2025
4Release Date
January 4th, 2025
Robot
TBD
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
This year Flurb will start the season out by competing at the FIM St. Joseph district event on March 7th-9th. From March 22nd-24th the team will compete at the FIM Livonia district event, and on April 3rd-6th team Flurb will participate in Michigan State Championship at Saginaw Valley University.
Learn more about the 2024 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, CRESCENDO.
CRESCENDO!
Year
2024
Release Date
January 6th, 2024
Robot
TBD
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
For the 2024 season, Flurb started the season by competing at the FIM St. Joseph district event from March 7th-9th and the FIM Livonia district event between March 22nd and 24th. We were presented with the Excellence in Engineering award at our St. Joseph competition and went on to participate in both the Big Bang! and Kettering Kickoff off-season events.
Learn more about the 2024 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, CRESCENDO.
Charged UP!
Year
2023
Release Date
January 7th, 2023
Robot
Timbit
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
Flurb will compete at St. Joseph, Lakeview #2, and Michigan State Championships in 2023.
Learn more about the 2023 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, Charged UP presented by Haas.
rapid react
Year
2022
Release Date
January 8th, 2022
Robot
Dot the Bot
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
Flurb will compete at Gull Lake, Macomb, and Michigan State Championships in 2022.
Learn more about the 2022 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, RAPID REACT.
INFINITE RECHARGE at home
Year
2021
Release Date
January 9th, 2021
Robot
Blinky
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
Flurb competed in the At Home challenges during the 2021 season. We also participated in several off season events. Lapeer Robocon, Kettering kickoff, and the Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition.
Learn more about the 2021 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, INFINITE RECHARGE.
INFINITE RECHARGE
Year
2020
Release Date
January 4th, 2020
Robot
Blinky
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
Team 5843 was fortunate to compete in one district event, FIM Macomb, before the season was canceled.
This year Flurb will start the season out by competing at the FIM Macomb district event February 27th – 29th and then FIM Gull Lake district event on March 12th – 14th.
Learn more about the 2020 season of FIRST® Robotics Competition, INFINITE RECHARGE.
Destination: Deep Space
Year
2019
Release Date
January 5th, 2019
Robot
Sasha the Sassy Swerve
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
We competed at the FIM Marysville and Gull lake district events, the Lapeer Robo-Con and Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition off-season events. We continued our streak of making it into the elimination rounds at all the events we attended in 2019.
Power UP
Year
2018
Release Date
January 6th, 2018
Robot
Nancy
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
“Flurb competed at the FIM Southfield district, FIM Gull Lake, and the Michigan State Championships. The 2018 season was our most successful yet. We made it the Semi-Finals in Southfield, the Finals at Gull Lake, and the quarterfinals at the Michigan State Championships. The quarterfinals at the Grand Rapids Girls Competition. The finals at the Bloomfield Hills Girls Competition. “Nancy” was the robot we competed with this year
SteamWorks
Year
2017
Release Date
January 7th, 2017
Robot
Junior
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
“Flurb” competed at the FIM Waterford district and the FIM Marysville District with a robot called “Junior”.
first stronghold
Year
2016
Release Date
January 9th, 2016
Robot
Coming Soon!
Engineers Notebook
Coming Soon!
We competed at the FIM Southfield district and FIM Marysville District events.