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!

Flurbie!

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!

Flurbie!

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!

Flurbie!

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!

Flurbie!

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!

Flurbie!

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.