RSM Robotics Team
---please email me at [email protected] for questions or comments---
2025-2026: RSM Robotics Team
Sponsor/Coach: Mr. Elliott/STEM Teacher
Assistant Coach: Pending
This year we will again participate in the regional Best Robotics event called Music City Best.
---2025 Music City Best (Important Dates):
Try Outs (Aug 28th-Sept 3rd)
Kick Off Event (Sept 6 ,2025),
Game Day (Nov 1, 2025)
Note: Read below for more details about Best Robotics.
We are also planning on again participating in the local RCS Kilobot (battlebots) league in the spring.
Note: Read below for more details about Kilobots.
When do we meet:
Most of the time, team members will meet in Mr. Elliott's STEM classroom (room 502B) during 1st period/R&E time. However, we will also meet on Saturdays. If needed, we may also meet on some school nights.
Note: All competition events are on Saturdays.
2025-2026 Team Fees: The cost for each individual student to participate during a single season is $100 per student. This money will mainly be used to purchase robot parts, tools, and related resources. For Vex and Kilobots events, we must also pay registration fees.
Our History:
---Best Robotics (4 Years)
Mission: During a two-month season, a team of RSM students are tasked to design, build, and program a robot to accomplish specific tasks using provided materials. Our team competes against other regional schools on game day at Lipscomb University.
Year 01: 2020-2021 (Fall)
---participated but did not compete (7th team to register out of only 6 teams allowed due to Covid)
Year 02: 2021-2022 (Fall)
---competed, 10th place out of 11 teams, honored as best rookie team
Year 03: 2022-2023 (Fall)
---competed, 8th place out of 9 teams, won a wild-card round and therefore also competed in a championship round
Year 04: 2023-2024 (Fall)
---competed, 8th place out of 10 teams (earned 340 points in nine 3-min rounds (8 seeding rounds and 1 wild-card round)
---Kilobots (Battlebots) (3 Years)
Mission: A team of RSM students were tasked to design a small robot that has a mass no greater than one kilogram. Team members designed their robots using a CAD program (Tinkercad), and then they 3D printed it. All external parts of these robots were 3D printed, and motors and controllers were installed inside the 3D printed frames. Then, on game day at Stewarts Creek Middle School (SCM), pairs of these Kilobots battled each other in a small arena via remote control.
Year 01: 2022-2023 (Spring)
---participated but did not compete (event was cancelled). Our school's team designed and 3D-printed a functional "battlebot." Only three schools managed to accomplish this (SCM, BMS, and us). As the junior team out of these three, the other two schools gave us an honorary award of 1st place.
Year 02: 2023-2024 (Spring)
---competed: Our school fielded three Kilobots on game day, more than any other school. We battled at SCM with robots from two other schools (SCM and BMS) and earned 4th and 5th place.
Year 03: 2024-2025 (Spring)
---competed: Our school fielded four Kilobots on game day. We battled at SCM with robots from various other schools and organizations. Three of our robots participated in two matches, and one of our robots participated in three matches. One of our robots was given a Kilobots engineering award for its unique design.
---Vex IQ (1 Year)
Mission: 4-person teams of RSM students were tasked to assemble and operate a Vex IQ robot in a Vex game that is different each year.
Year 01: 2024-2025 (Fall)
---participated in a Vex IQ scrimmage event hosted at nearby Thurman-Francis Academy. Our RSM team fielded three Vex IQ robots and competed in multiple rounds.
Team Try-Outs: for 2025 Fall Season (Best Robotics): Four-Step Process
1) Sign up on the provided roster.
2) Be invited to come to the STEM classroom for the try-out process.
3) Complete the following Nearpod assignment: the Nearpod code is Q62PE
4) Participate in an activity working with others.
Note: I am looking for about 20 total members and would prefer to have a balanced mix of 6th graders, 7th graders, and 8th graders.