Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is a high school based in Miami, Florida which was responsible for a number of BattleBots IQ teams and robots between 2005 and 2011.
The school notably introduced combat robotics to Andrea Gellatly and Bianca Soto, who would go on to compete with BattleBots competitors Witch Doctor and ROTATOR respectively. Several team members would later represent the University of Miami at the 2009 BattleBots Championships.
The Bots High documentary, which covered the 2010 BotsIQ competition, focused on two Carrollton-based teams - My Mechanical Romance and Mechanical Misfits.[1]
Outside BattleBots[]
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is an all-girls Catholic college preparatory school which was founded in 1961. It has a nationally-recognised debate team as well as being known for robotics. Its athletic mascot is the Carrollton Cyclone.
The school makes up part of the School of the Sacred Heart, which is a large network of Catholic schools spread across the world run by or affiliated with the Society of the Sacred Heart.
Entries[]
NOTE: This list is non-exhaustive.
Team Mean n' Green[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| The Kerminator | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2004 |
| Commander K-9 | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2005 |
| Marvinator | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2005 BattleBots IQ 2006 |
Team member Andrea Suarez would later compete with Busted Nuts Robotics, who entered Category 5 and would ultimately build Witch Doctor.
Carrollton-Lucky 3[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Fuchsia Fusion * | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2010 BotsIQ 2011 |
Team member Bianca Barrionuevo would later compete with Team Revolution and ROTATOR alongside captain of Volatile Robotics and future husband, Victor Soto.
* Fuchsia Fusion entered the 2010 and 2011 BotsIQ events under the University of Miami.
My Mechanical Romance[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Teenager | Middleweight | 2009 High School Championship |
| Famous Last Words | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2010 BotsIQ 2011 |
| Ringo Starr | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2009 |
| Mr. Twister * | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
* Mr. Twister fought under a separate Carrollton school team during the 2008 BattleBots IQ competition and was lent to My Mechanical Romance for the 2010 event.[2]
Team Mechanical Misfits[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Lil' Kanye | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Busy Bee | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Watson | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2011 |
Little Einsteins[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| E=MC2 | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2009 |
| E=MC^3 | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
Team Eureka[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Smack | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2009 |
Team Police[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| TGTB | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2009 |
One Hit Wonders[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Little Drummer Bot | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2009 |
Girls in Black *[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Tux Jr. | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Mr. Tux | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2011 |
* Girls in Black were invited to compete with Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street for the 2011 competition.
Carrollton School Golden Girls[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Nudger | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2011 |
| Back to Basics | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2011 |
Carrollton School-The Little Engineers that Could[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Bar Sinister | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Choo-Choo Bacca | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2011 |
Back to Basics[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. BOOMbastic | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2011 |
Pretty in Pink[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Pretty in Pink | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2004 BattleBots IQ 2005 BotsIQ 2007 |
Team Flip N' Switch *[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Flip | Mini Class | R3: Rochester Robot Rampage |
| Switch | Mini Class | R3: Rochester Robot Rampage |
* Team Flip N' Switch was a collaborative effort between Team Mean N' Green and Pretty in Pink.[3]
Other Teams[]
A number of robots represented Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, but their individual teams are not known. These are listed below:
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Mario | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2005 |
| panDEMONium * | Middleweight | 2009 High School Championship |
| Manta | Middleweight | BotsIQ 2008 |
| 3 Blind Mice | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2005 |
| The Massacres | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2006 |
| Mr. Twister | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2008 |
| 4 Aces | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Queen Bee | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Choo Choo | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Rolli Remix | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 |
| Robokill | Mini Class | BotsIQ 2010 (Withdrew) |
* panDEMONium entered the 2010 and 2011 BotsIQ events under the ownership of students of the University of Miami.[4][5][6]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7Gg7lvo8o
- ↑ Elizabeth Masson discussing Mr. Twister's origins during the Bots High documentary
- ↑ https://www.geocities.ws/mng_robotics/history.html
- ↑ Builders Database profile for panDEMONium (2010, archived)
- ↑ Builders Database record of BotsIQ 2010 Middleweight (120lb Pro) entries
- ↑ Official BotsIQ 2010 program