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.
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.
The Bots High documentary, which covered the 2010 BattleBots IQ 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[]
Team Mean n' Green[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| The Kerminator | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2004 |
| Commander K9 | 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 | BattleBots IQ 2010 BattleBots IQ 2011 |
Team member Bianca Soto 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 BattleBots IQ events under the University of Miami.
My Mechanical Romance[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Teenager | Middleweight | 2009 High School Championship |
| Famous Last Words | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2010 BattleBots IQ 2011 |
| Ringo Starr | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2009 |
Team Mechanical Misfits[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Lil' Kanye | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 BattleBots IQ 2011 |
| Busy Bee | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Watson | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2011 |
Little Einsteins[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| E=MC2 | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2009 |
| E=MC^3 | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
Team Eureka[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Smack | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2009 |
Team Police[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| TGTB | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2009 |
One Hit Wonders[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Little Drummer Bot | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2009 |
Carrollton School Golden Girls[]
| Name | Weight Class | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Back to Basics | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2011 |
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 | BattleBots IQ 2008 |
| 3 Blind Mice | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2005 |
| 4 Aces | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Queen Bee | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Choo Choo | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Simon Bar Sinister | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Rolli Remix | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 |
| Robokill | Mini Class | BattleBots IQ 2010 (Withdrew) |
* panDEMONium entered the 2010 and 2011 BattleBots IQ events under the ownership of students of the University of Miami.[2][3][4]