TRC

Overview

TRC is a team of students and alumni from the Tufts Robotics Club at Tufts University, and is based out of Medford, Massachusetts. TRC has competed in five NHRL competitions to date, with the first unofficial appearance being the April 2022 competition, the first official appearance occurring at the January 2023 competition, and the latest being in August of 2023.

The name TRC was chosen because the club has never officially been granted official authorization to use the Tufts brand outside of the university. As a result, the team likes to joke that TRC is an acronym that stands for anything you can think of that is not Tufts Robotics Club. Asking different team members will yield different answers as to what they consider TRC to mean; team member Tom Jaeger has said that TRC stands for Total Robot Chaos, while team member Max Morningstar claims it stands for Team Roboctopi: Combat Division, in reference to his FRC team of the same name.

Captains

• Teo Patrosio
• Tom Jaeger
• Douglas Lilly
• Max Morningstar
• Ryan McFarlane
• Daniel Barszczak
• Olivia Morningstar

Robots

Inactive Robots

Robot	Captain	Weight Class	Competitions	Weapon Type	Wins/Losses
†Azrael	Teo Patrosio	Beetleweight	April 2022	Dual Arc Lighter	0-0
‡Shoestring	Tom Jaeger	Beetleweight	April 2022	Drum Spinner	0-2
⸸Utilitarian Hoar	Douglas Lilly	Beetleweight	April 2022	Vertical Spinner	0-2
UH... foot	Douglas Lilly	Beetleweight	January, March 2023	Vertical Spinner	1-3 } †Originally entered under Team Azrael, did not compete due to technical issues ‡Originally competed under team Fingers Crossed ⸸Originally competed under team UH huh Active Robots Robot Captain Weight Class Competitions Weapon Type Wins/Losses Stress Concentration Tom Jaeger Beetleweight January, March, May 2023 Vertical Spinner 1-3 Deep Cut *Max Morningstar Beetleweight January, March, May, August 2023 Horizontal Spinner 1-7 UH... help!! Daniel Barszczak Beetleweight August 2023 Vertical Drum Spinner 0-0 UH... oh Douglas Lilly Beetleweight August 2023 Vertical Drum Spinner 0-0 Cakester Olivia Morningstar Beetleweight August 2023 Full Body Spinner 0-2 *Captained by Ryan McFarlane for March 2023 Wins: 3 Losses: 19 Gallery Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss Top 10 Most destructive robot fights of NHRL, with number 8 featuring TRC robot UH... foot getting demolished by Púca. Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss Video showcasing proto-TRC robot Shoestring and its minibot, made from a Pringles can.