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.
Team wins: 4
Team losses: 23
Captains
- Teo Patrosio
- Tom Jaeger
- Douglas Lilly
- Max Morningstar
- Ryan McFarlane
- Daniel
- 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, September 2023 | Vertical Spinner | 1-5 |
| Deep Cut | *Max Morningstar | Beetleweight | January, March, May, August 2023 | Horizontal Spinner | 1-7 |
| UH... help!! | Daniel | Beetleweight | August, September 2023 | Vertical Drum Spinner | 1-2 |
| UH... oh | Douglas Lilly | Beetleweight | August, September 2023 | Vertical Drum Spinner | 0-0 |
| Cakester | Olivia Morningstar | Beetleweight | August 2023 | Full Body Spinner | 0-2 |
*Captained by Ryan McFarlane for March 2023
Gallery
YouTube Short featuring TRC robot Stress Concentration against Loopy, the experimental version of Tommy Wong's Golden Brett winning Droopy. Stress Concentration instantly burned out its weapon motors and tapped out without being hit, or as it is put in the video, got "KO'd by booty."
Top 10 Most destructive robot fights of NHRL, with number 8 featuring TRC robot UH... foot getting demolished by Púca.
Video showcasing proto-TRC robot Shoestring and its minibot, made from a Pringles can.
