TRC
Overview
TRC is a team of mostly college-age students from the Tufts Robotics Club at Tufts University, and is based out of Medford, Massachusetts. TRC has competed in four 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 May 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
Robots
| Robot | Captain | Weight Class | Competitions | Years Active | Wins/Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| †Azrael | Teo Patrosio | Beetleweight | April 2022 | 2022 | 0-0 |
| ‡Shoestring | Tom Jaeger | Beetleweight | April 2022 | 2022 | 0-2 |
| ⸸Utilitarian Hoar | Douglas Lilly | Beetleweight | April 2022 | 2022 | 0-2 |
| Stress Concentration | Tom Jaeger | Beetleweight | January 2023
March 2023 May 2023 |
2023 | 1-3 |
| UH... foot | Douglas Lilly | Beetleweight | January 2023
March 2023 |
2023 | 1-3 |
| Deep Cut | *Max Morningstar | Beetleweight | January 2023
March 2023 May 2023 |
2023 | 1-5 |
†Originally entered under Team Azrael, did not compete due to technical issues
‡Originally competed under team Fingers Crossed
⸸Originally competed under team UH huh
*Captained by Ryan McFarlane for March 2023
Wins: 3
Losses: 15
Gallery
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.
