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​Robots

S.P.A.M.'s Robot Legacy: 1998 to Today

Since 1998, FRC 180 S.P.A.M. has built robots that push boundaries and define excellence in FIRST Robotics. From our garage-born beginnings to the 2012 World Championship win, each bot tells a story of Speed, Power, and Maneuverability. Explore our lineup below and see how we’ve been building more than robots—we’ve been building a legacy.

Anemone

2025

Enemone

An ocean-themed challenge where robots navigate underwater-inspired terrain, collect and deposit marine-themed game pieces, and complete endgame tasks to restore a vibrant reef ecosystem

2024

Sonic

  • Named after the season's music-themed challenge, where robots score notes (rings) into speakers, amp up their alliance’s score, and engage in endgame tasks like climbing stage rungs.

  • South Florida Regional Winner

    • Quality Award

  • Orlando Regional Finalist

    • Innovation in Controls Award

  • Tallahassee Regional Winner

    • Autonomous Award

  • Houston World Championship Hopper Division Ranked 3rd

2023

Seviper

  • Named after its cool snake-like movements, and it looks like the Pokémon.
    A Fast robot that picks up cones and cubes and delivers them to the Grid in your community.

  • South Florida Regional Finalist

    • Controls Award

  • Orlando Regional Winner

    • Controls Award

  • Tallahassee Regional Winner

  • Houston World Championship Curie Division

2022

Soft Swerve

  • Named because of the robot's smooth swerve motion.

  • A robot that delivers Cargo into the Hub and hangs on the bars at the end

  • Orlando Regional Winner

    • Autonomous Award

  • Smoky Mountain Regional 

    • Team Spirit

  • Houston World Championship World Record High Score

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2020 - 2021

OB1

  • Named OB1 because it is 180 backwards

  • A robot that collects balls, shoots them, and hangs.

  • Online Season 

  • Magnesium Group Home Challenge - Ranked 10th

  • Lithium GROUP Game Challenge

  • Concept Award

2019

GameGoddard

  • Named after Jimmy Neutron's dog and the inventor Robert Goddard 

  • A robot that delivers cargo into the spaceship

  • South Florida Regional Winner

  • Orlando Regional Finalist

    • Quality Award

  • Houston World Championship

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2018

Cubebert

  • Cartoon character from Qbert game

  • A robot that delivers cubes to upper and lower scalesSouth Florida Regional Winner

    • Safety Award

  • Orlando Regional Finalist

    • Innovation in Control Award

    • Safety Award 

  • Houston World Championship

  • Hopper Division

2017

Buzz Lightgear

  • Named after Bizz Lightyear from Toy Story.

  • A robot that delivers gears to the airship and climbs a rope.

  • Rocket City Regional Winner

    • Engineering Inspiration Award

  • Orlando Regional Winner

    • Industrial Design Winner

  • Houston World Championship

  • Newton Division – Spirit Award

2016

Brave Sir Lobbin

  • Name came from Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and it lobbed balls.

  • ​A catapult robot that launches dodge balls for a medieval-themed game.

  • South Florida Regional Winner

    • Industrial Safety Winner

  • Orlando Regional Winner

    • Chairman’s Award

  • Houston World Championship

  • Finalist Archimedes Division

2015

Bin Diesel

  • Name was a play on Vin Diesel.

  • Very complex robot, both arms were independent and could store crates on the sides.

  • Designed for a crate stacking game. 

  • Had two arms for stacking two totes at once.

  • South Florida Regional Gracious Professionalism Award

  • Orlando Regional - Judges Award

2014

Atlas

  • Named after Atlas from Greek mythology. 

  • Catapult was so dangerous, it was decided if not every student passed the safety test, we would not use it!

  • Had an elastic powered catapult that launched an exercise ball into a goal.

  • South Florida Regional Winner Gracious Professionalism Award!

  • Orlando Regional Winner

  • Worlds in St. Louis

2013

Chomper

  • Named chomper after the dinosaur from the Land Before Time.

  • Shot Frisbees at a high speed, for a Frisbee golf-style game.South Florida Regional Winner

  • Orlando Regional - Gracious Professionalism Award

  • Worlds in St. Louis

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2012

Krumm

  • Named after a monster from the TV show “ahhhh! Scary monsters”.

  • Krumm also lowered a teeter totter so other robots could score extra points.

  • South Florida Regional Winner 

    • Industrial Design Award

  • Orlando Regional Finalist 

  • World Championship Winner in St. Louis!

  • A basketball game. Shot nerf basket balls with spinning wheels and a “photon cannon” for aiming.

2011

N.O.S.K.I

  • Named Noski after repeatedly shouting, “NO STOP KILL IT!”

  • Had a reputation for having an attitude, slamming its hand down in a fit of rage, or trying to pull the roof of the pit down when doing pull ups.

  • Palmetto Regional Winner

    • Industrial Design Award

  • Orlando Regional Finalist

    • Industrial Design Award

  • Participated in Worlds in Atlanta, Georgia

  • ​Placed pool innertubes on pegs to score points, was an arm on wheels, also deployed a “minibot” to score points at the end of the match by climbing the pole.​

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2010

Mia S.P.A.M.

  • Named after Mia Hamm, the soccer player.

  • Most of the team will say this year did not happen! We had issues with the drive system we had, and the wheels would have turning issues.

  • Played a soccer game, used a vacuum motor and a mold to hold the ball in place and shot with a poker to kick the ball.

2009

Puffy

  • Named puffy after the fan that it used as a boost.

  • The fan was actually a propeller made by Pratt and Whitney!

  • Made it to finals at championship in Atlanta, Georgia!

  • A game with a non-fricton floor, pulled a goal and scored balls in the goals pulled.

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2008

Running with Scissors

  • *Named after its scissor lift catapult.

  • Scissor lift catapult was extremely dangerous.

  • Participated in Worlds in Atlanta, Georgia!

  • The game was a race around a track, carrying a ball and shooting it over a goal on both sides.

2007

Itchy Bot Crane

  • Named after the fiberglass particles that caused anyone that worked on it to be itchy.

  • Participated in Worlds in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Also became an aircraft carrier when deployed, the wings came down for other robots to climb onto! 

  • Placed pool Inner tubes on a rack to score points.

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2006

Ahab

  • Named after captain Ahab in Moby Dick.

  • Participated in Worlds in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Florida Regional Winner Autodesk Visualization

  • Shredded the balls into lots of pieces each time they got fired, also used a conveyor belt to load out of its stash.

2005

El Chupacabra

  • Named El Chupacabra, because the team liked the name.

  • Particpated in the Worlds Competition in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Placed large triangles on top or below the goal.

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2004

S.A.M.

  • Name stands for surface to air meat.

  • Partipated in the Worlds Competition in Houston, Texas the Astrodome !

  • Used a scissor lift to score an a grapple to climb.

  • Placed a ball on top of the goal for extra points, and also climbed for extra points.

2003

Twitch

  • Named twitch because of its bad twitching.

  • ​Made it to Nationals!

  • Had a dozer arm.

  • Slammed into stacks of totes at the start of the game, and brought them to the opponent’s base for points.

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2002

Fluffy

  • Named after Monty Python and the holy grail’s rabbit because it attacked a mentor.

  • Named after Monty Python and the holy grail’s rabbit because it attacked a mentor.

  • Deployed a lexan shield just once against wild stang during finals, stoped wildstang by sliding under their wheels.

  • 1st runner up at nationals at Epcot!

  • Grabbed the goalposts and acted like a defender.

2001

3-bits

  • Named after the programming space left after code was flashed onto the robot, 3-bits.

  • Made it to Nationals at Epcot!

  • Scored small and large balls.

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2000

Lexie

  • Named after the lexan.

  • Made it to Nationals at Epcot !

  • Scored

  • yellow balls and black balls.

1999

G’doinkle

  • Named G’doinkle after the sound it made.

  • Made it to Nationals at Epcot!

  • Scored points by positioning "floppies," robots, and a "puck" on the playing field.

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1998

Kenny

  • Name changed to Kenny after South Park, Kenny, Since It always died.

  • Made it to nationals at Epcot!

  • Scored rubber balls onto ladders.

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