Team history
2012 - 2013
Eastbots was founded in October of 2012 by five students and one teacher in the wood shop of East Chapel Hill High School. With a team consisting of 8 students and two mentors, we built our first robot in the prop closet behind the theater. We competed at the Raleigh Regional and won three of our nine matches.
2013 - 2014
During our second season, Eastbots began to expand. We competed at the North Carolina Regional with a 5-6 record. In autumn of 2014, we competed at THOR, NC’s main offseason event, and won our first (silver) medals. With this experience, we began to have smoother competitions than ever before.
2014 - 2015
After our showing at THOR, we competed in Recycle Rush, again at the North Carolina Regional, in early 2015. In spring of 2015, Eastbots began electing leaders democratically, helping our team become more sustainable and efficient.
2015 - 2016
In 2016’s game STRONGHOLD, Eastbots qualified for our first playoffs at the Wake County District Event, and again at Campbell University. At both, we were the 5th alliance captain, a huge step up in performance from our previous seasons.
2016 - 2017
We made it to finals in an event for the first time in 2017, playing as the second pick for alliance two at the Raleigh District Event. This was a successful season for us.
2017 - 2018
2018 was a season of firsts for the Eastbots. Not only were we finalists at another event, UNC Pembroke, we also won our first award, Innovation in Control, at the same event. This was also our first year competing at state championships, where we performed well enough to, for the first time in our team’s history, qualify for World Championships in Houston. We performed very well in the Carver division, with a record of 6-6.
2018 - 2019
2019 was also a strong year for us. We performed well in the playoffs of both of our district events, qualified for state championships, and made playoffs there as well.
2019 - 2020
2020 shaped up as a promising season for us, as we won the Judges’ Award and were first picked for playoffs at our first event. Before we could push our season further, however, the COVID-19 pandemic struck and other competitions were cancelled.
2020 - 2021
During COVID, Eastbots participated in the INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge and submitted a game for the Game Design Challenge. Despite the obstacles we faced from the pandemic, we were able to persevere and improve our technical skills, even while under lockdown.
2021 - 2022
tbd
2022 - 2023
In fall of 2022, we founded our training competition, ERC, and 2023 was our best season to date. We won both district events, were finalists at state championships, and qualified for Worlds, where we won nine of our qualifying matches and several games in the playoffs.
2023 -2024
During the 2023 offseason, we founded our sister team, the Beastbots. While Beastbots was competing in its rookie season, Eastbots performed exceptionally well yet again, winning the Orange County District Event and state championships, as well as qualifying for Worlds.
2024 - 2025
REEFSCAPE was another good year for Eastbots and Beastbots alike. Both of our robots performed well across the season, with Eastbots qualifying for worlds for the fourth year in a row!
