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Jungle Robotics Team History

Where did our name come from? (Founding Member Hannah Helgesen's Response, 02/17/2023)
 

This is an excellent surprise. I knew the team was still going but it seems like it is in fact going strong!

It gives me goosebumps to see such a high-quality video and newsletter, and I am honestly crying over here seeing that my logo is still being used.

 

The original team name was a bit silly, we called ourselves ERASE, which was an acronym of some kind that I, for the life of me, cannot recall. Maybe something like Engineers Researching And Succeeding Everywhere. It was silly, to say the least. After the first year of competitions, a few members of the team and I went to Busch Gardens to celebrate and we were talking about how all the teams that we looked up to had a kind of, theme, or element to go with them. Half-jokingly, I said, I wonder if there is a team that uses the rainforest or jungle as a theme. Could be fun to flesh out the sort of, tropical side of being in Florida in a robotics setting. My dad loved the idea and changed my mind from rainforest to Jungle, and it stuck so I checked the team register to make sure.

 

It wasn’t taken, so we changed the name and began dreaming of having trees and floral tents in the building area, some kind of animal mascot, and a wave of deep green shirts to fill the arena. We painted our faces and designed the new logo that you seem to still be using today.

 

Such good memories.

2025

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This is the upcoming season - stay tuned for the game reveal on January 4th, 2025!

2024

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Photos coming soon!

2023

Charged Up - 2023 Game
Young Jungle Robotics enthusiast high-fiving a FIRST judge after team wins the Sustainability award, 2023
Jungle Robotics mascot doing a lil boogey, 2023
Jungle Robotics team at the South Florida Regional Competition, 2023
Jungle Robotics team with the Sustainability Award at the Orlando Regional Competition, 2023
Jungle Robotics members working on the robot at the Orlando Regional Competition, 2023
Jungle Robotics drive team members moving the robot, Keith, at the Orlando Regional, 2023
Jungle Robotics members working on the robot at the Orlando Regional Competition, 2023

2022

Rapid React - 2022 Game
Drive team working on the robot before their match, 2022
Jungle Robotics drive team and robot returning to the pits after a match, 2022
Members cheering for Jungle Robotics, 2022
Jungle Robotics members working on the robot, Spidermonkey, 2022
Members of the Jungle Robotics drive team at their station, 2022
Jungle Robotics captain and young monkey mascot, 2022

2021

2020

Infinite Recharge - 2020/2021 Game

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2019

Destination: Deep Space - 2019 Game

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2018

FIRST Power Up - 2018 Game

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2017

FIRST Steamworks - 2017 Game

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2016

FIRST Stronghold - 2016 Game
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2015

Recycle Rush - 2015 Game

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2014

Aerial Assist - 2014 Game

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2013

Ultimate Ascent - 2013 Game
Jungle Robotics' 2013 robot
Jungle Robotics members and mentor, 2013
Jungle Robotics members and one of their mentors working on creating a disk shooting mechanism, 2013
Jungle Robotics members pose with the Chairman's Award they won, 2013
Jungle Robotics member and mentor perfecting the disk shooting mechanism on the robot, 2013

2012

Rebound Rumble - 2012 Game
Jungle Robotics members and mentors posing with their Regional Winner award at South Florida, 2012
Jungle Robotics and the rest of their winning alliance pose with their banners and robots, 2012
Jungle Robotics' 2012 Robot, "C-C-C-Circuit Breaker"

2011

Logo Motion - 2011 Game

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