About TechHOUNDS
The TechHOUNDS strive to provide an innovative, cooperative experience that encourages development of STEM skills through robotics, outreach, and strong relationships with the community. Those on the TechHOUNDS robotics team will develop the technical and communication skills essential in today's world.
Within TechHOUNDS, there are 4 divisions to split up the work. Each of these divisions play their own special part to make the team work like a well-oiled machine.
Robot Ops
“Robot Ops is the primary mechanical division of the team. The division is responsible for brainstorming, prototyping, CADing, and developing the final robots used during each competition season.”
Programming/Electrical
“Programming and Electrical brings the robot to life by writing the code and building the electrical systems that allow it to operate. This division allows students to integrate the software. They also create the team website and develop analysis software for match strategy.”
Business
“Business is responsible for communicating with our sponsors and producing our newsletters and merchandise every year.”
Construction
“Construction is responsible for building a complete field specific to each year's game, and the "pit" for robot storage and repair, in addition to supporting mechanical outreach building programs.”
MENTORING GUERIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
The TechHOUNDS are so excited to be mentoring Guerin Catholic High School’s new FRC team #10021 the Golden Gears! We had a great time running workshops on robotics, programming/electrical, business and outreach! Thank you FIN, Andy Mark and the Golden Gears! It’s going to be a great season!”
FLL SCRIMMAGE
The TechHOUNDS hosted their first ever FIRST Lego League Challenge Scrimmage featuring the 2024-2025 season game Submerged! We were amazed at everything these teams have accomplished from impactful innovation projects to thrilling robot game matches! A huge congratulations to our award winners: Innovation Project Award - Radioactive Duck Divers, Core Values Award - Scuba Studs, Robot Design - Crooked Bots, and Champions Award - OLMC Robo Raiders!
FIN STUDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FIRST Indiana Student board of directors - “TechHOUNDS is thrilled to announce that two of our very own were selected for FIRST Indiana’s prestigious Student Board of Directors! Swayam, a senior and TechHOUNDS Team Lead, and Emma, a sophomore and TechHOUNDS Sponsorship Manager, were chosen from FRC and FTC students across Indiana to take part in this exciting FIN leadership opportunity! Swayam was also elected as Vice President of the board! Congratulations to you both!”
FIN VOLUNTEERING
Another major part of our FETCH initiative is volunteering at FIRST Indiana FLL Competitions. TechHOUNDS has made it our goal to volunteer at local qualifying events and the Indiana State Championship! FIRST could not succeed without the passionate volunteers that show up and run these events. From judges, referees, table resetters and queueing assistants, every job is important and we take great pride in making sure each competition is a success for these incredible teams!
WOMEN IN STEM
TechHOUNDS is committed to STEM education and empowering the next generation of girls to be Women in STEM! Our interactive workshops feature activities in chemistry, engineering, physics and robotics to get girls in our community excited about all things STEM!
STEM SUMMER CAMP
Our 2024 Dive into STEM Summer Camp might have come to an end but the memories made during the week will last a lifetime! We couldn’t be more proud of these amazing 5th-8th grade campers for mastering principles of physics, chemistry, engineering, and robotics as they tackled challenges including bottle rockets, catalytic reactions, egg cars and constructing an FLL robot for our battle bots style game “ShipWrecked”! In this battle bots style game, campers teamed up and built robots to secure containers and deposit them into their scoring zone all while trying to “shipwreck” other teams’ robots by pushing them off the playing field! Congratulations to all of our teams and especially, the winners of our Champions Award, the Radical Robotic Rabbits!
FLL TABLE BUILD
The TechHOUNDS were excited to welcome FRC Team 5188 Classified Robotics to our team build day to learn how to make and assemble FLL Challenge competition tables! The TechHOUNDS completed 8 tables for teams in need across Indiana!
INDY 500 KIDS FESTIVAL
TechHOUNDS had an incredible day at the 2024 Indy 500 Kids’ Festival at Monument Circle! We teamed up with @redalert1741 to give robot demos, target practice, and an interactive driving experience! Indianapolis youth learned all about FIRST Robotics through fun, inclusive STEM Education!
GLOBAL FLL INITIATIVE
The TechHOUNDS were very excited to invite Beech Grove City Schools, Carmel Clay's Team Technically, Towne Meadow Elementary School and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School Robo Raiders FLL Robotics teams to Carmel High School to learn all about FIRST! As part of our global FLL initiative, the TechHOUNDS made and donated 6 FLL tables to these teams! Mentoring is a huge part of our Outreach program and we can't wait to see what these teams achieve with SUBMERGED this season!
CARMEL CLAY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The TechHOUNDS were honored to present this year’s robot Remix and our outreach program F.E.T.C.H at the Carmel Clay School’s board meeting this evening. Board members and District Superintendents received a hands on demonstration including getting to drive Remix themselves! We thank the board for their unwavering support, the future of robotics in CCS is bright!