Team @ Chezy Champs with Blackout

 2020

​In 2020, 973 made their robot “Blackout” to compete in FRC’s INFINITE RECHARGE and competed in one regional, the Los Angeles North Regional, where they were ranked first out of forty-two. They picked teams 1678, Citrus Circuits, and Team 4, ELEMENT, and went on to win the regional. Unfortunately, before the Greybots could compete in Central Valley Regional, the state shut down events, including robotics competitions because of an increase in cases of the coronavirus in the state of California. This event concluded that all FRC Robotics competitions had to be canceled to protect the public from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Greybots (973) with their alliance partner MadTown Robotics (1323)

2021

​With the state still in quarantine in 2021, FRC  presented the INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge Event in which, 973 would use the same robot as 2020. Team 973 would ranked two out of our division of thirty teams, and earned the Skills Competition Finalist. Once the state started opening up, FIRST Robotics off-season started appearing, with team 973 being able to compete in three off-season competitions. The first competition back from quarantine was Tidal Tumble, in which team 973 was able to win the event with Team 4414 and Team 599. Chezy Champs was in the next competition on the line with Team 973 coming out victorious once again with Team 4499 and  Team 1690. Finally, at Madtown Throwdown Team 973 was able to get  another win under their belt with Team 1678, and Team 6657. Team 973 was undefeated throughout the entire of the off-season.

The Robot “Blackout” performing a hang on the RENDEZVOUS POINT with team 6560, Charging Champions

2019

In 2019, 973 made their robot “Fireball” to compete in FRC’s Destination: Deep Space. 973 competed in two regionals and went to the Houston World Championship. Their first regional was the Orange County Regional, where they ranked third out of forty nine and were picked by the first seed, 330, The Beach Bots, and went on to win the regional along with 597, The Wolverines. 973’s second regional was the Sacramento Regional, where they ranked third out of fifty nine, and made it to finals with their alliance, 1072, Harker Robotics, and 3250, Kennedy Robotics. At the Houston World Championship, 973 competed in the Newton Division, where they ranked first out of sixty seven, picked 1323, Madtown Robotics, 5026, Iron Panthers, and 4201, The Vitruvian Bots. 973’s alliance won their division elimination bracket, and advanced into the Einstein Round Robin. In the Einstein Round Robin, 973’s alliance ranked second, going to the Minute Maid Field to face of against 254, The Cheesy Poofs, 3310, Black Hawk Robotics, 6986, PPT Bots, and 948, Newport Robotics Group. 973’s alliance beat 254’s alliance in a tiebreaking match, making 973, 1323, 5026, and 4201 the Houston World Champions.​

2018

In 2018, 973 made their robot “Havoc,” to compete in FRC’s Power Up. 973 competed in two regionals and went to the Houston World Championship. Their first regional was the San Francisco Regional, where they ranked first out of 43, and won the event with their partners 971, Spartan Robotics, and 972, Iron Claw. 973’s second regional was Silicon Valley Regional, where they ranked twentieth out of sixty, and were picked by the first seed, 254, The Cheesy Poofs, and won the regional along with 2367, Lancer Robotics. At the Houston World Championship, 973 competed in the Hopper Division, where they ranked ninth out of sixty eight, and was picked by the second seed, 399, Eagle Robotics, and made it to the quarterfinals of their division along with 3284, Camdenton LASER, and 3970, Duncan Dynamics.

The Greybots (973) using their buddy climb with The ROSBOT Rottweilers (5572) at the end of a match

The Greybots' (973) robot Bloodhound rapidly shooting fuel into the boiler

2017

In 2017, 973 made their robot “Bloodhound,” to compete in FRC’s Steamworks. 973 competed in two regionals and went to the Houston World Championship. Their first regional was the Central Valley Regional, where they ranked fourth and were semi-finalists. They continued on to the Sacramento regional where they ranked third and won the regional with 2543, TitanBot, and 1678, Citrus Circuits. From there, they moved on to the world championships and were able to rank first in the Roebling Division with 1011, CRUSH, 2928, Viking Robotics and 5499, The Bay Orangutans. At the Einstein Field, 973, 1011, 2928, and 5499 were all able to advance to the finals and win the Houston World Championships.