The 16th annual Kettering Kickoff event is an annual contest that matches the robots from last year’s FIRST Robotics season with this year’s high school teams. Kettering University has been the proud host of this competition since 1999. This year’s Kettering Kickoff will host 49 teams on campus.

Friday, September 18, 2015

3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Load in and Open Pits
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Team Social & Game Night including Open Swimming, Wally Ball, Games
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Open Practice (First Come, First Serve)
4:00, 5:00 & 6:00 p.m. Kettering University Tours
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Mentor Matches

Saturday, September 19, 2015

7:00 a.m. Pits Open
7:30 a.m. Driver’s Meeting
8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
8:30 a.m. - Noon Qualification Matches
Noon – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Qualification Matches
3:30 p.m. Alliance Selections
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Elimination Matches
7:00 p.m.  Awards Ceremony
*Tentative – some changes may occur prior to event 

Below is a complete list of teams participating in Kettering Kickoff XVI:

Team Number High School Team Name
27 Clarkston High School Team RUSH
33 Notre Dame Preparatory Killer Bees
48 Pershing High School The Doughbots
51 Pontiac Schools The Wings of Fire
68 Brandon High School Truck Town Thunder
70 Goodrich High School More Martians
74 Holland High School Team CHOAS
107 Holland Christian Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S
217 Utica Community Schools MST The ThunderChickens
226 Troy HS and Athens HS Hammerheads
245 Rochester Adams HS Adambots
247 Berkley High School Da Bears
314 Carman-Ainsworth High School Megatron Oracles
494 Goodrich High School Martians
548 Northville High School Robostangs
862 Plymouth Canton Educational Park Lightning Robotics
894 Powers Catholic HS Powers Chargers
1243 Swartz Creek High School Swartz Creek Dragons
1322 Home School The G.R.A.Y.T. Leviathons
1506 Kettering University Metal Muscle
1684 Lapeer High School The Chimeras
2054 Hopkins HS Tech Vikes
2137 Oxford High School TORC
2145 Lake Fenton HAZMAT's
2337 Grand Blanc High School EngiNERDS
2604 Capac Community Schools Metal & Soul
2832 Livonia Public School The Livonia Warriors
2834 Bloomfield Hills High School Bionic Black Hawks
2960 Seaholm/Groves High School Automation Nation
3322 Skyline High School Eagle Imperium
3534 Davison High School House of Cards
3538 Avondale High School Avondale RoboJackets
3641 South Lyon East High School The Flying Toasters
3656 Dexter High School Dexter Dreadbots
4362 Charyl Stockwell Preparatory School Gems
4776 Howell High School SCOTS Bots
4779 Cardinal Mooney Catholic Robosapiens
4961 Almont High School Shock and Awe-sum
5048 Imlay City High School Spartronics
5053 Our Lady of the Lakes Laker Robotics
5090 Trenton High School Tordue-Nados
5114 Fenton High School Titanium Tigers
5201 North Branch High School Bronco Bots
5214 South Lake High School The Mightly CavBots
5436 Rochester Stoney Creek HS CyberCats
5502 Jonesville HS The Cobrots
5527 International Academy of Flint Cyber Phoenix
5660 Atherton Jr/Sr High School Atherton Tobotics Team

For more information about Kettering Kickoff XVI, please contact Bob Nichols at (810) 762-9828, bnichols@kettering.edu.

For registration information, contact Cherie Taylor at 810-762-9813, ctaylor@kettering.edu.