Team Duct Tape members and volunteers are available for interviews, FIRST outreach visits and robot demonstrations. You can learn more about our achievements and efforts on our About page and our Community Involvement page.  Team Duct Tape is a consistently high achieving FIRST Tech Challenge team, with Florida FTC State Championship awards almost every season since our founding in 2008. In 2010, we earned a spot in the FIRST World Championship in Atlanta, GA ,  again in the 2011-12 FTC World Championship in St. Louis and most recently in the 2018-19 season, competing in the Houston FIRST Tech Challenge Championship.

Awards – Season XII, 2019-20

• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship – Finalist Alliance Award
• ROBOT League Championship – Winning Alliance Award

Awards – Season XI, 2018-19

• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship – Connect Award & spot in Houston FIRST Championship
• ROBOT League Championship – Connect Award

Awards – Season IX, 2016-17

• Winning Alliance – Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Championship

earned spot at South Super Regional in Athens, GA

Awards – Season VIII, 2015-16

Florida FTC State Championship

• Judges Video Award

ROBOT League Championship

• Judges Award

Awards – Season VII, 2014-15

Florida FTC State Championship

• Rockwell Collins Innovate Award – awarded spot in South Super Regional

ROBOT League Championship

• Inspire Award & Finalist Alliance

ROBOT League Meets

Awards – Season VI, 2013-14

Florida FTC State Championship

• Inspire Award – earned spot in first Super-Regional Championship, in San Antonio TX

ROBOT League Championship

• Qualifying Matches – First Place
• Finalist Aliance – Second Place
• Connect Award Winner

Tournaments

• Meet 1:  3rd Place
• Meet 2: Finalist Alliance
• Meet 3: Finalist Alliance

Awards – Season V, 2012-13

League system instituted in Florida

• Finalist Alliance Award & Judges Award – Florida State Championship, Feb. 2013
• Finalist Alliance Award, PTC Design Award – ROBOT League Championship
• 1st place, Judged Award – Meet 4
• 1st place Robot Performance, 2nd Place Judged Awards – Meet 3

 Awards – Season IV, 2011-12

• Finished Top 10 – FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, St. Louis – April 2012
• Connect Award, Inspire Award runner up – Florida State Championship – February 2012
• Rockwell Collins Innovate Award – Seminole High School, Jan. 2012
• Inspire Award – Middleton Madness, Dec. 2011

Awards – Season III, 2010-11

• Finalist Alliance Award – Florida State Championship – February 2011
• Connect Award – Florida State Championship -February 2011
• Winning Alliance Award – Seminole High School Techtacular, January 2011
• PTC Design Award – Seminole High School Techtacular, January 2011
• Inspire Award – Middleton Madness, December 2010
• PTC Design Award – Middleton Madness, December 2010

Awards – Season II, 2009-10

• Competed in 2010 FTC World Championship in Atlanta, finishing in top half of division
• Winning Alliance Award – captains, Florida State Championship – Our high score: 500 points, ranked 1st of  25 teams
• Connect Award – Florida State Championship
• Inspire Award – Middleton High School Last Shot tournament
• Winning Alliance Award – captains – Middleton High School Last Shot tournament
• PTC Design Award –  HHS RoboMania

Awards – Rookie Season 2008-09

• Inspire Award – 1st place award for best all-round team – 1st qualifier, HHS Face Off! Break Down!
• Think Award – Best Engineering Notebook -2nd qualifier, Lakeland USF Polytechnic RoboBattle
• Winning Alliance Award – Elimination match winners, twice as captains – at both qualifiers
• Finalist Alliance Award – Finished in top six of 24 teams, Florida State Championship – Ranked 9th of 24 teams
  

Team Duct Tape has been featured in:

• Fox 13 Live – Feb. 2020
• No Saturdays at the Movies – The Laker
• Tampa Bay Youth in Florida Robotics Competition – 83 Degrees
• Team Duct Tape going to State Championship – Press Release

• Daytime TV on WFLA: Homeschooling & FIRST – August 2013
• Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire: TBMMF Teams Head to State Championship – Feb. 2012
• The Curiosity Driven Life: Team Duct Tape member Robot Invention – Jan. 2012
• Land O’ Lakes Patch: Team Duct Tape Heads to State Championship – Feb. 11, 2011
• Fox 13 Good Day Show – June 4, 2010
• Pasco Tribune: Aiming to Inspire
• ABC Action News (WFTS): Robot Kids Take on World
• NBC News Channel 8 (WFLA): Two Area Robotics Teams in World Competition
• Studio 10 Morning Show: Lego-riffic Robots!
• Tampa Tribune: Kids Revved up for Robotics
• Tampa Tribune: Youths Build Camarderie Through Lego Competition
• McCormick Stevenson Newsletter
• WMNF 88.5 Community Radio
• Tampa Tribune: Headed to Championship
• Tampa Tribune:Turned on by Robots
• Robotics Technology