Mech Warriors FIRST Robotics Team 573

Another round of congratulations, this time for our Rice Class of 2026!

Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

Congratulations to our first set of graduates from the Class of 2026!

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI

What a crazy week it has been! After Day 2 of competition, we finished qualifications with a record of 7-3-0 and ranked 17th out of 74 in our division! While we didn't get a playoff run, it was quite the nice comeback for Mort after the mix of cross-functional struggles that we saw at Troy and States.

Thank you to all of our supporters who have made this season a reality. From our mentors, to our families, to our schools, to our sponsors, to all others cheering us on, we appreciate you!

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

Finished Day 1 of qualification matches with a record of 5-0-0, ranking 3rd in the Hopper Division! Looking forward to another fun day of matches tomorrow!

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

Family, friends, and supporters - Join us on our Worlds journey! Here is our match schedule, and livestreams are available for both Thursday and Friday. Times are in Central Time.

https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2026/HOPPER/qualifications

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

We are excited to be playing in the Hopper Division Presented by GE Aerospace later this week!

As of today, Mort is all packed up and on its way down to Houston. Thank you to CC Robotics for coordinating a truck to/from for Michigan teams - We appreciate you!

It appears that we spoke too soon - We received an invite to the FIRST Championship on Monday and are extremely elated that our season is not over quite yet! Looking forward to another run with Mort next week!

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

After a few weeks of continuous improvement following the Troy District Event, we had the opportunity to compete in our 15th State Championship at SVSU! In line with the season theme, we did quite a bit of rebuilding. Match play was intense, and the pit crew stayed plenty occupied with mechanical and electrical fixes on Mort throughout the course of the weekend.

Though we didn't earn a playoff berth, we have so very much to celebrate! From welcoming our 5 seniors to our alumni group, to earning our first judged award at States in our team history (the Excellence in Engineering Award Presented by Littelfuse), to witnessing our friends from the Bloomfield Christian School Pixel Knights win the Rookie All-Star Award - Our hearts are full.

Thank you to Woodhaven Robotics - Team 3604 for the scouting partnership - It was great to work together. And to Hackbots 3414 - We appreciate all of the assistance at the machine shop to get all of our parts less askew.

While this is the end of our season, we are looking forward to cheering on our friends at Worlds and doing some extensive planning for our summer offseason!

Marian High School - Bloomfield Hills, MI Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, Michigan

Calling this a roller coaster of a weekend would be an understatement. After a rough run fraught with mechanical, electrical, and coding issues, we ended our qualifications in 22nd out of 43 robots. We were the 9th overall pick, and had the opportunity to play in eliminations with our friends from 11493, the Pixel Knights, and AutoPilots Team 7762. We had a quicker exit than at Mt. Pleasant, but ended the event earning the FIRST Impact Award!

To our friends from 11493 - Thanks for the pick! It's been so great to work with you this season. We have been so excited to watch your first FIRST journey through the past few months and are glad to have had the opportunity to work together on the field! And to our friends from FRC Team 7769 : The CREW and Stoney Creek Cyber Cats - Thanks for partnering with us on scouting!

This event was more challenging than most, we but have done some good learning from some of the robot shortcomings and are hungry to get Mort more competitive for our next competition, the State Championship, in 3 weeks!

And our 2026 season is under way! After a week's worth of teambuilding and primers/refreshers on strategy and conceptualization, we put our brains to work on the new game, "Rebuilt". We are excited for what's to come!

A big thank you to our sponsor, Lawrence Technological University, for graciously hosting us on their campus and showing us the many opportunities in their robotics space!