Halliburton Presents $10,000 Check to Texas Torque

January 20, 2012 in Slideshow

Alan Coats, Halliburton Director of Strategic Planning, presents Scott Rippetoe of Texas Torque a check for $10,000. Halliburton has been supporting Team 1477 for the past eight years and is a founding sponsor.

Nines years of Halliburton support.

U. S. Representative Kevin Brady with Texas Torque

November 19, 2011 in Outreach, Slideshow

Texas Torque attended U. S. Representative Kevin Brady’s Town Hall Meeting to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education.

Texas Torque in Utah

November 16, 2011 in Slideshow

Three of our favorite Texas Torque supporters in the Utah Canyonlands.

Texas Torque at the Madtown Throwdown

November 12, 2011 in Competition, Slideshow

Texas Torque won the Judge’s Award at their first ever appearance at the Madtown Throwdown in Madera, California on November 11 and 12. Many thanks to host Team 1323.

“First” Meeting of the 2012 Season

November 9, 2011 in Slideshow

Torque had their first meeting of the season on October 28th. It was a great meeting where everyone got to introduce themselves and then jump into learning about the skills they would need next season by working on getting the competition robot and practice robots back in shape.

118, 1477, and 653 are the Texas Robot Roundup Champions!

August 5, 2011 in Competition

Torque Makes Quarterfinal Appearance at IRI

July 26, 2011 in Competition

Team 1477: Texas Torque out of the Woodlands, TX made an appearance in the eliminations at the Indiana Robotics Invitational, an event dubbed FIRST’s All-Star Game along with their friends the Robonauts, 118 from League City, TX and the WiredCats, 2415 from Atlanta, GA.

Community: Wonders of the Woodlands

July 20, 2011 in Outreach

The team demonstrated their robot to around 200 children during the Wonders of the Woodlands, a event put together to teach children about how the natural sciences and the world around them interact.

Scott Rippetoe Answers Questions about the Texas Torque 2011 Robot.

Texas Torque Wins the 2011 Lone Star Regional

March 31, 2011 in Competition

Texas Torque, along with their friends the Robonauts (118) and the Dapper Dans (1801) win the Lone Star Regional!