Recycle Rush was the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition game. It involves picking up and stacking totes on scoring platforms, putting pool noodles ("litter") inside recycling containers, and putting the containers on top of scoring stacks of totes. There is also a coopertition aspect of the game where both alliances of teams can pool their totes and stack them on a step dividing the field to each gain twenty points. Along with these robot actions, human players can attempt to throw the pool noodles across the field to gain four points for each noodle left in the opposing alliance's work zone.
Team RUSH had an average qual score of 109.28 and ranked 7th in Michigan in 2015, competing at:
Entrepreneurship Award - Northern Lights Regional
Creativity Award - Woodhaven District
Team Spirit Award - Livonia District
FIRST Deans List Finalist Award (Diana Marsala) - Michigan State Championship
Entrepreneurship Award - Michigan State Championship
Drive Train: 6 Wheel Drive
Wheels: 4 Omni (outside) and 2 traction (center)
Transmission: Single Speed
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