Welcome to the website of
FIRST Team 862 of Canton, MI! Our team is made up of students from Salem, Canton, and Plymouth High Schools, and competes annually in the
FIRST Robotics Competition. FRC, as it is often shortened to, is a worldwide competition with over 2000 teams from all 50 states and a number of countries. Feel free to browse around - you might want to check out
this year's competition, look at
our awesome sponsors, or maybe visit the
FIRST website.
Lightning Robotics at the 2013 Kettering District Competition
Our team has been around for over 12 seasons, and in that time has become very well-established, both in our school and in our community. Originally numbered Team 465 with so few students you could count them on your fingers, Team 862 has grown to include over 60 students, 15 mentors, and several great sponsors. Our team engages in a number of outreach activities - in addition to numerous small demonstrations throughout Plymouth and Canton, we raise funds for cancer at
Relay for Life and demonstrate at the
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival.
This website provides not only information about
FIRST our team, but resources for other teams as well. We have some
great training presentations available for any team to use, and provide the
Lightning Robotics Match Results Retrieval System, software that allows teams' websites to display their match results automatically.