175, 176, & 177

[BethMo]

PNW also has an adjacent pair, both from schools in Bellevue:

948: NRG (Newport Robotics Group)
949: Wolverine Robotics

(The next number on each side, from Florida and Nevada, appear to have gone extinct in 2002/2003.)

[jdesmond]

Originally Posted by engunneer

These are all numbers from the "Sort Alphabetically" era, so they must all be UTC sponsored teams (at that time) (I did not look them up before guessing this). Also, many of the UTC teams are from the CT area.

You are correct.

[macman828]

Originally Posted by Shahil_FRC

The UTC bond between these teams goes strong, 176 winning together with both 175(2011) and 177(2006).

Some history for people who are interested:

173: United Technologies Research Center (CT)
174: UTC Carrier (NY)
175: UTC Aerospace Systems formerly know as Hamilton Sundstrand: Land, Sea and Air Division (CT)
176: UTC Aerospace Systems formerly know as Hamilton Sundstrand: Engine and Control Systems, Air Management Systems Division (CT)
177: UTC Power (CT)
178: UTC OTIS Elevators (CT)
179: UTC Pratt and Whitney Florida? (FL)
180: UTC Pratt and Whitney Florida (FL)
181: UTC Pratt and Whitney (CT)

In 1998, 1999, 2000 I was part of Team 170 from Socorro High School close to El Paso, TX. There isn't much I could find online about our team. I do remember we went to Houston and Epcot in 98, Kennedy space center in 99, and Houston in 2000. Sadly the team ended after I graduated. Though it did mean I was able to take the robot home. We did not have a corporate sponsor, we just made due with grants and fundraising.

[MooreteP]

Someone told me at the event that the last time these three teams competed together as an alliance was in 2002.

That seems unusual given the number of events that they must have competed in together over the years.

Nonetheless, it could happen again this weekend.
(although I calculate less than a 2% chance of that happening in quals)

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Someone told me at the event that the last time these three teams competed together as an alliance was in 2002.

That seems unusual given the number of events that they must have competed in together over the years.

Nonetheless, it could happen again this weekend.
(although I calculate less than a 2% chance of that happening in quals)

It was at the UTC New England Regional in 2003. We were regional finalists as an alliance, it was not from qualifying (edit: this was the 2 team alliance era still), I don't recall what seed we were.

I believe 176, 177, 178 as a qualifying team up has happened within the last 5 years though.

Also there was a long span when 175 didn't compete at the New England/Hartford regional for the first part of the 3 team alliance era (2005-2010?), so we didn't all play at the same event for a long period of time which is part of why this didn't happen.