Saline Singularity was founded by senior Rahul Chamarthi in late 2013. Since 2013, it has grown to include around 30 students each year. While we are not the largest FRC team, we pride ourselves on being student-run. Below are summaries of each season that Singularity has competed in.
The 2025 Singluarity season is underway and our game is called reefscape. The main goal of the game is to get algae and coral. The algae are big rubber balls and the coral are made out of pvc pipes. in the center of the playing field there is a reef that has branches where you can score both algae and coral. At the start of the match there is a 30 second autonomous period where the robot is pre coded to do tasks. During the driver operated section of the game the robot can get coral from the human player station or from on the ground. The robot will try to score the coral onto the branches of the reef to score points. The higher that the coral is placed on the reef the more points that the team gets. The robot can also place algae into the processer which is on the ground at the human player station, once it is placed in the human player station the human player can throw the algae into the Barge for extra points. The barge is a long bar the runs across the top of the field. The last 30 seconds of the match are called "Endgame" during this time the robots can go to the barge where there are 3 cages hanging from the ground at different heights. The lower that the cage is to the ground the more points a team can score from haning on it.
2024 Crescendo
In 2024, Singularity attended two competitions! At our first event in Jackson, Singularity placed 15th of 40 teams, was the 8th alliance captain, competed in the quarterfinals, and received the Judges Award for our all-ages outreach. At the Livonia event, we made it to the semifinals as part of the 4th alliance. Additionally, Singularity attended and hosted numerous outreach events including the groundbreaking for the new STEAM center at Saling High School.
2023 Charged Up
In 2023, Singularity successfully hosted the second FRC competition in Saline! At our first event in Jackson, Singularity placed 7th of 40 teams, was the 5th alliance captain, competed in the quarterfinals, and received the Industrial Design Award. In the Saline event, we made it to the semifinals as part of the 4th alliance. Additionally, 2023 was the year when Singularity restarted our season open house and workshops.
2022 Rapid React
2022 was a big year for Singularity. We hosted the first-ever FRC competition in Saline and it was a huge success! In Saline, we made it to the semifinals. At our second competition in Walled Lake, we competed in the quarterfinals and received the Judges Award for our team wiki and scouting app.
2021 Infinite Recharge at Home and Game Design Challenge
The 2021 season was unique for new and old members alike. The Game Design Challenge was something none of us had ever done, but we embraced it. As a team, we created FIRST SplashDown which won the Imagery Award. We also implemented a swerve drive-train for our robot which we had wanted to do for years, but had never had the time.
2020 Infinite Recharge
In 2020, Singularity attended only one event before the season was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In that event at Macomb Community College, we were a backup team and ended up competing with Alliance 1 in the finals. Even during the lockdown, Singularity’s outreach and dedication to STEM never stopped. Some of our dedicated team members created and printed mask ear-savers which the team donated to local health care workers.
2019 Deep Space
In the 2019 season, Singularity competed at Belleville and Lincoln in 2019. At Belleville, we were chosen by the Fourth Alliance and competed in the quarterfinals. In Lincoln, we were picked by Alliance 1 and once again competed in the quarterfinals.
2018 Power Up
In 2018, Singularity attended two qualifying competitions, one in Gibraltar and one in Lincoln.
2017 Steamworks
For the 2017 season, Singularity attended three qualifying competitions. At our first event of the season, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Singularity was chosen by Alliance 4 and won the event! At our second event in East Kentwood, Singularity won the Gracious Professionalism Award. In our final qualifying event at Shepherd, Singularity made it to the quarterfinals and received the Industrial Design Award for our innovative, modular drive-train. Singularity's performance during the Steamworks season earned us a spot at the Michigan State Championship for the very first time in our history. At States, we were awarded the Industrial Design Award in our division, once again for our drive-train.
2016 Stronghold
In 2016, Singularity created the robot, Franklin, to compete in Stronghold. We competed in Waterford and Livonia, making it to the finals at Livonia as part of the Alliance 2.
2015 Recycle Rush
In Recycle Rush, Singularity competed in two qualifying events (Bedford and Livonia), making it to the quarterfinals at Bedford and receiving the Innovation in Control Award at Livonia for our newly created recordable autonomous program.
2014 Aerial Assist
In 2014, Singularity competed at two events (Bedford and Livonia), making it to the quarterfinals in Bedford and the semifinals in Livonia with an assist robot that was voted to be the best at assisting by another team.
