our history

2003
Our journey begins!

2016
We create FTC Team 10084 Calamari and lend resources to help kickstart.

2017
Our relationship with Otterbein begins. We win standardize our process and win WOW invitational and three awards.

Click to read more about what happened during each year! Or keep scrolling to read in chronological order.

2019
We win Miami Valley Regional and go to World's for the first time.

2026
You join us here!

2012
The Queary and VanLandingham families join up!

2013
Team 4611 OZone Robotics in the Olentangy School District is started

by students from Digital Fusion.

2024
Status Solutions saves the day by providing space.

2025
We win Ohio State Championship.

2003:

our journey begins

In the beginning, we were just friends with a dream and a passion for robotics. educational robotics of central ohio (erco)was there to support us. At our first official competition in 2004, we won Rookie All-Star Award

2012:
Long Lasting Additions

In 2012 we added two long lasting relationships to our community. Scroll to hear about each family that chose to stick around.

2013:
students start ozone at olentangy

as a community team, we have always drawn students from far and wide. during the 2012 season we had students driving from 45+ minutes away.

Group photo of Olentangy High School FIRST Robotics team

Two students decided they wanted a team in their school district. They worked with engineer Andy Halter and one of their teachers to make it happen, and 4611 OZone robotics was born in the Olentangy School District.

2016:
starting ftc at erco

2016 marked our largest team size ever with ~40 students on our frc team.

With so many students excited for FIRSt, we decided to start a FIRST Tech Challenge team with those students who were interested. This team continued on to do great things and qualified for world's in the 2026 season.

Group photo of FIRST Tech Challenge team Calamari

2017:
Total revamp

design process

We decided to implement a 6 step design process and timeline. This helped us to stay on track and build a robot in the time we had.

otterbein

In 2017, we started a relationship with Otterbein University, and began meeting at the Point. This meant access to a precision machinery that we previously couldn't afford.

getting online

We decided to make the jump to the online space and implemented Slack and Team Snap into our routine. This helped us keep track of attendance and records.

team size

In 2016 we found we had too many students to manage, and students who were not serious about participating. In 2017 we started student applications, and a maximum team size of 25.

national Digital animation award

winners

MVR quality award winners

honored by

the state

Results

CORI Judges

award winners

WOW Invitational Winners

2019:
world's here we come

at the 2019 miami valley regional, we were ranked 16th and called in to play in the finals when they needed us! We ended up winning the final matches of competition and qualify for the world championship for the first time.

2022:
top 10 robots to beat

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2022 was possibly our most promising robot. With a highest ranking of 4th at our regional, we were an alliance captain in the finals and the only top 10 robot to sport tank drive wheels.

2024:
Status solutions

We were on the streets with no place to meet... when Status solutions swooped in and saved the day! all our robotics teams at ERCO have been meeting at status solutions network happily ever since.

2025:

Ohio State Championships

2026:

Innovation in Controls

You

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