Since March 3rd, your Carmel Robotics team TECHHOUNDS 868 shifted from build season to the up and coming competition season. On February 25, 2025, the team finally revealed the robot that they will use for the competitions. This team, as a whole, have made significant progress working in each of their respective divisions: Robot Operations, Outreach, Programming/Electrical, and Construction. Now that a background of this successful robotics group has been established, we will now go through their schedule for their rigorous competition season. FIRST is the organization that established gameplay between robots and has been the sponsor of TECHHOUNDS for several years. Their first competition will be held in Russiaville at Western High School from March 14-16. Two weeks later, they will be at Washington High School in St. Washington, Indiana. Assuming they perform well at these competitions, The following week is the State Championship at Center Grove High School. Merit-based spots for the World Championship are then determined, depending on the consistency of a team’s robot in the preliminary rounds. TECHHOUNDS 868 are raring to go for this year’s competition season and hope that they can go further than they did in previous years.