E-Systems Greenville Division first participated in the U.S. FIRST robotics competition, "Rug Rage," with Dallas Christian School in 1993.  The final rounds of the event consisted of 2-minute games in which two robots battled to place balls in their respective goal.  Points were awarded according to the number and size of the balls collected by each robot.  The machines accomplished the feat in a number of ways; some used scoops, others had jaw-like devices, some pushed the balls, and others, such as the E-Systems entry, sucked them up on rollers.  The team's robot, named "Dallas Rug Runner," went on to win the national championship over the University of New Hampshire/MITRE Corp./Winnacunnet High School team.  The team was honored in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on May 27, 1993 by President Bill Clinton.

Students on the team included Jarrett Allen, Kristie Allen, Chris Cornutt, Jorge Diaz, Rose Eliz, Stan Hammon, Phillip Haverdink, Casey Horan, Mindy Lindsay, Andy McClain, Felicia Nabors, Ryan Presley, Angela Singleton, Joe Sorrells, Donna Watwood, Heidi Weatherford, and Paul Yarbough.  Dallas Christian School faculty sponsors, chaperones, and supporters included Norma Barnett, Weaver Barnett, Billy Nabors, Jim Sorrells, and Kathy Sorrells.  The E-Systems engineering team consisted of Brad Avants, John Brickman, Robert Bruce, Jerry Dieterman, Richard Dressman, Forrest Elliot, Don Goldston, Chuck Ketcham, Byron Lyon, Michael McBride, Bob Mimlitch III, David Mimlitch, Tony Norman, Martha Peterson, Price Ringo, Barry Rowton, Carl Smith, Keith Smith, Kevin Sutterfield, and Dayne Woodall.  The E-Systems support team consisted of Jim Black, May Croley, Ron Ferguson, Charlie Hurt, and Dave Lontchar.

In the 1994 FIRST robotics competition, "Tower Power," E-Systems Greenville Division teamed up with Dallas Christian School and for the first time with Greenville High School.  Two robots were sent to the competition in Nashua, New Hampshire, but due to mechanical difficulties, only one of the machines was used by the combined GHS/DCS team.  The team won the Best Play of the Day award at the national championship.

Kathy Sorrells of Dallas Christian School and Vanessa Pope of Greenville High School coached the team.  E-Systems engineers were led by Tony Norman.

Greenville High School students joined sixty other teams from across the nation to compete in the 1995 robotics contest, "Ramp n' Roll."  Sponsored by E-Systems, thirty-five students and twenty engineers had the objective to design and build a remote-controlled robot that could collect, transport and lift one 24" and one 30" diameter ball over a horizontal bar.

1994-1995's team was coached by Greenville High School teacher Vanessa Pope.  Members of the team included Tracy Anderson, Melanie Eargle, Adam Fogleman, Jesse Francis, Steven Green, Clint Hill, Patrick Hodapp, Nick Kongamnach, Jeremy McClanahan, Sarah McCrary, Peter Montes, Amanda Morgan, J.T. Murray, and Casey Welch, among others.  Volunteering as engineers were John Hodapp, Bob Mimlitch and Tony Norman, among others.

In the 1996 FIRST robotics competition, "Hexagon Havic," Greenville High School students and E-Systems engineers joined seventy other teams from across the nation.  Their objective was to build a remote-controlled machine that would lift and transport eight 8" and one 24" balls.  The machine's objective was to deposit the balls in a goal at the center of the playing field.  An added challenge for this year was the human player.  Seated outside the field the student could throw balls onto the field or hold balls that their machine brings to them.  At the national championship, the team was a Chairman's Award Finalist.

The team of 1995-1996 was coached by Greenville High School instructor Vanessa Pope.  Members of the team included Melissa Bosley, Laura Cooney, Erin Corley, Adam Davies, Jason George, Kim Green, Stephen Green, Ashley Hill, Clinton Hill, Patrick Hodapp, Brittany Maxwell, Jeremy McClanahan, Sarah McCrary, Amanda Morgan, Tim Oliver, Drew Patterson, Emily Pope, Amanda Qualls, Jason Ramm, Zach Scholz, Ben Thatcher, Jon Thatcher, Nick Upathum, David Warren, and Casey Welch.  Volunteer engineers from E-Systems included Robert Bruce, John Hodapp, Bob Mimlitch, David Mimlitch, Tony Norman, and Becton Pope.

Sponsored by Raytheon E-Systems and Greenville ISD, 25 students and 11 engineers followed the objective to design and build a robot able to drive across a playing field, pick up tubes and place them on a 9 foot goal for the 1997 FIRST robotics competition.  Team Greenville did exceptionally well.   At the Motorola Midwest Regional in Chicago, they proudly walked away with 3rd place and with the Proctor and Gamble Creativity Award.  Moving on to nationals in Florida, competing against 130 other teams, Team Greenville returned home as a Chairman's Award Finalist, with the WPI scholarship and the Outstanding Defense award.

1996-1997's team was coached by Greenville High School teacher Vanessa Pope.  Members of the team included Curtis Brancheau, Jill Doshier, Melanie Eargle, Wendy Evans, Chris Gerard, Lora Hunter, Patrick Hodapp, Brittany Maxwell, Jenna McClanahan, Victor McConnell, Sarah McCrary, Jeremy Mexia, Aaron Nall, Timothy Oliver, Melissa Park, Jansen Powell, Jentry Powell, Jorge Prieto, Keegan Ripp, Zachary Scholz, Sarah Swanson, Jon Thatcher, Shauna Torrance, Nick Upathum, and Matt Wineinger.  Volunteering as engineers for the team were John Hodapp, Bob Mimlitch, and Dave Mimlitch, among others.

The 1997-1998 FIRST team continued the legacy of claiming a spot in the competition's national rankings.  The team won the Best Play of the Day award and the Featherweight in the Finals award at the 1998 Southwest Regional.  At the national competition in Orlando, Florida, the team soared to an 8th place finish out of more than 150 teams that came from various cities throughout North America.  Team 148 was named a National Quarterfinalist.  The machine, coined "The Big Ball Grabber," was truly a success.  Teamed with engineers from Raytheon E-Systems, the students visualized, designed, and created a remote-controlled robot in a given time-frame of six weeks.  The task of the machine was to lift large balls into a center goal.  This was made difficult at competition when The Big Ball Grabber had to compete against other machines that went for and defended this same goal.

The team of 1997-1998 was coached by Greenville High School instructor Vanessa Pope.  Members of the team included Curtis Brancheau, Jill Doshier, Brian Deuell, Wendy Evans, Chris Gerard, James Green, Elizabeth Hayatt, Lora Hunter, Giraud Jackson, Kimbell Kamu, Brittany Maxwell, Jenna McClanahan, Victor McConnell, Jeremy Mexia, Scott Mitchell, Melody Morrison, Aaron Nall, Tim Oliver, Melissa Park, Emily Pope, Jansen Powell, Jentry Powell, Keegan Ripp, Misty Rodriguez, Sarah Swanson, Zach Scholz, Chris Thatcher, Jon Thatcher, Shauna Torrance, Nick Upathum, and Matt Wineinger.

At the 1999 FIRST national competition in Orlando, Florida, Team 148 competed with 253 other teams throughout the nation.  The machine, named "The Rough Rider," had the task of lifting floppy disks eight feet in the air for a total of two minutes.  The team earned the right to compete at national competition by placing 5th out of 30 teams at the regional competition in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

1998-1999's team was coached by Greenville High School teacher Vanessa Pope.  Members of the team included Curtis Brancheau, Darby Collier, Brian Deuell, Josh Ebrahim, Chris Gerard, Amanda Howell, Lora Hunter, Buddy Kimberlin, Ryan Marcum, Andy McClellen, Aaron Nall, Tim Oliver, Melissa Park, Jentry Powell, Stacy Rhodes, Keegan Ripp, Chris Thatcher, Josh Thatcher, Shaunna Torrance, Justin Wineinger, and Matt Wineinger.  Volunteer engineers for the team were Gus Gonzalez, John Hodapp, Patrick Hodapp, Steve Maxwell, Paul Nall, Danny Oliver, Will Reese, Gabe Snyder, Ricky Torrance, and Monty Wineinger.

Competing at both state and national level, the Greenville High School robotics team completed a full year of robot wars.  As a rookie team in the BEST fall competition, the team earned the third place machine award.  Named Best of the BEST, the team traveled to College Station for the state finals in BEST.  The robotics team earned a place among the top ten machines at state.  Spring competition for the team included two trips to Florida.  Competing in the Kennedy Space Center Regional, the team earned a quarter finalist spot with their robot, "Captain Hook."  Created by Raytheon AIS engineers and the Greenville High School robotics team, Captain Hook finished in the top third of 300 machines at nationals.

The team of 1999-2000 was coached by Greenville High School instructors, Vanessa Pope and Van LeJeune.  Members of the team included David Chesney, Darby Collier, Kinsey Davis, Brian Deuell, Josh Ebrahim, Amanda Howell, Megan Hunter, Buddy Kimberlin, Ryan Marcum, Andy McClellen, Jared Powell, Stacy Rhodes, Jessica Shook, Chris Thatcher, Josh Thatcher, Shaunna Torrance, Justin Wineinger, and Matt Wineinger.  Engineers volunteering for the team included James Collier, John Hodapp, Brad Marcum, Steve Maxwell, Paul Nall, Will Reese, John Rhodes, Earl Shook, Gabe Snyder, Ricky Torrance, Monty Wineinger, and Frankie Yau.

The Greenville High School robotics team, also known as the Robowranglers, achieved many award during the 2000-2001 school year.  They attended the Collin County BEST Regional competition in the fall and placed fourth.  At the FIRST Lone Star Regional in Houston in March, Team 148 walked away with the 1st place trophy in the 39-team competition.  The Innovative Control Award was also presented to the team.  The team went to the FIRST National Competition in Orlando, Florida and received 8th place.  They won numerous awards from other teams for their cart.

2000-2001's team was coached by Greenville High School teachers Van LeJeune and Terri Galloway.  Members of the team included Ben Brown, David Chesney, Mary Cloutier, Casey Collier, Darby Collier, Larame Cummings, Joshua Ebrahim, Justin Gabitzsch, Melissa Gannaway, Graham Hall, Megan Hunter, Ryan Marcum, Andy McClellen, Andrew Penland, Joel Powell, Ryan Salizar, Stephanie Sherman, Matt Sikes, Joshua Thatcher, Brandon Torrance, and Sarah Withycombe.  Volunteering as engineers were Hector Arce, Tom Cloutier, James Collier, Bill Gannaway, Randy Hall, John Hodapp, Steve Lindo, Steve Maxwell, Will Reese, Casey Welch, Monty Wineinger, and Frankie Yau.

The 2001-2002 school year was successful for the Greenville High School robotics team, not only in competition but also with the student body becoming involved in the various activities of the team.  The Robowranglers placed third in the BEST competition in the fall.  Competing against 45 other teams at the FIRST Lone Star Regional, the team was named the 2002 Chairman's Award Winner.  This gave them one of the 17 spots available at national competition to be able to compete for the national title.  The Greenville High School student body was also commended by FIRST judges for their support of the team through the fundraiser, "Pennies for the Bot."  Students and team members raised 100,000 pennies through the local team fundraiser.

The team of 2001-2002 was coached by Greenville High School instructors Vanessa Pope and Terri Galloway.  Students on the team included David Chesney, Casey Collier, Graham Hall, Megan Hunter, Ryan Jenkins, Ryan Marcum, Ian Massey, Jason Maxwell, Andy McClellen, Beth McClellen, Kyle Mitchell, Taylor Morrison, Mark Moseley, Joel Powell, Rayna Sherman, Lydia Shook, Matt Sikes, Juli Stibbe, Cameron Thatcher, and Brandon Torrance.  Volunteering for the team as engineers were Hector Arce, James Collier, Adam Davies, John Hodapp, Steve Lindo, Brad Marcum, Steve Maxwell, Jason Ramm, Will Reese, Ricky Torrance, Casey Welch, Monty Wineinger, Allen Yau, and Frankie Yau.

After competing on the national level for ten years, the Robowranglers were named an inaugural team with FIRST during the 2002-2003 school year.  This honor entitles the team to continually attend all national competitions.  Attending the Lone Star Regional in April, GHS students and L-3 Communications Integrated Systems engineers earned the GM Industrial Design Award and the Xerox Creativity Award.  Team 148 ranked second out of 31 teams at the 2003 FIRST Lone Star Regional, going 15 rounds and being defeated only once.  At the 2003 FIRST National Championship, Team 148 ranked 33rd out of 72 teams in the Curie Division.

2002-2003's team was coached by Greenville High School teachers Vanessa Pope and Terri Galloway.  Students on the team were Casey Collier, Justin Duncan, Seth Garcia, Cory Griffiths, Ryan Jenkins, Matt Mahrer, Jason Maxwell, Beth McClellen, Kevin Morris, Mark Moseley, Ashley Owens, Joel Powell, Rayna Sherman, Lydia Shook, Matt Sikes, Cameron Thatcher, Brandon Torrance, Megan Wineinger, and Sarah Wright.  Volunteering as engineers were Tom Cloutier, James Collier, Adam Davies, Randy Hall, John Hodapp, Steve Lindo, Brad Marcum, David Maxwell, Steve Maxwell, Andy McClellen, Mike Owens, Adam Reppond, Ricky Torrance, Ray Upp, Mike Waggoner, Casey Welch, Monty Wineinger, Allen Yau, and Frankie Yau.

The Greenville High School robotics team enjoyed a very successful year in 2003-2004.  After organizing a school-wide penny drive to raise funds, students made their way to the Lone Star Regional in April, where the team picked up the regional Best Web Site Design award.  The team's robot, "Lone Star," took home second place overall in the machine division.  At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the quarterfinals. At home, students from the team built a scale model theme park, which was donated to the North Texas Children's Museum.

The team of 2003-2004 was coached by Greenville High School instructors Vanessa Pope and Terri Galloway.  Students on the team included Casey Collier, Zack Corley, Justin Duncan, Nathan Follett, Seth Garcia, Cory Griffiths, Ryan Jenkins, Matt Mahrer, Jason Maxwell, Beth McClellen, Kevin Morris, Mark Moseley, Ashley Owens, Ryan Parker, Michael Risley, Drew Roberts, Lydia Shook, Phillip Stromberg, Justin Tharp, Cameron Thatcher, Clayton Torrance, Daniel Webb, Brian Wight, Megan Wineinger, and Sarah Wright.  Volunteering for the team as engineers were Tom Cloutier, James Collier, Adam Davies, Chris Follett, John Hodapp, Steve Lindo, Steve Maxwell, Becton Pope, Adam Reppond, Ricky Torrance, Ray Upp, Mike Waggoner, Casey Welch, and Monty Wineinger.