[FTC // Team 35889]

Superluminal

FIRST® Tech Challenge // Rookie Season 2026–2027

We are a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team in our rookie year, community-based in Southwest Florida. We are high school students who love science, engineering, technology and math — we build robots from scratch, and we believe STEM is for everyone.

Meet Our Robot Sponsor Us

Season Game: FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ
League: Southwest Florida League
Based In: Southwest Florida

[ Competition Build ]

FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ

[ Mecanum Drive / Java ]

FIRST® Tech Challenge · TEAM 35889/SEASON GAME: FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ/ROOKIE SEASON 2026–2027/LEAGUE: Southwest Florida League/BUILT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA/STEM IS FOR EVERYONE/

[System Status]

Team at a glance

Who we are right now — the facts of our rookie season, laid out like a spec sheet.

Rookie Season

2026–2027

// FIRST SEASON IN FTC

Team Number

35889

// SUPERLUMINAL

Sub-Teams

// BUILD · CODE · CAD · OUTREACH

Season Game

FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ

// RELEASED EACH SEPTEMBER

Competition Field

12′ × 12′

// ALLIANCE FORMAT

Build Stack

Java + OnShape

// ANDROID POWERED

Follow the build on YouTube@SuperluminalRobotics

[What We Do]

How a season runs

We are a competitive Robotics Team in the Southwest Florida League in FIRST Tech Challenge. Each season, starting in September, FIRST releases the Season Game and rules. This year is titled FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ. We will then design, build, and compete our robot locally, regionally, then hopefully at the State Level and beyond.

[ 01 / Kickoff ]September

The season is revealed

FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ is released along with the rules. Every team in the world gets the same game on the same day — the build starts here.

[ 02 / CAD ]September – October

Model the whole robot

We assemble the full robot in OnShape before ordering parts, checking reach, interference and gear ratios digitally.

[ 03 / Build ]October – December

Fabricate and assemble

Structural channel, custom panels and 3D-printed parts come together. Mechanisms get prototyped, tested and rebuilt.

[ 04 / Code ]November – January

Program in Java

Autonomous routines and driver-controlled logic, tuned against real match conditions on the practice field.

[ 05 / Compete ]League season

Local, regional, state

We compete locally and regionally in the Southwest Florida League, then hope to push on to the State level and beyond.

[ 06 / Outreach ]Year round

Share robotics

Demos, community events and our outreach robot take robotics out of the workshop and into Southwest Florida.

[Our Robot]

Built to move, coded to score

Our season robot for FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ — designed in OnShape, fabricated in our workshop, and coded in Java. It runs a mecanum drivetrain for full-field movement, with a 3D-printed intake mounted up front.

Chassis: Perforated structural channel, custom panels
Drivetrain: Four mecanum wheels, yellow hubs
Motors: GOBILDA 5203 Series Yellow Jacket
Intake: 3D-printed intake wheels on a curved scoop

Meet Our Robot Put your logo on it

Assembly on the practice mat

OnShape assembly render

[About FIRST]

FIRST Tech Challenge

Team 35889 · Southwest Florida League

FIRST is the world's leading youth robotics community. Students design, build, program and compete with robots. Robotics uses hands-on STEM learning and inspires innovation and creativity. FIRST Tech Challenge is made possible through mentorship, sponsorships, teamwork, and community.

To learn more visit firstinspires.org/about

[Sponsorship]

Power the next build

Sponsorships pay for the robot, the parts and the season. Every tier gets real visibility in front of our league, our school community and our YouTube audience.

Sponsor Us

Platinum

1000+

Logo on Robot

Gold

500+

Mention on Team YouTube Channel

Silver

250+

Small Logo on Competition Shirt

Bronze

Mention in our Team Portfolio

Sponsorship inquiries go straight to Laura Burns, our coach.