[Robots]

Built from the ground up

Two robots this season: the competition build we take to league meets, and the outreach robot that goes out into the community.

Season Game: FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ
Design Tool: OnShape
Language: Java

[CURRENT BUILD]2026–2027 SeasonIn build

Competition Robot

FIRST Canopy BIOBUZZ

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
Design: Full assembly modeled in OnShape
Programming: Java on Android-powered control hardware

Assembly on the practice mat

OnShape assembly render

[OUTREACH BUILD]Summer Outreach RobotIn progress

Faster Than Light

Community demo robot

Our summer outreach robot, still in progress. It is designed to take in and shoot balls, and its goal is to share robotics with the community. As a team we brainstorm ideas, plan, design and make robots from start to finish — this one exists to get people excited about STEM.

Purpose: Community demos and outreach events
Mechanism: Ball intake and shooter
Drivetrain: Four mecanum wheels
Design: Modeled in OnShape before fabrication
Fabrication: 3D-printed custom parts + structural channel
Status: In progress

OnShape render — "Faster Than Light" front plate

[How We Build]

Design, prototype, fabricate, code

A full CAD assembly before we cut a single part, and rapid prototyping after — the same engineering process used in industry, scaled down to a 12-foot field.

Design in OnShape

Every robot is modeled as a complete assembly so each phase is accurate before any part is ordered.

Prototype fast

Mechanisms get built quickly, tested hard, and thrown away when they don't hold up. Rapid prototyping finds the good ideas.

Fabricate

We build from reusable structural channel and custom 3D-printed parts, assembled and rewired in our workshop.

Program in Java

Autonomous and driver-controlled code runs on Android-powered control hardware, then gets tuned in the pit between matches.