The robots
A new game every year. A new robot every year.
Each fall, FIRST announces a new game — and every team designs, builds, and programs a robot from scratch to play it. These are ours. Drag the ring or pick a season; every result comes straight from the official FIRST record.
2025–26
9 official events
DECODE · Cypher
The season everything came together. Cypher — built around a custom coaxial swerve drivetrain, one of very few in FTC worldwide — took the #1 qualification rank at the Washington Championship, then carried the team to the FIRST World Championship in Houston: rank 4 in the Lovelace Division and 2nd place for the Inspire Award, FTC's highest honor.
How the robot works
- Custom coaxial swerve drivetrain (featured on the FTC Open Alliance show)
- Turret with up to 300° of rotation and an adjustable-angle launcher
- Intake with compliant and vectored wheels, refined across two versions
- Limelight camera for re-localization on the field
- Custom aluminum chassis, machined by Fabworks (~25 lb, 14″ × 14.5″)
Season highlights
- FIRST World Championship, Lovelace Division: rank 4, 7–2–1
- Washington Championship: qualification rank 1 (5–1–0)
- Capek Super Qualifier: winning alliance + Sustain Award 1st
- Undefeated 6–0 league meet, rank 1 in both league meets
Awards
Inspire Award 2nd Place — FIRST World Championship, Lovelace Division
Think Award 2nd Place — Washington Championship
Dean's List Finalist — Washington Championship
Event Winner (alliance) + Sustain Award 1st — Capek Super Qualifier
Inspire Award 2nd Place + Finalist — Tesla League Tournament
2024–25
8 official events
INTO THE DEEP · Riptide
The breakout year. Riptide was the team's first robot with a fully aluminum chassis — and across two versions it swept judged awards through the league season, capped by Design Award 2nd Place at the Washington Championship.
How the robot works
- Virtual four-bar claw intake for grabbing samples
- Linear slides for scoring, faster with each revision
- Autonomous routines scoring up to 5 specimens or 6 samples
- Servo-powered hang for the endgame ascent
- First fully aluminum chassis (~23 lb), machined by Fabworks
Season highlights
- Rank 1 at the Woodinville league meet (5–1–0)
- Finalist + Innovate Award 1st — Pasteur Interleague
- Think Award 1st — Capek Semifinal
- Qualified for and competed at the Washington Championship
Awards
Design Award 2nd Place — Washington Championship
Innovate Award 1st + Finalist — Pasteur Interleague
Think Award 1st — Capek Semifinal
2023–24
4 official events
CENTERSTAGE
The rookie season. Four events, a finalist run at the Hawking Interleague Tournament, and a Motivate Award nod — the foundation the next two seasons were built on.
Season highlights
- Finalist — WA Hawking Interleague Tournament
- Motivate Award 3rd Place as rookies
- Top-4 qualification rank in both Mercer Island league meets
Awards
Finalist — WA Hawking Interleague Tournament
Motivate Award 3rd Place — WA Hawking Interleague Tournament
Want to see how these machines are designed? Our full CAD is public — every robot, every mechanism, version history included.