Welcome to BeaverTech Robotics

BeaverTech Robotics is home to FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 22882 and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 6533, where students come together to learn, innovate, and compete in the world of robotics.
Our teams are dedicated to developing technical expertise, leadership, and teamwork through hands-on experience in design, programming, and engineering. At BeaverTech, every member plays a vital role — whether building robots, writing code, managing outreach, or leading strategy — all while upholding the values of gracious professionalism and coopertition that define the FIRST community.

Meet the Teams:

FTC Shark Bait Ooh-Ha-Ha - 6th-8th grade

This is our younger team.  They learn the basics of building, coding, and running a business (marketing and fundraising primarily).  We normally take a pre-designed robot and build it, then revise it to make it work for our team more.  We also expose them to the FRC team so they can get a feel for what that build season looks like.  These are normally our newer members and they learn quickly to raise the funding necessary and building the robot to compete at a local and state level.  They are also eligible to compete at the international level in Houston based on performance and awards with enough funds.

FRC BeaverTech noDucks - 9th-12th grade

This is where we get more in-depth on our robot building and business running.  We make swag and community engagement items along with fundraising and marketing far more in depth. While the the FTC team takes generally only a couple thousand dollars per season to run, this team  takes upwards of $15,000 each season to be competitive.  We usually look at multiple robot designs through various sources such as the kit bot, multiple vendor competitive bots, and robot in 3 days builds.  From there, we build our competition robot to compete locally and at the state level.  If we do well enough we can move to the international level though that takes at least another $20,000 to go to Houston to compete.

You Don’t Need to Be an Expert — Just Willing to Learn.
Our robotics team is powered by students and mentors from all backgrounds.
Whether you're into building, coding, design, media, or just want to try something new — you belong here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do you do at robotics?

Besides the basic answer of "We build robots", we do quite a bit more from designing marketing materials and T-shirts (and make them) to fundraising and programming robots, getting ready for off-season events like community service, parades, and anything else we can find and have time for.  The best way to learn about what we do is to stop in and see!

What ages can come to robotics?

We currently have competition teams for 6th-8th grade (FTC KitTech) and 9th-12th grade (BeaverTech) however, younger students are welcome to come, learn, and help us out!

Who can come to robotics?

We have competition teams for 6th (roughly age 11) -12th grades (roughly age 18) based on the recommendations from FIRST (firstinspires.org).  Younger students are allowed as well.  We are a community team with sponsorship from the school (providing a build space and fiscal partnership) as well as many other businesses and people in the area and around the world so our team is open to the entire community including home schoolers and other schools.

This is a great program, how can I help as an adult?

The best ways to help are to donate goods or funds to the team or get involved as a mentor.  We are always looking for mentors and we can even train you.  We are always looking for help with everything from fundraising (including grant writing) to marketing to mechanics and building to electronics to programming.  Get in touch or stop in to see!

Where is the (insert tool here)?

When tools are missing, they are most often in the place they are supposed to be...i.e., in the proper tool box in the correct space.

Where is (insert person)?

People tend to randomly disappear.  They phase back into existence periodically but the only sure times they appear is when they arrive or just before they have to go home.

WHAT did you DO?

Nothing...the answer is always nothing.  It works as it should and it is a feature, not a flaw.

Where is your safety gear?

This is the reason we 3D print safety gears.  That way people have their safety gear in their pocket.  This, however, precludes them from actually being safe.

Violence?

Violence is never the answer.  It is the question.  The answer is "Yes". 

Disclaimer: We don't condone or promote violence in robotics...this is just a quote in the wrong place.

Where are all the snacks?

You have to fight Shredder for them.

That would be the mascot mouse.

“BeaverTech Robotics has turned into a fun outlet for me to explore engineering and allow me to get my hands dirty while learning how to build and program robots"

— Noah Burgess

 

“The way you win is you just don't quit."

— Avianna Burgess

 

“Look, buddy, we're Engineers, which means we solve problems."

— Hermes Madurga

 

“Nah, that's fine.  The worst that will happen is it creates a singularity which will erase all time and space."

— Noah Burgess

 

“What?!"

— AnnaBelle Burgess

 

“If you have a problem, use a robot. If that doesn't work, use more robots."

— Hermes Madurga

 

“Life is slow, build a robot"

— Chloe Roper

 

“If Skynet doesn't create the robot uprising, we will."

— Xavier Smith

 

“Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V is the ultimate superpower."

— Noah Burgess

 

“Ctrl+Z doesn't work in real life."

— Tiffany Burgess

 

“This isn't my job."

— Miley Roper

 

“In theory this should work."

— Everyone

About us

The mission of BeaverTech is to provide training and opportunities to students for building leadership and STEM skills and to interact with, learn from, and teach other people in our community.  We strive to give our students the best opportunities available to interact and grow with business and industry leaders in the area. Whether you are looking for experience in mechanics, business administration, graphic design, or anywhere between, we are looking out for your future.  Our team is committed to providing the best experience possible to our students.

BeaverTech - where futures connect!