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About Us

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

  • C3 Robotics - FTC Robotics Team

  • Twelve students in 7th-11th grade

    • Diverse backgrounds and interests

    • Students from Des Moines, Cumming, Martensdale, Prole, Urbandale, Waukee, Norwalk

  • Rookie season: May 2021 - April 2022

About FIRST® 

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

World's Leading Youth-Serving Nonprofit Advancing STEM Education

  • FIRST® inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

  • Engage PreK-12 (ages 4-18) students in exciting, mentor-based, research and robotics programs.

  • Hands-on learning, working as a team on real-life problems, exposure to careers and adult mentors, emphasis on FIRST Core Values, and a culminating celebration where students can showcase what they created and learned. 

  • FIRST participants also develop skills in teamwork, problem solving, and communication, preparing them for success in school and the workforce, no matter what path they take.

Website: https://www.firstinspires.org/ 

Team Roles

Design Team

Design team is responsible for planning how the robot will look, function, operate and designing and prototyping it (and learn CAD).

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Build Team

Build team is responsible for building the robot and any other hardware materials.

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Code team

Code team is responsible for coding the robot.

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Fundraising Team

Fundraising team is responsible for planning fundraising activities, budget management and sponsorship requests.

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Outreach Team

Outreach Team is responsible for planning outreach activities, for soliciting mentors and community outreach and volunteering.

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Web Development Team

Web Development Team is responsible for building and coding a website.

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Social Media Management Team

Social Media Management Team is responsible for managing our social media presence. For ex: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Discord, YouTube.

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Engineering Portfolio Management team

Engineering Portfolio/Notebook Management Team is responsible for putting together a portfolio and notebook of our teams' journey throughout the season.

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Logistics Team

Logistics Team is responsible for inventory management, event participation logistics, checklist and travel logistics.

 

Aden

This season was amazing! I made lots of friends on our team, and other teams. I enjoyed the outreach events especially the Tech Journey tech camp as well as visiting our sponsors and telling them about our team.

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Carter

This year, I did a lot of building which I really enjoyed! I also learned how to replace our soldered battery connectors.

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Sargun

My favorite part of this season is being on the drive team. I have never played video games before in my life, but I joined the drive team and I am very proud of the improvement of my driving skills. We got the highest robot score at 4 of the 5 meets!

 

Sirjan

I enjoyed meeting people with similar interests as me, specifically a passion for STEM. My proudest moment was designing our team logo because it was very challenging and new to me; but the end result was better than I imagined!

 

Thomas

This season I enjoyed meeting new people, and learning and experiencing FIRST Tech Challenge. I had fun driving the robot and building it as well.

 

Suvan

Biggest challenge our team faced during the season was driving because as a rookie team, we had a hard time figuring out a balance between driving practice, and robot improvements. 

 

Aria

I enjoyed coding and making memories with my team. It was really fun to win and talk to other teams. I have the most fun when the code I have been working on for hours finally works; and it works efficiently. 

 

Ishank

This season was very fun! I enjoyed working with our team and competing in matches with them. I had a lot of fun building and driving the robot!

 

Ankita 

I enjoyed outreach, talking to, and meeting new people. 

Highlight for me was designing and executing the interactive “Code-a-friend” coding and Debugging activity. 

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Jayden

This season I enjoyed helping out with outreach and building. It also helped me get more confidence and come out of my shell while talking and getting to know people with similar interests; and making many new friends. I also enjoyed helping people find their way into robotics during outreach so they could have just as much fun as I have!

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