WHAT WE DO
Team 4159 CardinalBotics is Lowell High School’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team. Since our founding year in 2012, we’ve participated in 12 years of the FRC (FIRST Robotics Competitions), where our team has around two months to design a competitive robot from scratch. During competition season, we compete with other high school teams from all around the world at State Regionals, and even World Championships. Beyond that, we strive to inspire local youth, promote creativity, encourage teamwork, and most importantly, spread STEM to our community. Learn more about our team and competition build season through our article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
OUR MISSION
CardinalBotics inspires youth by promoting creativity, teamwork, and commitment to our community. We raise support for FIRST and its mission by innovating solutions to technical challenges and publicly promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Through our work as a team, we develop the skills necessary to become leaders of a dynamic and increasingly technology-dependent world.
RECENT NEWS
We’ve got an exciting season ahead with competitions, outreach, and the start of our Internal Robotics Competition (IRC).
The IRC began on Friday, September 12th, with six teams working over the next ten weeks to design and build their robots for this year’s challenge, Waste Wipeout. You can check out the IRC Game Manual and the IRC Schedule. The season will conclude with the final tournament at Lowell on Friday, December 5th.
Our team will also be attending two major offseason competitions. First is CalGames, taking place October 3–5 in Woodside. This event provides rookies with their first chance to experience an FRC competition and connect with other robotics teams from across the region. Later in the month, we’ll head to Davis for the Capital City Classics (CCC) from October 24–26.
We will also be attending the Maker Faire in Vallejo on September 27–28 and hosting LEGO days at the Ortega, West Portal, Bernal Heights, Parkside, Sunset, and Merced libraries throughout the Fall semester.
Looking ahead, our Pasta Dinner Fundraiser will take place on Friday, November 14. This annual event is a chance for families, alumni, and friends of the team to come together for a night of food, community, and support for the team. The proceeds go directly toward sustaining the team through the upcoming competition season. Parents who are interested in volunteering are encouraged to attend the upcoming Parent Info Night on Friday, September 27th.
Be sure to check out our calendar for more upcoming workshops, competitions, and outreach events throughout the year.
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