Team Introduction

We’re a new FIRST Robotics Competition team starting up for the 2026 season based out of Saugus High. Our mission is to educate and empower students by exploring engineering, design, and teamwork through hands-on, competitive robotics: building real skills for real careers. Even though we’re rookies, our team is led by students with prior FRC experience who are also committed to staying involved after their time on the team, enabling us to build and sustain a competitive team from the ground up.

What is FRC?

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international STEM program where high school students collaborate to design, build, and compete with custom-built robots.

Impact

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90% of FIRST participants complete a college degree

Team Status

Currently, we’re preparing to officially form the team for the 2026 season at Saugus High, with a dedicated core team already in place. We’re working through getting through an agreement with the school for club status and securing long term access to the existing makerspace. Because of this, we are currently not collecting funds. However, we are actively seeking funding commitments and other support to quickly launch the team once those are in place.

Team Budget

We’re expecting to participate in 2 qualifying competitions as well as the District Championships. While we may qualify for the world championships, this requires upwards of $20,000 raised within a very short period of under a month, so we’ll likely turn down an invitation. Extra money goes to future seasons if we do not qualify for district championships.

Season Registration: $6,300

Paid to FIRST for official season participation

This increases by $4,000 if we go to the District Championship

Construction Materials: $2,000

Materials used to build our robot as well as self-made equipment, including: polycarbonate sheets, aluminum sheets & box tube, and wood for prototyping and field elements.

Off-the-shelf Components: $13,000

This includes components such as fasteners, gearboxes, and competition-specific control system electronics & motors. This expense is extremely high only for our first year. The majority of these components will be reused in future seasons.

Additional Equipment: $2,000

Equipment that we don’t have access to from the school, isn’t present, or is broken. Transportation equipment to move equipment and our robot and event equipment that we need to have available at competitions.

Miscellaneous expenses: $1,500

Extra expenses, including but not limited to: team t-shirts, branding, software subscriptions, and unexpected purchases.

Transportation: ~$6,000

Bus transportation to and from events each day. Don’t know the actual cost.

First season total: $28,800 + transportation costs

Extra expenses, including but not limited to team t-shirts and branding.

Why support us?

Sponsoring our team means more than helping us build robots. It’s an opportunity to support aspiring engineers, innovators, and problem-solvers who will be the leaders of tomorrow. You’ll be directly enabling students to apply STEM concepts they would otherwise have only known about in passing or through the classroom, as well as representing your commitment to your local community.

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Sponsor Tiers

Diamond Sponsor - $5000+

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Gold Sponsor - $1000-3499

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Silver Sponsor - $500-999

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Bronze Sponsor - $300-499

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