Impact Outcomes & results
What a robot builds in a student.
The robot is the excuse. The outcome is a teenager who has machined a part, debugged code at 9pm, pitched a sponsor, and stood on a competition field in front of thousands of people. Most of them will be the first in their family to go to college.
- Since
- 2014
- Robots built
- 5 competition robots (2020–2025) plus the 2019 rookie drivetrain
- Highest finish
- 2024 Silicon Valley Regional winning alliance · FIRST® World Championship
02 Competition results
From rookie award to the world stage.
A community team with a garage workshop, competing against programs with ten times the budget.
Highest Seeded Rookie Award, WRRF Cal Games
The team's first competition, with mentorship from the Space Cookies (Team 1868).
Connie, built through the pandemic
No in-person competitions were held; the team kept building.
Beefcake and Speedy Hedgehog
Two seasons of competition robots.
Silicon Valley Regional winners · FIRST® World Championship, Houston
Canelo was part of the winning alliance with the Blazing Bulldogs (581) and Citrus Circuits (1678). First Worlds appearance.
Poseidon
03 Stories
In their words.
Alumni
First in his family to a four-year university.
Jesse Espino, a first-generation Mexican-American student and one of six siblings, found the ChurroBots through TIDE Academy's robotics club. He is studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University.
Being on the Churrobots has taught me that I can do way more than I thought I could, with a community that will always have my back.2024 team member
I for sure never imagined going to Worlds.Angel Fernandez, electrical subteam lead, 2024 (InMenlo)
It's like we're starting our own company.Team member, 2022 (The Mercury News)