A FIRST Tech Challenge team competing at the middle school level, building robots and building engineers.
OPTIM Robotics is a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team of eight middle school students who love tackling hard problems, and each other's terrible puns during late-night build sessions.
We compete each season to push the limits of what a small, scrappy team can pull off. From mechanical design to autonomous code to match strategy, every member's fingerprints are on the robot.
OPTIM was built on the belief that anyone willing to show up, ask questions, and iterate relentlessly can do engineering. That's still what we're about.
We design creative solutions, not copies. Every build cycle starts fresh with big questions and no sacred cows.
Hardware and software, CAD and code: we build best when every voice shapes the design.
We show up to compete seriously. Iterate, test, improve, until the robot works, then make it work better.
FTC is bigger than our team. We share what we learn and cheer for every robot on the field.